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The public are being asked for their say on proposed changes to how Aberdeenshire Council calculates developer obligations. Launched as the local authority adopted its Local Development Plan (LDP) last week, the eight-week public consultation is set to help assess the level of proportional contribut

Plans submitted for long-abandoned East Ayrshire coal mine L-R Cameron Gibson, deputy site manager and Drew Barber, plant mechanic, Banks Mining

In a first for a construction firm, a rescue mission was launched by Glasgow-based City Building and Scottish Natural Heritage to save endangered water voles living beneath a working site in Easterhouse, Glasgow. After repair and upgrading work began on local housing association properties in Coxton

The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, Scotland’s largest consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, is back at the SEC Glasgow on May 20 – 21 2017. Is your goal this year to tackle that extension?

Workloads for small and medium-sized construction firms in Scotland rose faster than at any time since the 2007 financial crisis, a new survey has revealed. The latest report from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) shows that workloads for Scottish construction SMEs rose faster than at any time

Construction work at Aberdeen's £107 million Marischal Square development was suspended earlier this month over concerns waste material was blocking safe access for workers. Morgan Sindall said work on the office, leisure and hotel development was halted on April 7 to review and improve procedures

Allan McGregor A new project director has been appointed to oversee the delivery of the £800 million new community of Countesswells to the West of Aberdeen.

A Link development in Olympia Street, Glasgow Housing association Link Group Ltd has confirmed its plans to build 3,200 new affordable homes over the next five years.

Alan Brown MP The issue of cash retentions in the construction sector, said to amount to over £1 billion of unpaid fees to UK contractors, is to be debated in Westminster this week.

AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been granted planning consent for a new £17 million development of 132 homes for social rent and sale in Paisley. Plans and information about the homes at Love Street, which are built for Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association, were submitted to Renfrewshire Council in D

A wakeboarding centre at Dundee’s City Quay could be open by the Summer after councillors gave the project the green light. Located at Victoria Docks, the project by Dunbar-based outdoor activity company Foxlake Adventures will include support accommodation, a harbour gangway, west harbour access

Lorraine MacPhail Scotland’s commercial property sector could face long-term growth issues if demand for office space continues to outstrip supply, according to Grant Thornton.

A previously completed project by Hadden Construction in Perth Hadden Construction to build £4.7m Perth motorstore

A group of construction workers have accidentally made the “sensational discovery” of the oldest aqueduct to be built in the city of Rome, The Metro has reported. In the city’s heyday, a network of aqueducts supplied clean water and took it away in sewers, a pioneering approach to hygiene.

A housing development of over 1,300 homes in Edinburgh has edged closer after councillors gave initial plans the green light. A narrow vote of seven to six in favour of granting approval of the New Brunstane Masterplan will now allow the City of Edinburgh Council’s arms-length developer EDI Group