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Economy secretary Keith Brown Procurement is underway for the next section of the Scottish Government's A9 Dualling Programme.

A new primary school is to be built in Torry after councillors on Aberdeen City Council’s education and children’s services committee yesterday approved plans for the new facility. The new school which would include early learning and childcare facilities and a Community Hub is scheduled to be b

Construction companies have reported the second-fastest rise in input costs since August 2008 with some firms warning that the rise is causing contract completion delays. The latest Markit/CIPS survey revealed that intense cost inflation persisted in February, which was overwhelmingly linked to high

Ian Hughes Recruitment of Scottish construction apprentices has grown every year since 2011, new figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have revealed.

Tammy Adams Home building industry body Homes for Scotland has opposed proposals by the Scottish Government to increase the maximum fee level for planning applications.

The shortlisted entry for Woodside Mini-Holland in Glasgow Designs for segregated cycle path schemes in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Inverness have made it to the final stage of a competition for millions of pounds of funding.

Glasgow City Council approves redevelopment of bridge to Finnieston The red pedestrian footbridge at Glasgow's SEC - nicknamed the 'Smartie Tube' - is to undergo a £5 million upgrade.

The new home of the Minnesota Vikings American football team, which opened last June and cost more than $1bn of mostly taxpayer money, is beautiful, large, glassy – and deadly to birds. A new report from a trio of conservation groups has found that scores of birds are dying due to collisions with

A ‘topping out’ ceremony was held today to mark a significant moment in the construction of the £80.11 million V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Local schoolchildren were involved in the event which saw a Douglas Fir tree positioned ceremonially by crane at the highest point of the building, nea

Highland councillors have approved plans to build a £23 million court and justice centre in Inverness and a new railway station near Inverness Airport. Designed by Reiach & Hall Architects, the two-storey justice centre will be developed on the site of a former bus depot between Longman Road an

Plans for the new primary school in Wallyford East Lothian Council has appointed development partner hub South East Scotland to deliver its new Wallyford Primary.

David Melhuish The Scottish Government’s consultation in relation to fees and resources for major planning applications in Scotland has been hailed by the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) as a major turning point for local authority planning services around the country.

Chesser House Property and advisory firm Regency Residential has unveiled plans to transform a 1970s-office block in a popular suburb of Edinburgh into 163 new apartments.

PARC Craigmillar transformed the site of the former Niddrie Mill Primary School into a residential development of private for sale and affordable housing The City of Edinburgh Council has made the decision to change current arrangements for city development by providing a new, in-house one stop shop

Councillors have formally agreed that the £50 million replacement for Madras College should be built at Langlands in St Andrews. The University of St Andrews-owned site was selected by Fife Council’s executive committee as the preferred location on educational grounds after legal challen