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John Dunne The Wates Group has appointed John Dunne as director of health & safety in a move to underpin its 2020 vision of a zero harm culture.

The cost of an Angus schools project has increased by more than £1.6 million before a brick has been laid. The rising cost of the Arbroath Schools Project will go before councillors at a meeting today, during which the aftershock of Muirfield Contracts’ demise will be felt.

Detailed plans for a major mixed use scheme in Glasgow on the site of the stalled Bothwell Plaza has been revealed during a public consultation. HFD Group’s plan for the Bothwell Exchange project include a pre-let 180,000 sq/ft office block, 300-bed hotel and signature apart-hotel and residential

Michael Dall Commercial and retail construction contracts in the UK increased by almost 70 per cent in February according to figures released today.

12 Vanuatu athletes made the Village their home during last year’s Games The developers behind the Athletes’ Village in Glasgow is donating £5,000 to Oxfam’s Emergency Reponses fund to assist the cyclone-stricken victims at Vanuatu.

Atrium Homes reveals relocation plans

Philip Hogg Scotland’s home building industry has welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s introduction of a new Help to Buy ISA to assist those saving for their first property but warned it would be of little use north of the border unless there is help to build the homes that are needed in the fir

Public bodies in Scotland stand accused of withholding £120 million from small construction contractors, according to a new report. Published by the Specialist Engineering Contractors (SEC) Group Scotland, the report said most councils and universities still operate retention clauses in their contr

Keith Brown Almost 70 projects totalling around £7 billion will be under construction in 2015, according to the Scottish Government.

Vaughan Hart Today’s latest official labour market figures are further proof that rates of employment within the Scottish construction industry are proving slow to recover, according to the Scottish Building Federation.

MacLeod House US businessman Donald Trump has tabled fresh plans for a multi-million pound expansion of his Aberdeenshire golf resort – with a second course firmly back on the table.

The derelict Venue nightclub at Stack Leisure Park Sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley is set to launch Scotland’s first Sports Direct retail outlet and gym in Dundee.

First look inside Johnstone Town Hall as building set to open

Name and location of development: Central Bellsmyre - three sites at Aitkenbar Drive/Auchenreoch Avenue, Penniecroft Avenue and Whiteford Crescent.

A £5 million project to construct a distillery and visitor centre at Lindores Abbey in Fife could get started early next year after plans moved a step forward. The abbey in Newburgh is the site of the first recorded whisky production in Scotland in 1494, and it is envisaged that whisky distillation