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Work is progressing to deliver a £15.5 million programme of investment for Argyll and Bute Council’s ports and harbours in 2022/23. A report to today’s meeting of the Harbour Board provides an update on these infrastructure and passenger-service improvement initiatives.

hub South West Scotland (hSWS) is bringing its successful Build programme to Dumfries and Galloway for the first time this month, offering local businesses the chance to gain expert business advice and learning within the construction sector. To date, hSWS has delivered over 90 projects to a value o

Construction work on six indoor tennis courts at Oriam, Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh campus, began in earnest this week. Part of the Transforming Scotland’s Indoor Tennis (TSIT) project, the tennis centre is scheduled to open its doors

A plan to build a biomethane plant near Kippen has been given conditional approval by Stirling Council’s Planning and Regulation Panel. Graham’s, The Family Dairy, is seeking to install the facility on a 1.9-hectare site north east of Mains of Boquhan as part of its plans to achieve net

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Aberdeen City Council has agreed a £3.3 million deal to upgrade the Travelling Persons Site located at Clinterty. The plans involve demolishing existing plots to build 21 new ones for Travellers.

Guild Homes has submitted revised plans for a £50 million expansion of its Forfar housing development after it lost an appeal into the proposal just last month. The local firm hopes to double the size of its 245-home development at Strathmore Fields between Turfbeg and Kirriemuir Road.

A bid to expand the Aberdeen village of Peterculter with 250 new homes has failed to gain the support of Aberdeen City Council. First Endeavour LLP had sought to build the new properties in the north of the community. The houses were designed by Halliday Fraser Munro to border Bucklerburn

Highland construction company WGC (Scotland) Ltd will be known as Capstone Construction going forward after a major rebranding at the firm. Founded in 2001, the business grew to become one of the largest privately owned construction companies in the Highlands. Inverness-based investment group GEG Ca

Six island local authorities will receive a share of £4.45 million to assist critical projects on climate change, population retention and tourism. A total of 11 projects, spread across 31 islands, have received funding for the current financial year as part of the Islands Programme.

A key element in Edinburgh’s ongoing waterfront regeneration programme has been nominated as Scotland’s Best Affordable Housing Development at the prestigious Herald Property Awards ceremony to be held next month in Glasgow. The Heron Place development at Granton Harbour, completed by Po

Intrepid explorer Linda Rolfe, the events, marketing and communications coordinator at SELECT, has set off on an Inca Trail adventure today. 'Lindiana Jones' is flying to Peru and trekking through the Andes to Machu Picchu in aid of the Electrical Industries Charity.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has selected Balfour Beatty to restore its Grade-A Listed, Temperate and Tropical Palm Houses. The two-year, £12.5 million contract will see Balfour Beatty replace deteriorating and damaged stonework, roof structures and windows to meet the statutory o

A total of five new high quality, inclusive and segregated active travel routes alongside Dundee’s arteries could come a step closer next week. Councillors will be asked to approve the services of consultants Sweco to investigate preferred routes and concept designs linking the heart of the ci

Campion Homes held its annual Charity Golf Day in glorious sunshine on Friday 26th August which raised thousands for the Lighthouse Club Construction Industry Charity.