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Civil engineering company Kilmac has struck the right note with a range of community sponsorships across Tayside in recent years. Now the Dundee-based firm is supporting Perth’s 'Craigie Hillfest', which returns on September 10 after being forced to pull the plug during the pandemic.

A long-awaited trial has started involving key figures responsible for looking after Genoa's Morandi Bridge which collapsed in 2018 killing 43 people. Fifty-nine people face a variety of charges including manslaughter and safety failures.

An amended planning application for the £60 million Filmhouse project in Edinburgh's Festival Square is expected to be lodged next month. Plans for the cinema complex, which is set to become the home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival were initially unveiled by Richard Murphy Archite

Scottish renewable energy projects won contracts to sell their power in a UK auction yesterday – at record low prices. Offshore, two projects off Scotland’s east coast won Contracts for Difference in a competitive UK Government auction process – at just £37.35 per megawatt-ho

Contractor GRAHAM has completed the core of developer PLATFORM_’s landmark build to rent (BTR) scheme at Central Quay, which now stands as one of Glasgow’s tallest buildings at 20 storeys (circa 60m high). Designed by architect Keppie, the £100 million residential-led development w

Planning permission in principle has been granted by West Lothian Council for a new film studio to be created in Bathgate. Ashfield Land will develop around 11,148 sqm of business, general industry and storage and distribution on the eastern edge of the Pyramids Business Park for use as film/st

UK house prices increased by 1.8% in June, signalling the twelfth consecutive monthly rise, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

Councillor Allan Stubs, housing convener of North Lanarkshire Council, visited four developments across the area recently and highlights the significance of the new eco-friendly homes.

South Lanarkshire Council has received plans to convert an old furniture store into three flats and a small retail unit. The application concerns the former Brown and Co Furnishings shop on Bannatyne Street.

Argyll and Bute Council has appointed Dawson WAM as the principal contractor for the Campbeltown Flood Protection Scheme (FPS) – part of the £15.215 million scheme that will see a range of improvement works carried out to reduce the risk of flooding in the town.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Rob Simpson

A new prototype sensor that provides an early warning signal if a bridge is at risk of scour – the number one cause of bridge collapse globally – has been developed by a Queen’s University Belfast researcher. Scour is erosion of riverbeds and banks, which can cause major bridge str

Plans to transform a 200-year-old mill in Castletown into a destination whisky distillery have been given the green light.

Landowners and communities are being urged to celebrate work they are doing to improve land and resources that contribute to Scotland’s just transition to a net zero economy.

Thirty people died while working in construction over the last year as the sector accounted for around a quarter of all work-related fatalities, new official figures have revealed. Data published by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) shows that 123 were killed in work-related accident