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Lesley Laird Fife Council is once again squaring up for another battle against a planning appeals system that it says is “undermining local democracy”.

John McGinty West Lothian Council has vowed to ensure that key infrastructure areas such as education and roads are protected as it gets set to agree its revenue budget for 2016/17 tomorrow.

James Wates CITB chairman, James Wates, on improving the image of construction.

David Jarvie Independent plant hire businesses Jarvie Plant Group has opted to ignore the downturn in Aberdeen’s economy by making a substantial investment in a new depot.

Plans submitted for 28 Loretto Housing Association homes in Glasgow Plans to build 28 homes for mid-market and social rent on behalf of Loretto Housing Association have been submitted to Glasgow City Council.

A new research project aims to develop the world's first flying robots capable of autonomously assessing and manufacturing building structures to help areas suffering from natural disasters. The four year collaborative research project entitled ‘Aerial Additive Building Manufacturing: Distributed

The Forth Road Bridge is to fully reopen to heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on Saturday at 11pm. Transport minister Derek Mackay confirmed the news today and said that the repairs to the damaged main span truss end links are in the final stages and that they will be completed to allow the bridge to be r

Plans for a £25 million state-of-the art sports complex in Perth are “still progressing” although a huge funding shortfall is to be overcome if the project is to move forward, it has been revealed. The PH2O project would have seen the current leisure pool and Dewars Centre razed and a new joint

Scotland’s civil engineering sector will “fall off a cliff” costing jobs and growth unless the UK government adopts a sea-change in its approach to the renewables sector, contractors have warned today. In its response to the Scottish Affairs Committee’s inquiry into renewable energy, the Civ

The A90/A937 south junction Angus councillors have given the green light to a multi-million pound Montrose business park after rejecting a Scottish Government planning condition regarding a Laurencekirk transport junction.

A construction firm has called on the Scottish Government to overturn a decision to reject its plans for a housing development at an ancient Perthshire 17th Century battleground. Ribbon Homes wants to build 12 houses on land off Marlefield Grove in Tibbermore, near Perth – a site which forms part

Industry body Scottish Renewables has identified six key innovation areas that could drive the future of sustainable energy in the UK. The organisation’s Innovation Paper reveals a 'world-leading' energy system could be delivered if a five-year £500 million fund pledged by the UK Government is us

Dr Quazi Mahtab Zaman Architecture students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have been tasked with developing ideas to promote a sense of neighbourhood in two council housing tower blocks in Aberdeen.

(from left) Peter Shepherd, Cllr Alan Lafferty, resident Donald Devlin, site manager Willie McBlain East Renfrewshire affordable housing development handed over by Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts

The i360 tower in Brighton has been declared the thinnest building in the world. With a diameter of 12.7ft (3.9m), the city’s tallest building won a place in the Guinness World Records as the “most slender tower”.