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The £4m Strathview Rise development being constructed by Hadden near Forfar Perthshire construction group Hadden has declared a “satisfactory” year of trading after posting an increase in turnover and profits.

Developers are ready to press ahead with the first phase of a 1,500-home project in Oudenarde near Perth, 20 years on from when it was first mooted. Perthshire developer GS Brown Construction has teamed up with Taylor Wimpey to submit an initial planning application for 159 two, three and four bedro

Graham Simpson Scottish Government officials have been accused of meddling in local democracy after new figures revealed they overrule councils on planning appeals as often as they side with them.

Alan Brown MP Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP Alan Brown has won praise from small construction firms in Scotland and south of the Border for his stance on the issue of cash retentions in the industry.

Proposals have been unveiled to expand Sir Andy Murray’s Cromlix House hotel in Perthshire. The plans include 30 new rooms, a spa, treatment rooms, staff accommodation, a 200-capacity conference and events area, and a gym designed by the world number one tennis star himself.

Plans for a new waste incinerator which could help to heat homes and businesses have been submitted to Dundee City Council. The proposals from MVV Environment Services Ltd, which intends to take over the running of the site from the council-owned firm DERL, would see a new energy-from-waste facility

The Cuprum building in Glasgow Glasgow’s office market saw a robust level of activity in 2016, despite political and economic uncertainty, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

A beam being installed by AWPR workers on North Deeside Road Former First Minister Alex Salmond has praised the efforts of Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/ Balmedie to Tipperty project contractors after it was announced that they had raised almost £40,000 in two years for local charitable causes.

Aileen Jamieson Turner & Townsend appoints new global director to capitalise on downstream opportunities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikLjgXXAMas&feature=youtu.be Detailed 3D scans of the Forth Bridge will form the basis for interactive games promoting construction as a career for school children.

Plans have been revealed to build almost 1,200 private flats and student rooms on land that once housed a Glasgow department store. Proposals have been lodged to develop the site of the former Goldberg’s department store, which has been left largely derelict since the closure of the store in 1990

Persimmon’s new regional base in Perth has helped the housebuilder increase revenues and homes completions compared to last year. A trading update issued by the firm this morning revealed that revenues for 2016 of £3.14 billion were 8 per cent higher than the prior year (2015: £2.90bn) with lega

Plans have been submitted to rejuvenate a derelict Dundee city centre site with new flats and a retail unit. Dundee architects James Paul Associates has lodged proposals for the creation of an eight-storey block of 28 flats and a ground floor retail unit on the corner of Trades Lane and Seagate.

Tenders are being invited for a £7 million contract to develop Andrew Melville Hall in St Andrews. Just a short walk from the centre of town, the A-listed student halls of residence was constructed between 1983 and 1986 and has seen better days.

Andrew Wyllie Costain has maintained its record order book thanks to a number of significant new orders and contract extensions in 2016, the firm has said.