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Doorknobs, handrails and shopping trolleys should be coated in copper to stop the spread of the coronavirus, scientists have said.

Full design proposals have been revealed for an office development in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District which gained Planning in Principle last year.

Melrose-based housebuilder Rural Renaissance Limited (RRL) has secured a six-figure funding package from Bank of Scotland to support its working capital, enabling it to continue to pay suppliers and honour its contractual commitments during the coronavirus crisis. RRL is parent company to

Scottish Construction Now has seen a dramatic rise in readers over lockdown with users on the website in May reaching 147,198 and subscribers to Scotland's only free daily construction media increasing to 9,580. SCN’s social media accounts also saw an increase with another 524 readers followin

The Scottish Government has approved plans for flats at a former Perth hospital after the local authority failed to rule on the application.

Spectrum Properties (Scotland) Ltd has submitted plans to convert an empty job centre building in Bridgeton into 49 flats. 

Rural property valuer Gordon King offers his thoughts on Scotland’s post-lockdown energy potential. At the start of the 20th century, the company which became known first as Anglo-Persian Oil then British Petroleum was in deep financial trouble. Its hugely expensive concessions were not produc

Engineering services bodies BESA and ECA have released a joint sector guide on work-related travel and updated their guides on working in close proximity and in areas of increased risk of transfer of COVID-19, such as healthcare settings. The three sector guides are based on the latest government &l

Six highly-respected dispute resolution specialists have teamed up to offer a first of its kind fully online service for the mediation and arbitration of business and commercial disputes, aimed at providing a quicker, efficient and more cost-effective alternative to court. With the COVID-19 pandemic

As Scotland’s colleges and training centres discuss reopening, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has helped develop a new set of guidelines designed to keep staff and apprentices safe.

Councillors in Aberdeen have approved plans to build a new three-storey block of flats and agreed to determine separate proposals for a new community of more than 100 homes at a later date.

Ogilvie Construction is celebrating the unique milestone of building more than 3,000 student accommodation rooms across Scotland in the last five years. Arran House in Edinburgh

Social distancing failed to prevent Women in Property from holding its Northern and Central Scotland Student Awards 2020 events. Families, friends and professionals from the built environment industry gathered on May 27 and 28 to celebrate the achievements of the talented regional stu

Edinburgh-based Bernard Hunter Mobile Cranes has added three new cranes to its fleet.

Stranded ducklings have taken up residence in a Perth hospital after being given a home by kind-hearted hospital employees. Initially spotted by the cash office team at Murray Royal Hospital, colleagues stepped in to save the mother duck and her brood by transforming an outdoor courtyard into a duck