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Alasdair Reisner Civil engineering contractors are calling for urgent action from the government to avoid a continued “flatlining” of the UK infrastructure sector.

An artist’s impression of South Ugie Village from 2013 Plans have emerged for a proposed expansion of Peterhead to potentially include a new railway station as councillors delayed making a decision on the project.

The Bertha Park development would link up to the proposed road Modified plans have been tabled for a £40 million road upgrade aimed at linking Perth with acres of development land to the north of the city.

An innovative new housing development is giving people in Dundee the chance to benefit from life enhancing and money saving features which could become common place in affordable housing in the near future. The 21 innovative homes, which offer free broadband and access to the UK’s first non-profit

Team Cali Construction from Glasgow Caledonian University (from left) Peter McElroy, Duncan McAslan, Richard Boyle and Sam Belkaid with CIOB President Paul Nash at the podium Cali Construction from Glasgow Caledonian University have won the third annual CIOB Global Student Challenge competition.

Plans lodged for five new Dundee homes A planning application for five houses on the site of a former nursery has been lodged with Dundee City Council.

Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop the Feeling is the focus of an uplifting, foot-tapping video made to raise money for The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. Launching on July 27, the film was made for hospice supporters, property management company Speirs Gumley, and features staff from their

Vincent Clancy Global professional services consultancy Turner & Townsend has defied “challenging market conditions” to increase its turnover by eight per cent to a record £409 million in the year ended 30 April 2016.

Proposals have been submitted for a development of 425 homes at the Leith docklands. CALA Management has put forward its plans for Waterfront Plaza, following engagement with the widely supportive local community which led to notable amendments.

GlaxoSmithKline's manufacturing facility in Montrose is to be expanded as part of a £275 million investment into the pharmaceuticals firm’s three UK sites. The Angus site will see £110m invested for a new, state-of-the-art facility for the manufacture of respiratory active ingredients.

Breedon Aggregates has been cleared to buy rival Hope Construction Materials after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today accepted a remedy to resolve competition concerns arising from the move. Breedon entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Constr

A Perth based power company has admitted health and safety offences after the fatal electrocution of a man on the power line between Dounreay and Beauly. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC, which is responsible for maintaining the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, pled

Property entrepreneur Elliot Robertson has bought the mansion of a bankrupt Scots tycoon in a cut-price deal for just in excess of £2.5 million. The grand property, called Kirkton Park, in Auchterarder, Perthshire, cost about £10m to build, making it the country’s most expensive modern home, acc

The RTPI has joined a new international coalition that will develop the first set of globally recognised ethics standards for built environment and property related professional organisations. The International Ethics Standards (IES) Coalition currently consists of 90 member organisations with profe

Scottish Ministers have successfully challenged a judge’s decision to reduce a planning consent granted for the development of a new wind farm near Fort Augustus. Last year conservation charity John Muir Trust successfully blocked the Scottish Government's decision to approve the development at a