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Stornoway Port Authority has awarded the £49 million contract for the construction of its new multi-purpose Deep Water Terminal to building and civil engineering firm McLaughlin & Harvey.

More than £190 million of the £300m committed by the UK and Scottish Governments for the Tay Cities Region Deal has already been earmarked for projects over the next ten years, the first Annual Performance Report has confirmed.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded £4 million to restore two historic Victorian palm houses and a range of modernist 1960s glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE).

Office take-up in Aberdeen has almost reached the total figure for 2021 in only the first three months of this year, according to new analysis from Knight Frank.

An Aberdeen car park is to get a £1.2 million refurbishment including internal decoration of parking areas and stairwells alongside structural repairs, lighting upgrades and improvements, a CCTV upgrade, re-lining, and installation of a new access barrier solution.

Roofing contractor DMG Services Group Ltd (DMG) has agreed a partnership with the Scottish Government and its Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) initiative which will see the Glasgow firm give hundreds of local high school pupils the chance to learn a professional trade. Established in 2014, DYW i

Plant mechanic apprentice Callum McIntyre and plant operator apprentice Eleanor Macmillan-Currie were awarded ‘Apprentice of the Year 2021/2022’ in their respective fields at the 70th annual dinner of the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) held in Glasgow on April 7. The award

The administration of a £1 million research budget focused on developing international best practice in the built environment for healthcare has been awarded by NHS Scotland Assure to Edinburgh Napier University.

Ayr-based Clearview Intelligence, a data and technology company which delivers safer, greener and more intelligent infrastructure solutions, has been announced Champion Business Award winner at the conclusion of hub South West’s second Build Ayrshire programme. Established 35 years ago, t

Quale Homes has submitted plans to Fife Council seeking permission to build over 200 new homes in Kinglassie. The firm plans to build 212 homes, including 46 affordable houses, with two vehicular access points, roads, landscaping, playpark and on land to the south of Hill View in the town on the edg

Westpoint Homes has purchased a city centre residential development site with detailed planning permission for 92 units, just one mile south east of Glasgow City Centre at Old Rutherglen Road in the Gorbals area.

Glasgow-based Kindness Homeless Street Team, founded by Laura McSorley, has received a helping hand from Cala Homes (West) after being awarded £1,500 as part of the homebuilder’s Community Bursary initiative. The organisation, known for its soup kitchen at George Square, also provides fo

Link delivered its 1000th affordable home on 31 March 2022 as the organisation entered its 60th anniversary.

Scotland's rural land market and values are changing amid strong timber prices and rising demand in non-farming leisure estates, according to a report published today by the Scottish Land Commission.

The question of whether masonry or open panel timber frame built with a forklift is safer than more advanced panelised modern methods of construction (MMC) using a crane is explored in a new study.