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North Lanarkshire Council has marked progress on town centre housing projects in Airdrie and Coatbridge.

A railroad engineer who deliberately defecated on company property and said it was a "present" for his boss has kept his job. Matthew Lebsack was fired by US rail giant Union Pacific after the incident in November 2016, but a federal appeals court has reluctantly reinstated him.

Glasgow-based construction and manufacturing business CCG (Scotland) Ltd has launched the CCG Net Zero Home, a new housebuilding standard that has been designed to respond to Scotland’s ambitious target of becoming a net zero economy by 2045. The Net Zero Home is created using a combination of

Golf governing body The R&A has submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council for the construction of a new community golf facility that it is hoped will open in the summer of 2022. 

Plans for a £46 million new high school at Wallyford have been submitted to East Lothian Council to serve the raft of new homes in the area.

Edinburgh Rugby and Scottish Rugby has announced the completion of the club’s new, purpose-built stadium in the grounds of to BT Murrayfield.

An extra £120 million has been provided for affordable housing following confirmation of a further £1.1 billion of consequential funding arising from UK Government coronavirus spending. Finance secretary Kate Forbes has confirmed that a further £100m grant and £20m

West Lothian Council will spend over £80 million over the next two years with significant resources invested in the creation of new homes and a strong focus on the maintenance of quality standards across the housing stock. The Housing Capital Investment Programme was approved at a meeting of W

Crosbie Homes, the new build housing arm of Morris & Spottiswood, has delivered high quality social housing in North Lanarkshire after entering into its first development agreement with Clyde Valley Housing Association. Crosbie Homes identified the land and worked in conjunction with its in-hous

The JR Group has submitted a detailed planning application to West Dunbartonshire Council to deliver a new social housing development in Clydebank.

Writing on behalf of storage container supplier Mobile Mini, Andrew Richardson builds the case for construction offices in 2021. Construction workers have faced a difficult year. Output in the construction sector has been hit by the first national lockdown and subsequent social distancing

Dunfermline-based ventilation company Sustainable Homes Scotland, trading as Paul Heat Recovery Scotland, has joined the growing number of employee-owned businesses in Scotland, with twelve staff given a stake in the business. Established in 2007, the company provides energy-efficient ventilation so

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced the appointment of a chief inspector of buildings to establish and lead the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Peter Baker, HSE’s current director of building safety and construction, will take up the post with immediate effect.

SNIPEF, the Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation, has welcomed sweeping reforms to the UK Government’s Prompt Payment Code as a "major milestone" on the road to fairer payment terms for small businesses. Under the new obligations, announced in Janua

Womble Bond Dickinson partner Simon Lewis on the continuing discussion around building safety, and particularly the replacement of combustible cladding. The UK Government’s February 2021 announcement on support measures for affected buildings came against a backdrop of increasing pressure to i