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Paisley-based construction firm The JR Group is celebrating the completion of a landmark inner-city development in Glasgow’s East End. The 68 homes for social rent on Olympia Street in Bridgeton were built by the company on behalf of Link Group.

Stirling Council has agreed plans to build 32 new council homes as part of two separate developments in the St Ninians area of Stirling.  Significant investment is being made to transform sites at Glasgow Road and at New Park Farm in Cultenhove for the benefit of the local community, deliv

Guidance published this week by the Scottish Land Commission argues that wellbeing should be a central consideration when assessing the business case for developing vacant or derelict land. There are an estimated 11,000 hectares of such land nationally and much of it sits in areas with the greatest

CALA Homes (West) is set to launch its first ever development in the heart of Glasgow city centre. 

A speculative design for the Glasgow School of Art restoration has proposed extending the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building onto the site of the former O2 ABC music venue.

Cruden Building has announced the appointment of Colin Kennedy as its new construction director. Mr Kennedy has been part of an extensive process to find a top calibre replacement for current construction director, David McEvoy, whose original plan to retire last month was delayed by in light of the

Up to 150 jobs could be lost as BAM Construct UK becomes the latest contractor to announce a round of redundancies in the wake of the COVID-induced economic slowdown. The firm, which has furloughed around 500 staff, will start consultations this week to cut around 6.5% of its workforce.

Springfield Properties has lost a bid calling for Moray Council to cover its appeal costs following a dispute over a rejected housing application. After the dispute, the property developer called for the council to foot the bill when it rejected Springfield's plans to build 316 homes in Ferrylea, Fo

The holding company of Maxi Group, Maxi Haulage, Maxi Warehousing and Maxi Construction remains in an “extremely strong” position and has coped “very well” with the coronavirus crisis, its chairman has said as he unveiled its 2019 financial results.

The Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has submitted a proposed building action plan to the Scottish Government which it claimed would help reopen schools across the country and get children back to lessons safely. The campaigning collective has written to minister for local govern

In response to Historic Environment Scotland's proposal to list the M8 Kingston Bridge, John Gilbert Architects has published its thoughts.

New plans have been lodged for a retirement village centred on Binghill House in Milltimber.

Members of the public and NHS Lanarkshire staff are to take part in a postal scoring process to evaluate the site options for a new University Hospital Monklands. The exercise to score the three potential sites for the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) – Gartcosh, Glenmavis and Wester Moffat

Following the reopening of construction sites in Scotland, Sean McGinness believes the picture should start to become clearer for rural landowners who are in discussions with housebuilders and developers regarding potential new developments and land sales. Many individuals will have spent time durin

Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland East) senior site manager David Banks is celebrating winning a top building industry award for his work at Charlotte Gate in Perth. He is one of just 450 site managers from a field of more than 11,000 to have won a Quality Award in the first round of the NHBC’s Prid