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Vaughan Hart The new economic stimulus package unveiled by the Scottish Government should prioritise housing as well as commercial and industrial projects, the Scottish Building Federation has said.

(from left) Turner & Townsend directors Garry Murphy, Bruce Frater, Andrew Outram & Suzanne Graham Turner & Townsend has restructured its Glasgow operations to prepare for further growth with the appointment of Bruce Frater as the head of cost management.

North Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a distillery on the Isle of Arran. Independent Scotch producer Isle of Arran Distillers received the green light for its plans for the facility in Lagg on the south end of the island.

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has been appointed by Perth & Kinross Council to design and build a new road bridge over the Black Water. The original Bleaton Hallet Bridge was damaged beyond repair when the eastern abutment was washed away by the sheer force and volume of

Sean McLaughlin By Sean McLaughlin, managing director of Matilda’s Planet

Plans lodged for Huntly affordable homes Aberdeenshire Council has submitted plans for the creation of 12 affordable homes within a conservation area in Huntly town centre.

A man was forced to postpone the sale of his home after he realised he had been living next door to the flat he owns. Chris Meyer, 30, planned to sell his three-bedroom Carlisle flat to a buyer for £76,000 three years ago.

Work on the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is ongoing The Scottish Government has said it will invest £1.1 billion in the country's NHS estate over the next four years after a new report found more than two-fifths of building repairs are deemed “high-risk” or “significant”.

Threesixty directors (from left) Back Row: Alan Anthony, Rory Kellett, Martin English. Front Row: Stefano Faiella, Gillian Allan, Kieron Goodman Threesixty Architecture has recruited architect Martin English as a board director to lead the creation of a new Perth studio.

Bellway Homes has said it expects a 27 per cent increase in revenue despite weeks economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit. In a trading update for the year to July 31, the housebuilder forecast revenue to reach £2.2 billion from £1.73bn in 2015.

The Atria building in Edinburgh The value of sales in the Scottish commercial property market has increased by £200 million in the second quarter of 2016 to £819m despite a 13 per cent fall in investment values to £382m, according to new statistics.

The Scottish Government has given Glasgow City Council permission to compulsorily purchase 14 areas of land on the edge of Glasgow Green to pave the way for Thenue Housing Association to develop new homes. The majority of the sites on London Road, Monteith Row and Monteith Place have been cleared of

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has created a new industry relations director role to boost industry engagement at a time of critical change for employers. Construction firms face major changes, including the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit, an overhaul of skills policy and Fur

Robertson Tayside is reaching the final stages of the £8 million construction of the new Sidlaw View Primary School in Dundee. Up to 400 pupils would be able to attend the new two-stream primary school, which will be part of a campus including Jessie Porter Nursery and the replacement for Baldragon

Ann and Sandy Dickson Ayrshire residents have the chance to look through the keyhole at one of Scotland’s most inspirational green homes this weekend when Beith homeowners, Sandy and Ann Dickson, open their doors to the public.