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People working on the construction of a large asylum centre in Enschede were met with a gruesome sight on Wednesday morning. The severed heads of 12 pigs were scattered around the site sometime on Tuesday night. According to newspaper AD, nine of the pig heads were placed on the fence around the sit

BAM Construction has been appointed by INEOS as preferred bidder for its new Grangemouth headquarters. The project is part of INEOS’ ongoing development of its1,700 acre site on Inchyra Road. The £17 million building, designed by Michael Laird Partnership, will have four storeys comprising 6,863m

Plans to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts on the site of Dundee’s former Head Post Office have now been submitted to the local authority. Serving as a home for the High School of Dundee’s art, music, drama and home economics departments, the development will incorpora

Revised plans for a housing and retail development on the outskirts of Stonehaven have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council. The new proposals for the Mill of Forest site include the delivery of a new supermarket, community facilities, employment land, a hotel and 500 homes, 125 of which will be a

Chris McNeill, West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) head of community health and care services, Councillor Gail Casey, chair of WD HSCP board, and Keith Redpath, WD HSCP chief officer, join other representatives for the official sod cutting at the site of the new multi-milli

CALA Homes (North) has reported sales revenue of £7.5 million for November, having sold ten houses across two of its Aberdeen developments. Over the month, the housebuilder saw record sales at Rosefield Gardens, a collection of 73 four- and five-bedroom family homes in Cults, and at 550-home commun

Margaret Burgess MSP, Councillor Patrick McGlinchey and Councillor David McBride hand over the keys to representatives from the two businesses which have moved into the units Thirteen new workshops at Vale of Leven Industrial Estate were officially opened this week as the first businesses were welco

A small Scottish based business has been honoured with the rare distinction of becoming the first property repair company in the UK to be regulated by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The unique status was achieved by Wise Property Care, based in the south side of Glasgow.

Regional managing director Simon Phillips (left) and construction director for Scotland John Moore at the £8.9m Engine Shed project in Stirling Esh Border Construction will be exhibiting at Scotland’s newest industry showcase event this week to assist its business growth target for 2016.

Heather McIntyre (left) receives the Alan Calder Memorial Prize from Gordon Cunningham, managing director, Clark Contracts Top students recognised by Clark Contracts

The world’s most expensive footballer Gareth Bale has commissioned the construction of a three-hole golf course in the garden of his Vale of Glamorgan home in Wales. The Real Madrid star is such a big fan of golf that he has planned for three holes from three separate courses to be replicated out

Sajid Javid The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has today announced that it has now committed £2.3 billion to 58 green infrastructure projects with a total value of £10.1bn, almost three years to the day that the organisation was officially declared open.

Ogilvie Construction has been chosen to build a new £22 million hotel for Motel One Group in Oswald Street, Glasgow. With 374 rooms, the new hotel will be one of the largest in Scotland and the first in Glasgow for the European budget designer brand. The building will combine high quality product d

Nicola Sturgeon Greenock’s quayside is set for an expansion and a new visitor’s facility following the announcement of the first investment of the £1.13 billion city and region deal for Glasgow and Clyde Valley.

David Ritchie Shopfitting and interiors group Havelock Europa has today set out plans to make 50 workers redundant at its Fife headquarters over the next month.