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Revised plans to convert the former Department for Work and Pensions building in Dundee into residential properties has been granted planning permission.

Two young electricians have been recognised for their exceptional talent in the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) Apprentice of the Year awards, sponsored by Edmundson Electrical. Cameron Wood and Patrick Henderson were presented with their awards and certificates in special ceremonies with their

A turnkey building services package supplied by Arc-Tech (Scotland) has helped deliver a new care home in Stirling.

Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards will no longer be automatically given to registered apprentices after changes to construction apprenticeship frameworks made it harder to guarantee they will have completed the necessary health and safety training.

Balfour Beatty has reported that its trading is in line with expectations and pre-pandemic levels, with a high-quality order book for next year.

Private small satellite launch services provider Orbex has started construction of the first orbital space launchpad to be built in the UK for more than half a century.

Tier 1 construction contractors have been appointed to deliver two new major school projects for Peebles and Galashiels following a thorough bid and evaluation process. BAM Construction Ltd will be responsible for the construction of a new state-of-the-art campus in Peebles, replacing the High Schoo

Bigtincan, a provider of sales enablement automation solutions, has unveiled plans to make Scotland one of its principal international locations following support from Scottish Enterprise. Bigtincan will expand its software development centre in Glasgow and accelerate a series of R&D projects to

Development partner hub North Scotland has completed work on the new Broadford Hospital on Skye and handed the building over to NHS Highland. The successful completion of the 24-bed hospital follows the handover of the Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital in Aviemore in September.

A £1.4 million project to strengthen and re-paint a railway bridge in Paisley will begin next month.

Baird Lumsden, the specialist rural property arm of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, has recruited three more young property professionals to boost its team in response to continuing demand for rural properties throughout Scotland. Tom Lennie, Kirstie McLachlan and Sophie Watt have all joined the Bridge

A pioneering partnership has been unveiled to build a new £1 million library for the village of Strathblane.

Barratt Developments Scotland has published new research which it said shows the housebuilder is well on its way to meeting top energy efficiency standards set out by the Scottish Government. The study by the company, which owns Barratt and David Wilson homes, shows that all of its new homes ar

Queen’s Park Football Club has tweaked the redevelopment proposals for its home at Lesser Hampden and now plan to demolish the "oldest football building in the world".

Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Harley Haddow has set out its growth plans as demand remains strong across the UK. The firm, which has bases in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, closed 2020/21 with a strong financial performance, despite the industry-wide challenges of Covid-19.