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The Morrison Construction Building Central team has handed over a newly-revamped clubhouse to the Castlevale Youth Development Club in Craigmillar after the completion of renovation works. For the past year, the team, mainly working at the nearby Castlebrae Community Campus project, has been helping

Maxi Construction has highlighted its community outreach success following its registration with the ESES Communities portal in April. ESES Communities is a development of Capital City Partnership, funded through the £1.3 billion Edinburgh & South East Scotland City Region Deal. As we

Transport minister Jenny Gilruth has visited the site of the first new feeder station to be commissioned as part of a £120 million investment to boost the electricity supply into the railway network. The Ferguslie feeder station, which will connect to the network in October, was installed near

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Construction of the first new city to be built in Mongolia since 1980 has commenced, an occasion marked by an opening ceremony attended by the Mongolian Prime Minister and members of the Mongolian Parliament. The Khushigt Valley - New Settlement Zone, which is set to be home to 150,000 people by 204

The historic London Road clock has returned home after 15 years in storage and following its full restoration, as part of the Trams to Newhaven project. The clock, which began life on Waverley Bridge in 1857 before being moved to the West End in 1896, was eventually placed at the roundabout on Londo

Five Scottish site managers have won a national housebuilding award. The managers are part of home construction company Taylor Wimpey and the award wins mark the firm's best regional performance in this competition for a number of years. 

The masterplanners behind the development of Shawfair, a new town south of Edinburgh incorporating the village and community of Danderhall, have supported the discovery and development of the railway mining platform at The Edmonstone Waggonway found on its land. Representatives from Shawfair LLP joi

A new modular demonstrator unit has been unveiled by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), designed to show Scottish businesses that a timber kit-of-parts approach to retrofit could be the key to future sustainable offices. Following the development of a blueprint design last yea

Construction consultancy Soben has further expanded its Latin American operations with the launch of its Mexico office, supported by a new senior appointment. The expansion is part of the East Kilbride-headquartered organisation’s plans for growth, targeting 1,000 people globally by 2027 to su

Hydrogen expert Logan Energy and renewables specialist Locogen are welcoming the news that planning permission has been granted for their wind turbine and electrolyser project at Arbikie Distillery near Montrose. The development will enable the distillery to power its operations from environmentally

A construction boss has been disqualified as a director for 11 years after he took £200,000 of taxpayers’ money through the Bounce Back Loan scheme that his companies were not entitled to. Stephen Burke, 63, from Rotherham, was director of four companies that provided services to co

Funding has been made available to help ensure a resilient supply of renewable hydrogen from Orkney to the mainland. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been awarded £454,000 to secure two hydrogen tube trailers that will contribute to improved hydrogen supply in Orkney and impro

Completions at volume housebuilder Persimmon have fallen to 6,652 for the first of 2022 compared to 2021’s 7,406 as the firm was impacted by anticipated planning delays. Announcing its half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2022, Persimmon said it is still on track to ach

More than £7.3 million worth of repairs are needed across Scotland's court estate — equal to almost the entire £8m capital budget of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). The SCTS set out the estimated cost of maintenance work required to fix leaky roofs, ceilings an da