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Building work has started on a new modern pavilion at Harlaw Playing Fields which will be a huge improvement on current facilities for pupils and staff at Harlaw Academy. The new building will allow PE staff to be based at the site and will reduce time spent by pupils travelling the short distance t

Electrotechnical trade association SELECT used its landmark 125th Anniversary Grand Ball to make a £2,500 donation to Prostate Scotland as part of an ongoing campaign to educate its members about the disease that affects thousands of men every year. Scotland’s largest construction trade

A large offshore oil and gas company has been sentenced and fined £560,000 after failing to properly maintain pipework for seven years.

Edinburgh-based St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is celebrating a major milestone with the completion of one million sales.

Dumfries and Galloway Council will consider the future of the Whitesands Project – combining a major flood protection scheme with significant public realm improvements – at its Full Council meeting on Thursday 11 December.

A pioneering two-bed prototype home in Inverness withstood snow, frost and rain to be rapidly assembled in just one week.

Civic, the team of system thinkers in the built environment with studios in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has been named the preferred bidder on the Scottish Government’s Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) technical advice framework. Civic will partner with Community Energy Scotland, an in

Moray Council’s Building Standards team has achieved outstanding national recognition, securing two top honours at this year’s Building Standards Leaders Forum.

A report detailing recommendations to stop and withdraw the statutory consultation proposals regarding the relocation of Eyemouth Primary School following significant community opposition against the proposals will be discussed next week at a meeting of the Scottish Borders Council.   Since the

Clark Contracts has launched a new website to build upon the firm's recent success.  

Whitbread PLC, the owner of the Premier Inn hotel chain, has received confirmation from the City of Edinburgh Council that it has granted planning permission for the conversion of Capital House into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn.  Whitbread will invest £21 million in the conversion and rear e

Redevelopment of the Artizan Centre in Dumbarton town centre has moved to the next stage with work undergoing to improve the appearance of the retail units.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is to consider plans to kick-start the regeneration of the long-derelict Former Interfloor Factory site in Heathhall, Dumfries.

Sigma Capital, a UK provider of build-to-rent (BTR) housing, has agreed a £268 million investment debt facility with Morgan Stanley. The new facility has been established to refinance a newly-completed portfolio of c.1,400 homes drawn from Sigma’s wider portfolio of c.4,500 homes across

As the men’s football team makes plans for the 2026 World Cup and Scottish football sits top of mind for many across the country, the National Trust for Scotland has added its voice to those seeking assurances about the preservation of the first ever Hampden Park in Glasgow. The site, at Kings