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EDC Leader Cllr. Rhonda Geekie, John Hope, Board Director, hub West Scotland and Harry Thorburn of Morgan Sindall. A topping out ceremony has been held to mark the completion of the exterior of the new £5.29 million Lennoxtown Community Hub.

Broadford works Plans to transform an A-listed former factory in Aberdeen into a multi-million-pound urban village will go on display next month.

Jordan Charters and Dan Macauley Two Edinburgh College apprentices are ready to stencil, chisel and carve their way to success at a national skills competition this week, representing the city against UK rivals.

Scotland's first dedicated water technology testing facilities completed Scotland’s first ever full-scale facilities for the testing of water and waste water technologies have been unveiled in the Highlands and Central Belt.

A collaborative effort between the U.S. Air Force and defence contractor Energetic Materials and Products has resulted in a new tool that can cut through metal in a matter of seconds. They’re calling it the TEC Torch, but its it is already being being hailed as the world’s first real-life 'light

Simon Innes Simon Innes, managing director of Goodson Associates, has been awarded the prestigious European CEO of the Year Award 2015 at a dinner in London.

ASET Training Academy has been announced as the preferred bidder to develop a new £500,000 scaffolding training centre in the North East of Scotland, with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) joint-funded facility set to open in September 2016. CITB is commissioning the facility due to i

Alex Neil The Scottish Government has today announced it has exceeded its five-year target of delivering 30,000 affordable homes by March 2016, funded by £1.7 billion.

Breedon has entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Construction Materials Limited for £336 million. The combination of Breedon and Hope will create the UK’s leading independent producer of cement, concrete and aggregates and a vertically-integrated buildin

West Dunbartonshire Council has voted to proceed with the £1.2 million demolition of three multi-storey blocks – Newshot, Edmonstone and Howcraigs Courts – and four maisonette blocks – Clydeholm, Hamilton and Yokerburn Terraces – at Clydebank East. Demolition of the blocks will be phased ov

Sir Harry Burns Housing, care and property-management organisation Wheatley Group has appointed Sir Harry Burns as Chairman of its new charitable foundation.

Success for Cunninghame HA at CIH awards

Photography enthusiasts across Scotland are being encouraged to help raise awareness of the importance of infrastructure to our everyday lives and regional growth by entering the 2016 RICS Infrastructure Photography competition, which launched this week. RICS launched the inaugural national competit

Output from the UK construction sector fell unexpectedly for a third consecutive month in September, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But ndustry bosses said they remain optimistic despite the official figures showing that construction output dipped 0.2 per cent in Se

The potential value of Scotland’s empty homes is more than £4 billion, according to the organisation tasked with bringing them back into use. Ahead of its annual conference, The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP), which is run by housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland and funded b