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Fife-based timber specialist James Donaldson & Sons Ltd has enjoyed a stronger year in the improving housebuilding and construction industry. Accounts published by Companies House for the year to March 31 2015 revealed that pre-tax profit at the group nearly doubled at £4.52 million from an inc

Plans have been submitted for the expansion of Cupar, which will deliver 1,480 new homes and more than 700 jobs to the town. The Cupar North Consortium, comprising Persimmon Homes North Scotland, Headon Developments and Vico Properties, has submitted an application for planning permission in princip

The UK construction industry rebounded robustly last month after November’s weak performance according to the latest Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) figures. UK construction’s PMI increased to 57.8 up from November’s seven month low of 55.3, well above the 50.0 threshold for growth

Tata Steel's Clydebridge plant A £195,000 support package has been agreed by the Scottish Government to retain key staff at the Tata steel plants in Dalzell and Clydebridge.

Transport Scotland has released a new video including some unique drone footage of the construction work to build the Queensferry Crossing. Some of the areas of significant progress to date include:

Architectural accolade for Botanic Cottage restoration The brick-by-brick rebuild of the historic Botanic Cottage in Edinburgh has received a prestigious accolade from a Georgian architecture society.

An official digital freeway sign in Riverside County, California sparked outrage on Christmas evening when its message was switched from a mundane traffic warning to a campaign booster for US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump. A portable changeable message sign on the $1.4 billion freeway 91 Project

The team at Scottish Construction Now would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers, advertisers and contributors a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year. Thank you for your continued support throughout 2015 and we look forward to working with you in 2016.

A worker at a scaffolding firm who was injured when a manager threw a claw hammer which accidently struck him on the head has had a claim for damages dismissed after a court ruled that his employers were not “vicariously liable”. A sheriff principal upheld a sheriff’s decision that the employe

Engineering support services company Babcock is set to develop a new multi-million pound state-of-the-art engineering centre at its Rosyth facilities as part of an ongoing programme of investment on the Fife site. The flagship development will have the capacity to accommodate more than 450 staff acr

Councillors have voted to withdraw plans to develop a new education campus in Alexandria incorporating two schools, an early learning centre and a specialist language unit. West Dunbartonshire Council's educational services committee approved a recommendation from council officers to pull the plan f

Richard Threlfall Richard Threlfall, KPMG’s head of infrastructure, building and construction, forecasts a positive outlook for the construction industry in 2016 and calls on all businesses in the sector to start to invest.

Permission has been granted to remove a condition that restricts the building of mezzanine floors in five new units at Strathkelvin Retail Park in East Dunbartonshire. Caledonian Property Investments Ltd lodged the planning application via agent GVA Barr.

Aileen McLeod More than four per cent of homes in Scotland are thought to be exposed to flooding, a new report from the Scottish Government has warned.

Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana may be in line for an apartment block crowned with nothing less than a ski slope – just in case you want a little bit of winter sports when you get home after work. As reported by CNN, with its very cold and often snowy winters, Astana certainly has a ski-friendly