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Over £700,000 funding to improve housing for crofters Crofters in some of Scotland’s rural and remote communities will benefit from better housing through funding from the Scottish Government.

Norway is exploring an unconventional and first-of-its-kind form of transportation infrastructure solution to travelling across its many fjords. A drive on the main coastal artery, E39, from Stavanger to Sogneford is less than 250 miles, but takes more than seven hours, traversing as it does countle

Scotland’s public spending watchdog has called for urgent action to improve the condition of the country’s road network to improve the economic prosperity and safety of road users. A new report published today by Audit Scotland said that while sharing roads maintenance services on a regional bas

Plans for the redeveloped Darwin Building, Robertson has started work on a £12 million contract to transform the University of Edinburgh’s Darwin building.

Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has been given the green light to build 152 homes in the Ibrox area of the city. The development will see 116 socially rented homes and 36 homes for mid-market rent constructed on a currently derelict site bounded by Broomloan Road, Skene Road and Paisley Road West.

Revised plans for the expansion of Carnoustie’s multi-million pound golf centre have been given the green light. The ground floor of the extension will have a new entrance and accommodate a golf simulator, member’s golf bag storage area, temporary bag drop area, caddies area and the caddymasterâ

Euan McLeod On Thursday 23 June the UK public voted in a national referendum in favour of leaving the EU. Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Euan McLeod (Partner) and Kirsteen Milne (Senior Associate) consider the possible outcomes of the vote on UK construction and infrastructure.

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand

Planning research projects from across the UK and internationally have been shortlisted for this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. Ryden has been recognised in the prestigious Planning Consultancy category for its ground-breaking Planning for Infrastructure research project.

A Broxburn-based diamond drilling specialist has completed key infrastructural work on Glasgow’s Queen Street Station tunnel upgrade, doing so on budget and ahead of schedule. Corecut was singled out by Story Contracting – which was awarded the track-slab replacement contract for the Edi

Quarterly brick sales up 10 per cent New statistics released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show growing demand for bricks.

Can you teach an old brickie new tricks? 73-year-old builder Pat Griffin is to swap roles with his 29-year-old comedian daughter Jo for a comedy infused, interactive theatre show about loss, family relationships, class and the generation divide. Born in 1942, writer/performer Pat Griffin grew up in

Energy support services group Lakehouse has issued another profit warning after securing a £37 million contract with Scottish Power. The Group said it is expecting £4m in contract write-downs this year due to performance issues in its Regeneration division.

John Morgan Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall has turned around a loss-making 2015 with an improved performance across all divisions.

Output in the UK construction sector fell again in July, though new orders decrease at slower pace, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI. The seasonally adjusted index, the first compiled entirely after the EU referendum result, recorded the fastest overall drop in output since June 2009