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A new national service has been established to improve the quality and management of healthcare construction and refurbishment projects across NHS Scotland.

AIM-listed housebuilder Springfield Properties said today that it expects its 2020/21 results to be significantly ahead of market expectations, reflecting significant year-on-year revenue growth.

The sale of Kier Group's housebuilding arm to a newly formed company owned by Terra Firma founder and chairman Guy Hands has now been completed.

Aberdeen City Council has highlighted rising construction costs plus a shortage of materials and workers after the local authority confirmed it would manage to build only half of its target of 2,000 homes by next year’s deadline.

A new bridge over the Black Cart river next to Glasgow Airport which promises to bring big benefits for people cycling and walking in Renfrewshire was installed last week.

Rail infrastructure engineering services provider QTS Group Ltd has completed the acquisition of Uddingston-based rail electrification expert Rail Electrification Limited (REL). The acquisition, which will see REL operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of QTS, brings the company into the Renew Ho

Developers have lodged a bid to overturn the rejection of a major build to rent development on the banks of the canal near Speirs Wharf in Glasgow.

A vital stage of the West Link project in Inverness swung into place yesterday with the opening of the new Torvean Bridge. The swing bridge opening represents a core element of the transformational West Link Project which is now drawing towards its conclusion.

Lucy Black from Construction Scotland Innovation Centre believes that 5G has the potential to support and accelerate efficiencies in the construction industry. Recently, the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre held an on-line event that looked at the potential impact of 5G on construction,

A family construction firm has won a top industry award for “outstanding” work on a Bridge of Allan kitchen renovation.  Kevin Wilson Joiners & Building Contractors was awarded the Best Kitchen Project honour by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) at its 2021 Scotl

Kingdom Housing Association has built six new homes in Glenrothes for social rent and handed them over to Fife Housing Association Alliance partner, Glen Housing Association. These new homes have been partly funded through a Scottish Government grant. An additional facility has been completed f

The drive to improve future housing options for people living in high-rise homes in North Lanarkshire is continuing as coronavirus restrictions ease. North Lanarkshire Council long-term plans in place to demolish all its tower blocks and a number of low-rise properties and replace them with 5,0

River Clyde Homes will hand over the first phase of modern new homes on the site of a former school in Port Glasgow later this year.

Scottish Building Society (SBS) has announced the opening of a £500,000 branch in Aberdeen to support existing customers and drive new business in the North East. The world’s oldest building society has completed the refit of a three-storey office block on the corner of Union Street and

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland held a small road-naming ceremony last week recognising the courage and sacrifice of Jane Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary and Matron of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, who died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.