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Culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced £400,000 of funding to support the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Festival of Architecture. Taking place from March to October 2016, the Festival will be an international celebration of design and creativity designed to highlight Sc

LaSalle acquires Aberdeen residential development from Dandara LaSalle Investment Management and developer Dandara have completed a deal that will deliver Scotland’s first large scale institutional PRS scheme at a major site in Aberdeen.

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A van belonging to Glasgow City Council construction giants City Building has been stopped by police in a dramatic collision that ended in three arrests and the seizure of £200,000 of illegal drugs. According to an official police statement, officers detained and arrested the two occupants of the v

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has said it is to report a better-than-expected 45 per cent rise in profit for the year to end June after it completed more homes than forecast, and helped by house price inflation. The group rose 4.4 per cent, or 26p, to 620.5p after telling investors that it expec

The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey for the second quarter of 2015 has revealed construction product manufacturers’ sales increased for a ninth consecutive quarter, driven by growth in all key areas of the UK construction market, together with a rise in export de

Keith Brown Vital ground investigation work is due to get underway next month on the southern section of the A9 between Birnam and Glen Garry.

Dozens of small and medium companies have joined Galliford Try, Lanes Group, Coffey and Morgan Sindall among the firms which will deliver Scottish Water’s £3.5 billion rural contracts framework. The businesses will be able to bid for work or be selected by larger contractors for a range of constr

Robert Gordon's Garthdee Campus Sweett Group, the global provider of professional services for the construction and management of building and infrastructure projects, has been appointed by Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University to its four year capital projects framework to provide quantity surveyin

Ken Macintosh Scottish Labour leadership contender Ken Macintosh has said the party would make housing a priority under his leadership.

George Osborne Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced new plans to automatically grant planning permission for housing on many brownfield sites in England.

The safety of people and property is being put at risk because 18 million of us feel too embarrassed to ask if an electrician is registered, according to research by Electrical Safety First. The Charity has just launched a major consumer campaign to raise awareness of the need to use a registered el

Explosives set for Aberdeen bypass job Explosives are to be used on the next phase of the £745 million Aberdeen bypass project.

UK contracting giant Balfour Beatty has issued a new profit warning, after announcing that its 2015 results will be hit by a "shortfall" of £120m-£150m. The company said a review of its businesses had continued to "identify legacy issues" in the UK, US and Middle East which would hit profits.

Glasgow-based construction and civil engineering firm RJ McLeod has delivered a "healthy" profits rise following a significant leap in turnover in its latest financial year - despite conditions remaining tough in its core markets. The company, which works on road, infrastructure, marine, waste and p