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Housebuilding innovation initiative the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) is inviting suppliers to showcase their innovative products or services, demonstrating how they can deliver industrialised offsite solutions required to meet current and future housebui

Dundee’s Dovetail Enterprises and Glasgow’s City Building have been awarded contracts totalling £2 million to support the set-up of Social Security Scotland offices in their respective cities.

Osprey Housing is working with Moray-based housebuilder Tulloch of Cummingston to develop 76 new homes as part of a major project in Lossiemouth. The initial phase of this venture represents a £2.85 million undertaking for Osprey — the group’s largest new-build project yet —

Stirling Council will deliver even more affordable homes across the region over the next five years after being earmarked for £53 million in funding by the Scottish Government. Council areas across Scotland are to share more than £3.2 billion of Scottish Government grant funding to deliv

International real estate adviser Savills has completed its Aberdeen office move to 37 Albyn Place, the former KPMG offices, which have been extensively refurbished to provide modern, high quality and sustainable office accommodation. The move allows Savills to accommodate all staff on a single floo

The UK Government is to bring in tighter guidance for planning authorities in England as part of a package of actions to better protect and prepare communities for flooding.

Duncan Currie, site manager at Taylor Wimpey’s Meadowlands development in Dunfermline, is celebrating after receiving his first prestigious NHBC Pride in the Job Quality award. Out of 10,000 site managers from around the UK, Duncan Currie is one of 450 who have been recognised for their d

People power is proving a solution to transforming derelict land into a vital community asset in Glasgow’s Castlemilk. Blaeloch Community Land Ltd – supported by Thenue Housing - has been established in the Netherholm area of Castlemilk.

In an exclusive piece for Scottish Construction Now, construction and engineering dispute resolution specialist Sandra Cassels covers how businesses can minimise disputes that arise through supply chain disruption in this Covid-hit landscape. For over a year now, we have see

Aberdeen Football Club has commissioned a statue of Sir Alex Ferguson to commemorate his outstanding contribution to the Club. The bronze statue, which will be located on the external concourse outside the Richard Donald Stand, will be the first of a series which is being planned to celebrate and ho

Developers behind plans to restore the 125-year-old former Woodside Public School in Glasgow into a 67-bed student residence have released a glimpse of what the completed building will look like with work set to begin December 2021.

Revised plans for a care home at the former Orchard House hospital site in Stirling have been conditionally approved by planners.

Real estate firm CBRE is to acquire a majority interest in project management firm Turner & Townsend. CBRE will acquire a 60% stake for approximately £960 million in cash, with 55% to be paid upon closing, and enter into a strategic partnership with the UK-based company.

Scottish building services and construction contractor McGill has announced that it will now accept cryptocurrency as payment for services delivered. The company has partnered with payment gateway provider CoinGate to accept payment in over 50 different crypto coins including Bitcoin,

hub East Central Scotland and Perth & Kinross Council, in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme (SDP), will hold a free online business event on August 12. The hub East Central Scotland Meet the Contractor event will give local businesses an opportunity to meet supply chain represe