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Plans have been unveiled to demolish a distillery tower in Dumbarton town centre to make for new affordable homes. Under plans currently being considered by West Dunbartonshire Council, Dunbritton Housing Association will develop 155 affordable homes on the former Ballantine’s Distillery site.

Bob Brownlie, Area Housing Manager; Councillor Heather McVey; Depute Provost, Councillor Jean Jones and Councillor Alan Stevenson mark the official opening of Barrie Street, Kilsyth New council housing development opens in Kilsyth

Sam Barsky likes to knit. He also likes to travel. So what better way of combining the two than knitting jumpers of famous landmarks and then wearing them to those places. From Times Square and Niagara Falls to Stonehenge and Tower Bridge, it seems Sam has "been there and got the sweater".

Outsourcing firm Mitie has issued its third profit warning in four months following a two-day Board meeting. In a trading update to the City today the company said that its Property Management and Technical FM divisions have been “impacted by client deferrals and investment plan delays”, which a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXko9tlCFdc Video footage has emerged of an unexpected collapse during demolition work at the £1 billion St James Centre redevelopment in Edinburgh last week.

How the Langside College will look - Image courtesy of Austin-Smith:Lord Bell Building Projects Ltd has secured a new contract award from Glasgow Clyde College at its Langside Campus.

Artist’s impression of how the development would look Link Group has submitted plans to Argyll and Bute Council to transform the Dunbeg Corridor area with a development of 600 new homes.

A health and safety awareness course aimed at small and medium-sized construction companies (SMEs) working on refurbishment projects will take place in North Lanarkshire next month. Organised by Site Safe, Scotland’s Working Well Together campaign and North Lanarkshire Council, the free half-day e

Dr Stephen Garvin BRE Innovation Park in Ravenscraig will host a morning workshop next month to examine how the much anticipated Property Resilience Action Plan will impact on property flood resilience in Scotland.

The annual search for the North East’s top tradespeople and businesses is once again underway, launching officially at a special event being held at Trinity Hall tomorrow night. The launch event, held in association with main sponsor Stewart Milne Group, will highlight the benefits and opportuniti

(from left) NHBC chief executive Mike Quinton, Paul Cunningham of Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and comedian Greg Davies Taylor Wimpey’s Dargavel Village site manager scoops NHBC UK honour

Work to lay four miles of pipeline between St Andrews and Guardbridge has uncovered a hoard of Neolithic pottery and flint tools which had lain buried for over 4000 years. The surprise find at Kincaple, three miles west of St Andrews, was made as engineers laid pipework to connect St Andrews Univers

Detailed plans for the creation of a multi-million pound football and community sports hub for the north-east of Scotland have been lodged by Aberdeen Football Club and Aberdeen FC Community Trust. The planning application to Aberdeen City Council for the 24.5 hectare site at Kingsford includes comm

Heron Bros has won over £110 million of new construction work in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, the company has been appointed as the main contractor of the £14m Bargarran Primary School, St John's Bosco Joint Faith Primary School & Nursery in Renfrewshire.

Developers have unveiled plans to build 140 affordable flats and houses at the former Maxwell Road gasworks in East Pollokshields. Plans submitted by AS Homes on behalf of Home Group will see 96 townhouses and 44 flats as well as supporting amenity space and recreational areas developed on 8.3 acres