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Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council’s foray into the international bond market has raised £370 million for major civic building projects in the Granite City.

North-east-based construction firm Stewart Milne Group has cited the effects of the downturn in the North Sea energy industry on the region as the reason for its decision to cut 33 local jobs.

Nicola Barclay Increasing the supply of much needed homes to address Scotland’s housing crisis should be as easy as “ABC”.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to take forward a feasibility study to build 2,000 new council houses in the city by 2022.

Tim Broyd A new golden age of infrastructure – delivering economic growth and better quality of life – is within our grasp if engineers embrace new technology and the mind-set to exploit it.

3D visualisation - section through the Mackintosh Building courtesy of SimVis, The Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art has announced that the Garfield Weston Foundation has made a donation of £500,000 towards The Mackintosh Campus Appeal, which is supporting the development of the GSA�

Jill Armstrong By Jill Armstrong, head of commercial management at Speirs Gumley

Number of empty Aberdeen council homes halved The number of empty council properties in Aberdeen has been halved in the past year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFnW7fYKPVs&feature=youtu.be Access to Scotland's first community-owned craft whisky distillery could be provided by an "electric elevator".

Ed Monaghan Scottish family housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel Group has published a rise in profits for the fourth consecutive year with its results for the year ended 30 April 2016. Group profit before tax is up 7.1 per cent to £10.4 million (2015: £9.8 million) with turnover showing a slight

Livingston-based contractor, Maxi Construction Limited, has been awarded a £2.2 million contract for alteration and extension works to the Grade A listed Panmure House for Edinburgh Business School. Once a residence of economist Adam Smith, Panmure House will be refurbished to provide flexible acco

A major milestone in the construction of V&A Museum of Design Dundee has been reached, with the completion of the upper floor revealing for the first time an extensive public area which will house galleries, learning spaces and a restaurant.

John Swinney At least £1.3 billion of investment in shovel-ready projects is being put at risk by indecision by the UK Government over major funding decisions, say Scottish Government Ministers.

Pete Wishart A £1.5 billion pension scheme is a ‘ticking timebomb’ of debts and liabilities for the plumbing profession, an SNP MP has told the House of Commons.

Scottish SMEs have an ‘enormous opportunity’ to develop wind farm technology and exploit global markets thanks to a new programme giving access to the country’s leading researchers and testing facilities.