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Alastair Dempster Wheatley Group, Scotland’s largest housing, care and regeneration organisation, has raised £250 million after issuing an AA- rated public-listed bond.

A construction firm has been fined £8,000 after a worker was crushed under nearly two tonnes of plasterboard. Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard that Stuart McNaught, a joiner for William Fulton Building Services Ltd, suffered a broken rib, pelvis, punctured lung and fractures to both legs after he slip

Laurieston in Glasgow named UK’s ‘Best Social Housing Development’

Alex Neil Trade body Homes for Scotland has reaffirmed its commitment to working with first minister Nicola Sturgeon to help tackle the country’s chronic undersupply of housing and applauded the appointment of Alex Neil MSP as cabinet secretary with this responsibility.

Mark Lazarowicz A major revamp of Leith Docks, new waterfront developments and upgrades to city’s cycle network are among the investments mooted if Edinburgh scoops a £1 billion funding jackpot.

Councillors are considering plans to re-establish a property repairs enforcement service in Edinburgh. A detailed service blueprint, costed business plan and implementation plan will be presented to the City of Edinburgh Council’s Finance and Resources Committee next Thursday, 27 November.

Doors have opened at the £14.5 million redevelopment of the historic Deaconess House on Edinburgh’s Pleasance, completed by Graham Construction.

Claire Sheerin Salaries for some construction professionals in Scotland have risen by between 10 - 20 per cent over the past year, some of the highest salary increases in the UK, according to new analysis.

Work underway on Glasgow Women's Library refurbishment

The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE, The Master of the Plaisterers’ Company, Michael Jones & John Laing John Laing, Edinburgh College’s head of the Institute of Construction and Building Crafts, has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at an

Confidence levels regarding the future workload prospects of architects continues to be very positive across the whole of the UK, ranging from +28 in Wales and the West to +80 in Scotland. The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index increased substantially this month, standing at +37 in October 2014 compa

BAM Construction has commenced work on the last school to be delivered under the Building Fife’s Future Framework.

David A More Trophy winner Ian Flockhart (centre) from SNIPEF Heating Scotland Ltd with Robin Hall (L) and Robert Beagley (R) Edinburgh College graduate Ian Flockhart, 52, picked up the top award at the 13th annual Apprentice Prize Giving Ceremony organised by the Scottish & Northern Ireland Plu

Back left to right: Robert Hamilton, Procurement Manager, Ineos; Ian Blainey, Director, Luddon; Bill Sweeten, Division General Manager, Luddon. Front left to right: Alan MacMillan, Ethane Project Manager, Ineos; Charlie Frize, Managing Director, Luddon Scottish engineering firm Luddon Construction h

Norbord's expansion plans approved by Highland councillors Highland councillors have approved plans to expand a factory producing wood panels near Inverness.