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A succession of contract wins in 2024 has seen insurance reinstatement building contractor INSUREPAIR double its workforce in recent months.

Network Rail engineers visited a steelworks in Annan to see progress on steel fabrication for ongoing projects to improve accessibility at three stations across Scotland.

The open call for project funding bids for Glasgow City Region’s £160 million investment zone has generated substantial interest from across the region with almost £2 billion worth of bid applications received.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has joined forces with Cruden Homes to bring 70 new affordable homes to the former site of Howdenburn Primary School in Jedburgh, the largest new project that the association has carried out to date.

Up to ten developers have said they will stop building homes in Scotland due to its “anti-landlord legislation”, according to reports. Jonathon Ivory, chief investment officer at the developer Packaged Living, has told The Times that his company would not invest any money

Property, land and investment company Mac Mic Group has donated £15,000 to five charities. The charities work tirelessly to address homelessness and support those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis in Scotland and England.

Archaeologists working in Iraq say they have found some "unusual construction material" on a brick believed to have once been part of the Tower of Babel.

Output in the UK construction sector is estimated to have decreased by 1.9% in volume terms in February 2024 compared to the previous month. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said this follows a 1.1% increase in January 2024, with the monthly value in level terms at £15,229 million

DITT Construction Ltd, a Shetland-based construction company, has transferred its entire shareholding to an employee ownership trust (EOT).

Glasgow City Council has agreed to negotiate the disposal of the council-owned vacant land at Hecla Square in Drumchapel to allow the building of a new daycare centre.

Midlothian Council's cabinet member for education Councillor Ellen Scott visited the new Easthouses Primary School project last week to see first-hand the progress being made on construction work undertaken and to hear about the fantastic community benefits being delivered locally. The project is se

Scotia Windows and Doors has taken the decision to unwind its operations in Alva, Scotia Architectural Systems, after ten years of service to the architectural glazing market. The company said the commercial decision will allow it to concentrate on its core business elsewhere.

Cala Homes (West) site team at its Jordanhill Park development, led by project director David Sutherland, welcomed students from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) to see the housebuilding process in action.

Volunteers from MAST Architects gave up their time for a charity which provides lifeline support for Wheatley Group tenants.

The empty Northern Hotel in Aberdeen could be given a new lease of life as student accommodation under new plans submitted to the local authority. The Art Deco landmark at the junction of Great Northern Road and Clifton Road dates back decades but closed its doors back in 2022 amid "crippling e