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Perthshire civil engineering firm I & H Brown is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a record £38 million order book. Founded when brothers Ian and Hardie Brown bought a disused Fife aerodrome in 1963, the group has won half of its new orders in the English civil engineering market, and is pr

Kenny Steele (left) and George Massie demonstrate Eyesee’s live visualisation with a 3D model on a site adjacent to Aberdeen harbour A Scottish software developer is revolutionising how proposed developments are viewed with a new system which gives architects, officials and the public a chance to

Scottish households could be better off by £151 million every year by installing a renewable heating system – but 51 per cent of Scottish adults think the technology is too expensive to install in their home. And while many Scots can correctly identify technologies such as biomass boilers (26 per

(left to right): Roddy Macdonald, Sanctuary head of development – Scotland, with GHA chairman Gordon Sloan and Calum Murray, director – CCG (Scotland) Ltd Glasgow based construction company CCG has been recognised at the prestigious Herald Property Awards for Scotland for the second year running

Gretna Gateway expansion promises jobs boost Work is to start on an expansion of a shopping centre in southern Scotland with the promise of 50 new jobs.

Work on a new luxury housing estate near Stonehaven will start within weeks after developers awarded an initial contract worth £25 million to a building firm. North east construction firm Pert Bruce has been appointed as a major contractor for the Ury Estate development, which will see 51 houses bu

BAM Properties has sold its commercial property development Connect110ns in the heart of Glasgow’s premier commercial and retail district to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM).

Plans to develop two new £15 million primary schools have been given the green light by Glasgow City Council, according to the Evening Express. Broomhill Primary, in the West End, will be built on the site of the current school in Edgehill Road, with pupils being moved to nearby Ladywell school dur

Donald MacDonald Ogilvie Construction has started work on a £24 million project to build two new student housing buildings for Ziggurat Student Living in central Edinburgh.

Plans submitted for Stirlingshire green belt homes Graham’s The Family Dairy and housing developer Mactaggart & Mickel Homes have submitted fresh plans for a new town on green belt land in Stirlingshire.

RICS Scotland Project of the Year Winner – Knockando Woolmill A six month search to find Scotland’s leading property and construction projects is now on following the launch of the RICS Scotland Awards 2015.

Major housing plans which could see 1,500 homes built along with a primary school on land to the west of Perth have been submitted by the Pilkington Trust. The proposed Almond Valley Village is set to take shape on a 160-acre site in the Ruthvenfield/Huntingtowerfield areas of the city,

Margaret Burgess More than 1,600 households in the social rented sector will be fitted with measures to make them warmer and cheaper to heat, with the announcement of a £4.5 million fuel poverty fund from the Scottish Government.

Builders construct a slight rise in Scottish start-ups A recovery in construction has driven up new Scottish business start-up numbers.

An Aberdeen modular cabin firm is supplying accommodation for the multi-million pound Forth Replacement Crossing construction project.