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New guidance on the measurement of land for development projects such as new housing and commercial development has been published today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The guidance, which defines common measurements used across the built environment and associated metrics such as d

The Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme has partnered with experts at Heriot-Watt University to help protect those working on the essential and complex restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

Housebuilders have a responsibility to ensure new-build homes are future-proofed, which is challenging given the rapid evolution of digital connectivity. Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, takes a closer look at the ‘Internet of Things’ and the exci

Scottish Enterprise has unveiled ambitious new plans to accelerate the country’s green economic recovery. The agency, which has been central to getting emergency support to Scottish businesses during the pandemic, is to spend £400 million over the next year on activities to safeguard and

Motorway service areas and key trunk road locations across the UK set to get the cabling required to install 1,800 new ultra-rapid charge points, tripling the current network, thanks to a £300 million investment from Ofgem. A further 1,750 charge points will be supported in towns and cities to

A bid to overturn a decision to reject plans for the conversion of a Glasgow pub into a cafe and flats has been unsuccessful.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s affordable housebuilding programme continues apace with construction starting today on a further 49 new affordable and energy efficient homes for Dumbryden Gardens in Wester Hailes.  Following completio

Marshall Construction has announced the creation of nine new apprenticeships for various roles within the business. The firm's long-standing history of bringing through new trade apprentices into the industry has continued this year with the hiring of six new trade apprentices and three new technica

Knight Property Group has welcomed its first tenant at Phase 1 of the brand new Langlands Commercial Park in East Kilbride.

A tradesman who began digging up a garden at what turned out to be the wrong address has shared his story on social media. When his boss was running late to a job, TikTok user @Dafishaaa decided to get a head start on the day by digging up the border and all of the paving slabs in the back garden&nb

Planning permission has been granted to revamp at Alea Casino in Glasgow’s Springfield Quay leisure park. Designs by Threesixty Architecture will consolidate all gaming facilities onto one floor while the former casino space on the ground floor will become a new leisure uni

Social enterprise company National Pride has revealed proposals to develop an environmentally sensitive Eco-Therapy Wellness Park at the site of the former Barony colliery, near Auchinleck in East Ayrshire.

Edinburgh-based Orocco has become the first building company in the UK to accept cryptocurrency as payment for projects. The move to adopt such a payment solution for client transactions comes as part of a revised business strategy at the firm, which was formed in 2012.

Arup is to adopt an innovative hybrid model that will give its 15,500 worldwide employees greater flexibility in deciding how and where they work.   Known as Work Unbound, the new model means that its 6,000 UK-based members will be able to work their hours flexibly over the

UK infrastructure investor John Laing is set to be snapped up by private equity giant KKR in a £2 billion takeover deal. Under the terms of the bid, which has been accepted by John Laing’s board of directors, shareholders will receive 403p per share in cash, a premium of 27 per cent to t