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The Chinese government has taken steps to forbid the construction of “bizarre” and “odd-shaped” buildings that are devoid of character or cultural heritage. A new directive has been issued to ban architecture that is “oversized, xenocentric, weird” and called for buildings that are “su

David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to exempt transactions of six or more homes from the additional LBTT surcharge.

Reid Cunningham BAM Construct UK has set up a new energy subsidiary within its facilities management division.

Gary McGregor Gary McGregor, formerly group managing director with Glasgow based construction and manufacturing company CCG (Scotland) Ltd, has joined Paisley based construction, scaffold and building services company JR Group as managing director.

David Thomas Barratt has reported a 40 per cent surge in pre-tax profits as its increased home completions by over nine per cent.

Adrian Ringrose Interserve has put its RMD Kwikform arm under strategic review as it considers selling the shoring and formwork business.

Robertson has secured a contract to engineer and build what will be an iconic new road-bridge in the heart of Scotland’s legendary whisky-making country. Robertson Civil Engineering was awarded the contract by Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard, for work a

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Laing O’Rourke has announced plans to make around 200 redundancies from its UK operations. The contractor said this morning that the move is the next step in the implementation of its strategy to focus on engineering and manufacturing.

Wheatley Group has today confirmed it will progress plans to deliver its repairs and maintenance service through a new joint venture (JV) with Glasgow City Council. Heads of terms have been agreed that will lead to Wheatley - parent company of Scotland’s largest social landlord Glasgow Housing Ass

Ken Gillespie Galliford Try’s chief operating officer Ken Gillespie has announced he is stepping down in July and will retire from group in February 2017.

Edinburgh's Old Town UNESCO has called on the UK government to demand changes to Edinburgh’s planning system in order to preserve the Old and New Towns, two of six UNESCO sites in Scotland.

Construction work on a £50 million school in Largs can official begin after the new facility cleared a final planning hurdle yesterday. North Ayrshire Council approved the proposals following a pre-determination meeting was held to give objectors and all stakeholders involved in the process a chanc

Tammy Adams Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has today announced the internal appointment of Tammy Adams as head of planning.

Councillors in West Dunbartonshire have agreed to £114 million worth of improvements for council homes. Agreed as part of the local authority’s 2016/17 budget, the investment will allow the council to carry out 170 kitchen replacements and 120 new bathrooms, replace and modernise over 300 heating