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The Arc-Tech team CCG (Scotland) Ltd has launched a new company that aims to offer a comprehensive range of services to the Scottish building and construction industry.

Contracts procured “during the depths of the economic downturn” led to a £5.4 million loss for McLaughlin & Harvey in 2015 with further losses on those contracts predicted. The Northern Ireland construction group, which has worked on infrastructure and retail projects in Scotland, formed a

Plans have been unveiled for a 150-bedroom hotel overlooking the River Clyde in Glasgow. The proposed 18-storey tower at the corner of Dixon Street and Clyde Street incorporates a ground floor restaurant and retail space, as well a publicly accessible rooftop bar.

Malcolm Fraser Scotland could tackle its housing crisis with a serious effort to repair and renew existing urban infrastructure, especially in town centres, according to one of Scotland’s top architects.

Plans have been submitted for up to 166 new homes on the site of the former Derby Street multis in Dundee. Brought forward by Collective Architecture and Robertson Partnership Homes, the scheme aims to recreate the street patterns of the Victorian era with the creation of two blocks of accommodation

Housing minister Kevin Stewart shown a refurbished flat in Govanhill as part of the buy and repair scheme A successful pilot project to allow homes in Govanhill to be acquired and brought into the social rented sector has been awarded a further £2.5 million of funding.

Scottish Construction Now has been named as joint industry partner alongside the Federation of Master Builders for the Construction heat of Scotland’s national business five-a-side tournament Business Fives. After the success of the summer edition, Business Fives moves indoor for the winter ahead

Novus ensures safe delivery of school summer upgrade Novus Property Solutions has successfully delivered a range of internal alterations at a North Ayrshire primary school during the summer holidays.

Working in the construction is so stressful that workers are left to feel they look nine year older, according to new research. As many as three quarters of Britons feel that their job places a large amount of stress on them, even to the point of aging them, yet only a third would consider moving to

Output in the Scottish construction sector contracted by 1.9 per cent in second quarter of 2016, new statistics have revealed today. According to official Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures, the Scottish economy as a whole grew 0.4 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2016, though growth in t

Glenn Allison Stewart Milne Group has secured a £185 million banking facility to pursue its long-term strategy of focussed growth and geographical expansion.

Cruden’s King’s View development in North Toryglen, Glasgow Construction and residential development business Cruden Group has recorded its seventeenth consecutive year of profitable trading after announcing an increase in turnover, profit and home sales.

Kier Group has completed the disposal of its Mouchel Consulting arm to WSP Global Inc. for a total consideration of £75 million in cash. Acquired in June 2015 as part of Kier's acquisition of Mouchel Group, Mouchel Consulting provides engineering, environmental and asset management consultancy serv

Plans by Heart of Midlothian Football Club to build a £12 million new stand at its Tynecastle stadium in Edinburgh have been approved by councillors. The club's existing main stand will be partially demolished to make way for the upgrade, which will see the stadium transformed into a 20,000-plus ca

Chris Stewart Cabinet secretary for the economy Keith Brown and property developer Chris Stewart will today co-chair the inaugural Scottish Real Estate Forum, established to underline the status of the property sector as a key economic driver.