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Within the past week news appeared of an English District Council that had issued its first ever Civil Penalty to a landlord under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) Regulations 2015 for failing to meet the required energy efficiency standard in their property.

The NHBC Foundation has published a guide that helps site managers oversee the many commissioning activities that are important to a smooth build programme and delivering high quality homes for home buyers.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has paid tribute to its former president Graham Manly OBE, who died last week. Graham Manly OBE

Property consultancy Galbraith has appointed nine graduate surveyors following its expansion into Northern England and publication of buoyant financial results. The new recruits will join the firm’s offices in Stirling, Edinburgh, Perth, Castle Douglas, Hexham, Cupar and Inverness, boosting th

Eight weeks of ground investigations are to get under way on Monday at the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction.

A series of love letters written more than a hundred years ago have been discovered by construction workers in the rubble of an old staircase.

Transformational plans to further enhance teaching and learning spaces at the University of Aberdeen have further progressed with the beginning of work on a new £35 million Science Teaching Hub. A wide portfolio of major regeneration and development projects with a combined cost of almost &pou

Developers behind proposals for a £50 million mixed-used transformation of Leith Walk have been dealt a major blow after the University of Edinburgh ended its involvement in the student flats element of the project. Drum Property Group plans to remove the red sandstone buildings and industrial

A state-of-the art veterinary referrals hospital totalling 30,000 sq ft is to be built at Livingston Trade Park after integrated veterinary services provider CVS Group bought a 1.2 acre plot at the site. The listed company has been granted planning permission by West Lothian Council to build a veter

Progress in the redevelopment of Inverness Castle has been marked with the announcement of a contract awarded to the architect for the project.

Building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has been appointed to a lead the installation of Mechanical and Electrical services for a brand-new hotel in Edinburgh.

With less than two months to respond to Graham Simpson MSP’s Proposed New-Build Homes (Buyer Protection) (Scotland) members Bill, Harry C. Smith, partner and head of housebuilder & construction at Gillespie Macandrew LLP, shares his views. There have been a number of attempts down the year

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has secured the disqualification of three former directors of office fit-out companies for their involvement in illegal cartel behaviour.

Aggressive accounting policies and a close relationship with KPMG was the cause of the collapse of Carillion, according to a new construction industry survey.

The Scottish Government’s proposed environmental watchdog must be strong enough to maintain high environmental standards after Brexit, according to the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland.