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International management and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed to project manage the first phase of a significant new development at Loirston on the south side of Aberdeen. The £3.5 million scheme marks the beginning of a wider mixed use project involving Hermiston Securities Ltd,

The first commercial building constructed from shipping containers in Scotland has achieved a clean sweep of the Dundee Institute of Architects Awards.

The Glasgow Institute of Architects has revealed the winners of a design competition for a new gathering space and history resource at Springburn Winter Garden.

Philip Hogg Scotland’s home building industry today responded with caution and frustration to latest official quarterly statistics announcing a significant increase in the number of new build completions for April-June compared to last year.

The University of Dundee is to lead a research project into the recovery and use of stockpile fly ash to boost the construction sector. Teaming with the UK Quality Ash Association (UKQAA), the representative organisation for the producers and users of coal ash in the UK, the university’s Concrete

Breedon Aggregates Ltd has reported a 20 per cent increase in revenue over the first 10 months of the year and said its profit margins were also increasing, meaning it thinks its full-year results will beat current market expectations. In a trading update this morning, the firm said that for the 10

from left to right: Professor Simon Austin, Rob Francis, Professor Steve Rothberg and Dr Richard Buswell Skanska and Loughborough University have signed a collaboration agreement to develop the use of 3D printing in construction.

Margaret Burgess The Scottish Government has announced a £14 million cash boost to transform disadvantaged areas in Scotland.

Work begins on £3.4m Dunfermline housing development

The second phase of infrastructure is set to begin at Heartlands, opening up a further 20 acres of land for residential development.

Glasgow based construction and manufacturing business CCG (Scotland) Ltd has announced the appointment of a new management team at renowned construction research and development centre iQ Lab Ltd. The Group’s innovative team focus on delivery of research & development, sustainability and const

The new Marks & Spencer’s and Premier Inn development in St Andrews has commenced on site.

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’