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Vaughan Hart Members of the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) and the Scottish Decorators’ Federation (SDF) have both voted overwhelmingly to reject the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) proposals to continue to raise the construction industry training levy.

Losses at troubled UK building and services firm Carillion have now spiralled to £1.15 billion as more problem jobs were revealed by the firm this morning. In delayed half-year results, Carillion revealed it has made provision of £200 million for losses on its support services contracts and has ta

Plans to create student flats as part of a £20 million redevelopment of a historic Dundee building have been scrapped in favour of more hotel rooms. Fresh proposals submitted to the local authority to transform the former Robertson’s furniture store in Barrack Street include plans for two hotels

(from left) Paul Devine, Paul Curran, and Gerard McMahon at Esh’s Calton Hill project in Edinburgh Esh Border Construction’s expansion plans have been further boosted by the announcement of two new senior appointments to its Scottish operation.

Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell MP, and SNP leader in the House of Commons, Ian Blackford MP, dropped in on the GFG Alliance aluminium smelter and hydro power facilities at Fort William on Tuesday Industrial group GFG Alliance has unveiled plans to build a new car wheel factory in For

Proposals to return whisky distilling to Leith, including designs for a ‘landmark’ 40-metre distillery tower, have been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. If given the go-ahead, the Port of Leith Distillery will be the first purpose-built single malt facility constructed in the capital

Caledonia Housing Association has awarded over £3 million of responsive repairs contracts to local companies Novus Property Solutions and McGill & Co Ltd. The three year contracts will run from October 1.

The development of the new Largs Campus being built by Morrison Construction reached a major milestone last week. The ‘topping out’ ceremony was a very special occasion for two local families, the Trotters and Wilsons, who won a competition to have their names engraved on bricks of the new facil

New Edinburgh cycle lanes to make crossing tram tracks safer at key locations New red-surfaced cycle lanes are to be installed at a number of key points along the tram route in Edinburgh's city centre.

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient papyrus which appears to be a first-hand account of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The documents of note are contained within a diary of a man named Merer, an official known to have been involved in the planning of the architectural wonder, re

Celtic Football Club has been granted planning permission to create a new hotel, retail store, ticketing facility and museum next to its stadium. Designed by architecture firm Holmes Miller, the estimated £18 million development will see a five-storey hotel based on London Road outside the main sta

Work on the Indigo Hotel and Staybridge Suites at Lower Dens in Dundee Construction services company Sharkey is to commence phase 2 of its development project in the Lower Dens area of Dundee and the further development at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews.

Renfrewshire Council has today approved a £45.7 million investment package for Paisley town centre to help the town’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2021. Councillors agreed to set aside funds for major infrastructure projects which support the wider push to transform Paisley's future usin

© Simpson & Brown Architects Amended plans have been submitted for the proposed national marine centre in North Berwick.

Hillington Park New research which assesses the potential for a more flexible and widely applicable land use zoning mechanism than currently provided by Simplified Planning Zones (SPZs) has been published by the Scottish Government.