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John Morgan Construction group Morgan Sindall is set to outperform expectations for 2017 after reporting a strong start to the year driven by record fit-out orders.

Indigo Hotel in Dundee Edinburgh-headquartered construction services company Sharkey is on track for another strong performance in 2017 having already secured over £50 million of new project activity since the beginning of the year.

The £20 million transformation of Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens has moved another step closer with the submission of final designs for the project. Plans by LDA Design, which was appointed to lead the design of the development back in September, feature a walkway from Union Street, a c

Plans have been submitted which could see the creation of about 200 new houses in Peebles, 50 of which would be affordable. Builders Taylor Wimpey and property developer and investor AWG Property want to build the properties on land east of Kittlegairy View in the Borders town.

By Conor Leyden, managing director of The LK Group Investing in new homes to help solve the housing crisis while dealing with government budget cuts is a balancing act that all Scottish local authorities are facing.

(from left) Ross McCabe, Ewan O’Donnell, Lynne Dunn, (Kingdom’s Fife Works co-ordinator), Scott Kirkpatrick, (Kingdom acting development director), Bill Banks, (Kingdom Group chief executive), Dougie Herd, (Campion Homes construction director), John Hutton, (Campion site agent) Kingdom Housing A

(from left) Andrew Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel), Kevin Stewart MSP and Bruce Mickel (Mactaggart and Mickel) Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing, has visited the award-winning Polnoon neighbourhood in the village of Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire to see how the design of th

An architecture student at Robert Gordon University has been awarded a commendation at the prestigious American Institute of Architects UK Excellence in Design Awards 2017. Lucy Fisher, a fourth year student at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, designed the Mirrored

Galt add longest reach cranes to fleet Dumbarton-based haulier Galt Transport has acquired four new Scania R-series trucks, two of which feature the firm’s longest reaching lorry mounted cranes.

London estate agents have begun to offer free cars worth £18,000, stamp duty subsidies of £150,000, plus free iPads and Sonos sound systems to kickstart sales in the capital’s increasingly moribund property market, The Guardian has reported. The once super-hot central London market has turned in

Alexandra Parade, Glasgow A construction company which sued a car dealership for “breach of contract” after its agreement to build a new showroom was terminated while development work was ongoing has been awarded more than £1 million damages.

The University of Edinburgh has submitted plans to transform the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary into a major educational hub. A change of use and restoration application has been filed to extend the A-listed surgical building to provide teaching and learning spaces, a major new public event space,

Outsourcing giant Mitie has removed 160 jobs and is expected to write off a further £50 million after an accounting review unearthed issues with the way the firm was booking its costs. A review of Mities’ books by accountants at KPMG, which was presented to the firm’s Audit Committee yesterday,

Peter Truscott Galliford Try is to take a £98 million one-off hit for two major legacy construction contracts following a reappraisal of costs to complete the projects.

The project to create Edinburgh’s first new performance building in 100 years is gathering pace following the appointment of an architect-led design team. The task of designing the 1,000-seat auditorium, which will rival the best in Europe for acoustics and audience experience, has been given to D