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The Perth City masterplan A 20-year vision to make Perth a more connected, sustainable, knowledgeable and vibrant city has been approved by councillors.

Business confidence in the UK construction industry is at an 11-year high, the results of poll suggest. Almost two-thirds of the business leaders questioned say they believe there will be a growth in output over the next year.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent Society (ABS). The scheme involves architects registering to offer free, hour-long, consultations to the public, in return for a small donatio

Contractors brighten up Lennoxtown's Campsie Memorial Hall Generous volunteers have helped give Lennoxtown's Campsie Memorial hall a new coat of paint as part of the community benefits being offered during the construction of the Community Hub.

A council laid off six labourers before offering five of them new contracts in a bid to get rid of one of the employees, The Courier has reported. Dundee City Council's environment department made the workers redundant because of what bosses called a “downturn in current workload”.

Housebuilder Persimmon expects its revenue in the first half of 2015 to be up around 12 per cent to £1.34 billion (2014: £1.20bn) compared to the same period in 2014, it said in a trading update today. The firm attributed the boost to higher selling prices and higher volumes of new home sales, aid

Kier has sold off its fleet and passenger services (FPS) business through a management buy-out funded by Leeds-based private equity investor Endless for £17.9 million in cash. The sale includes the transfer of FPS’ finance lease debt of approximately £32m (as at 30 June 2015).

David Philp The Scottish BIM Task Group is conducting a survey for construction professionals to help inform and develop the next stage of the building information modelling (BIM) strategy in Scotland.

Measures to reduce the levels of a potentially harmful gas in three Highland schools have been revealed by the local authority. The Highland Council began a programme of inspections for levels of naturally occurring radon gas at 34 schools throughout the region in November last year.

Construction death rates in the UK have fallen in 2014/2015 with 35 fatalities recorded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) from 44 the year before. Despite strongly recovering workloads, the provisional annual data show fatalities are 22 per cent down on the average of 45 over the last five ye

Click the image for full-sized maps Thousands of acres of countryside 'swallowed up by development'

3D Elevated view from North Anderson Drive Work to tackle the longstanding traffic bottleneck at Aberdeen's Haudagain roundabout is expected to take about two years, it's been announced.

Ian McKee RICS Scotland has announced the appointment of Ian McKee (FRICS FCABE) as its 2015-2016 chairman.

Mark Rogerson Mark Rogerson has decided to step down as chief executive officer of Speedy Hire as the firm warned trading performance had fallen short of expectations.

A deal which aims to release about £2.9 billion for infrastructure improvements in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire remains on track following “positive” negotiations in Westminster. An adjournment debate on the Aberdeen City Region Deal in the House of Commons has been secured by Aberdeen North MP K