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UK construction companies indicated a strong improvement in business activity expectations in January, with optimism reaching its highest level for two years despite anongoing decline in current output levels and a marginal fall in incoming new work.

A section of Royal Terrace in Linlithgow will be closed for two weeks to enable Network Rail to raise the height of the railway boundary wall.

Work on a new Whitecraig Primary School is due to begin in early spring following the award of an £18.5 million contract to Morrison Construction.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed its fifth acquisition in five years with the purchase of the Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy offices of property and costs consultancy David Adamson and Partners. Established as a chartered surveying consultancy in 1930, David Adamson and Partner

West of Scotland Housing Association has kicked off a £5.7 million upgrade programme for former tenants of Charing Cross Housing Association, replacing the windows of 385 homes over the next three years, vastly improving energy efficiency and tackling fuel poverty for residents.

A former sawmill on the edge of a Fife village could be transformed into a retirement village.

Scotland's property sales volumes have gone up in the November 2023 – January 2024 period, according to the latest ESPC House Price Report.

North Lanarkshire's new council house building programme is delivering benefits to boost local employment and skills, provide opportunities for business and support community initiatives.

Developer Square & Crescent is considering revising its previously approved application for the conversion of Finance House in Edinburgh to include student accommodation.

Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn Projects has secured planning consent from the Scottish Borders Council's Planning and Building Standards February 2024 Committee to deliver its plans for the regeneration of the former March Street Mill, in Peebles.

A major public consultation programme for the homes-led transformation of the former Caledonian Brewery in Shandon, Edinburgh is being launched this week.

Springfield Properties has signed a new contract worth £15.3 million for the delivery of affordable housing for Highland Housing Alliance (HHA). Supported by funding from the Scottish Government, The Highland Council, and the Highland City Region Deal, the contract will see high-quality and en

A barrier is to be installed at the top of a street in Edinburgh after sat nav errors repeatedly directed drivers down a set of steps. Four vehicles in as many weeks have attempted to drive down the stairs on Greenside Lane, near the city's Theatre Royal bar, where an updated road layout w

Members of the Highland Council's City of Inverness Area Committee have agreed a list of proposed prioritised roadworks which will be funded out of the council’s Capital Budget allocation for 2024/25.

Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is currently powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2 million demonstrator initiative, which is currently nearing 12 mo