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Renfrewshire Council could look towards housebuilders developing the Dargavel Village project to help fund a projected £69 million bill to rectify a new school being built to only a third of the required capacity. Last November, it was revealed that the brand new £18m Dargavel Prima

Fife Council is continuing to deal with the aftermath of a serious fire in Methil which broke out in a derelict building in Wellesley Road around 5pm on Sunday, May 14.

Ayrshire-based Compliance LEV, a rapidly expanding Scottish air quality specialist, is to open a major new facility and create more local jobs in order to meet burgeoning demand for its services and to deal with unprecedented levels of new business. The firm, which specialises in Local Exhaust Venti

Two of Falkirk Council’s arts venues have recently seen an upgrade thanks to an investment of £90k in both Grangemouth and Bo’ness Town Halls. New truss systems have been installed at both venues (a motorized system in Grangemouth and a manual hoist in Bo’ness). The work at G

Work is underway to build the new Easthouses Primary School. The new primary, on the site of the old Newbattle High School, will be able to accommodate 459 children. There will be 16 places to support children with Additional Support Needs (ASN) from across Midlothian, and 80 pre-school places.

Stirling Council has approved funding of more than £23 million to deliver a new state-of-the-art primary school in Callander.

New York’s famous Flatiron Building returns to auction today after the successful initial bidder failed to make the first down payment.

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New York City is slowly sinking under the sheer weight of its skyscrapers, a new study has revealed.

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A bid to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has secured funding of £2.3m for Glasgow projects that encourage people to make more sustainable travel choices. The funding will be used to deliver bus infrastructure improvements and network enhancements as well as boosting the recording o

Law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Katy Wall as a new director in its construction and engineering team. Ms Wall joins the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she was a senior associate in the firm’s commercial construction and engineering team.

Barratt Developments Scotland has donated £10,000 to support children and adults in Glasgow impacted by food inequality. Launch Foods, which is based in the centre of Glasgow, is one of five charities across Scotland benefitting from a share of the housebuilder’s annual £50,000 fun

A ‘topping out’ ceremony took place last week at Dunfermline Learning Campus, marking a major milestone for the project. Pupils helped cabinet secretary for education and skills, Jenny Gilruth and councillors lay a cement plinth commemorating the school building reaching its highest poin

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Ewan Wyllie as head of principal designer services. Mr Wyllie is an experienced principal designer, having worked in construction health and safety for over 18 years with a track record spanning a variety of sectors, project size and comp