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Tom Barclay Tom Barclay, co-chair of the Joint Housing Policy and Delivery Group reflects on 2015 and looks ahead to the next 12 months.

John Cassie The Scottish regional chairman of UK housebuilder Persimmon says his business is ready to deliver more new homes for Scotland in 2016 on the back of a very busy 2015.

Richard Steel As northern England and many parts of Scotland count the huge cost of recent flooding, Richard Steel, technical director at independent environmental consultancy practice Atmos Consulting, asks if we need to give the way we design flood defences a fundamental rethink?

Proposed view from Scott Monument Hoskins Architects have submitted plans for a series of extensive extensions and alterations to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.

Graham Construction has won the job to build the Higgs Centre for Innovation in Edinburgh. The Construction Enquirer reports that the firm will build the space technology centre, named after particle scientist Peter Higgs, at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre’s Royal Observatory.

Gareth Hoskins One of Scotland’s most influential architects Gareth Hoskins has died at the age of 48 after suffering a heart attack over the weekend.

Plans for the Midlothian studio include an unspecified retail element Developers behind the £850 million development on the site of the St James shopping centre in Edinburgh are trying to block plans for a new film studio on the outskirts of the city amid fears it could undermine its own project.

Pete Redfern Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has reported that its operating profit margin reached a new high in 2015, topping 20 per cent, with a rise of 7 per cent in sales.

Ayr Academy A new school has become the first of 12 projects to reach financial close after getting the go ahead by deputy first minister John Swinney.

Chris Millard Laing O’Rourke has appointed Dr. Chris Millard to lead its Engineering Excellence Group.

Natural resources investing company Cluff Natural Resources (CNR) is to pull funding from a project to build the UK's first deep offshore underground coal gasification (UCG) plant in Fife. Plans for the UCG facility at Kincardine were put on hold last year after the Scottish Government imposed a mor

Wind generated enough power to supply the electrical needs of 97 per cent of Scottish households during 2015, new figures published today have revealed. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found that a record final month of 2015 ended a “huge year” for wind and solar power

Scottish-based ground improvement specialist Ground Developments Ltd has began work on a new primary school project in Portlethen, Aberdeen. The firm has started the ground improvements on a project to deliver the new Hillside Primary School for Farrans who are the main contractor.

52 Soroba Road Restoration work starts on Oban homes

Construction workers are the safest drivers on UK roads, according to data released today by Aviva. Information compiled using data from the insurance firm’s new Aviva Drive app rated professions by their driving safety scores.