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The City of Edinburgh Council has set a balanced £1 billion-plus budget for the next financial year with a raft of infrastructure projects to benefit from investment. 

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is assisting Midlothian Council with its sustainability drive with Passivhaus and Net Zero Carbon goals following its appointment to deliver 20 construction projects with a combined construction value of £90 million. The firm is providing project

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging the construction industry to get involved in important new research to develop a broader picture of the benefits and challenges of the Principal Designer (PD) role under CDM 2015 by completing an online survey. HSE has appointed independent constructio

Hart Builders is to work with Midlothian Council to deliver 265 new homes in the region in support of the council’s Local Housing Strategy. A total of 49 of the new homes have already been completed and handed over to the local authority, despite the closure of construction sites for a si

Plans to convert the former Mariner Hotel in Aberdeen into housing have been pushed forward by councillors.

After nearly a year of practical support and proactive guidance for Scotland’s building sector, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) continues to attract new members, this week welcoming another three major organisations to its ranks.

Plans to fill a Tollcross gap site with flats and ground floor commercial units have been drawn up and submitted to Glasgow City Council. Permission is being sought for a four-storey building at 1042 Tollcross Road.

The outcomes of the prestigious 2020 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration were announced last night at a virtual celebratory presentation event streamed live via Vimeo. Having postponed the annual sit down dinner in the Grand Central Hotel in December, SURF delivered a virtual Awa

Pupils and teachers at Hilltop Primary in Airdrie will have more reason to cheer than most when they finally get back to school, as their new building has won a national building award.

A company in Columbia has found a novel use for the husks discarded when coffee is roasted by turning them into building materials.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans by Wheatley Group for 254 homes for a site in Calton.

The disused Millennium visitor centre in Glasgow's Tollcross Park is to be demolished to make way for a nursery.

Scottish Construction Now has gone through the 10,000 LinkedIn followers mark in the last 24 hours.

Innovative plans to make the new Currie Community High School one of the most energy efficient high schools in Scotland have been unveiled by the City of Edinburgh Council.

More than £100 million is to be spent improving housing across South Lanarkshire in the next financial year. The huge investment will see 504 new homes being built as part of the council’s commitment to deliver 1,000 new homes. More than 500 new homes have already been delivered, with fa