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Planners have encouraged councillors on Aberdeen City Council’s planning committee to approve an application for around 258 homes along the River Dee. Aberdeen Harbour Board applied for planning permission to build eight tower blocks between four and seven storeys tall on the south side of the

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has submitted an Approval of Matters specified in Conditions (AMC) application to the City of Edinburgh Council for the provision of 250 new homes through the development of land off Maybury Road.

Alison Mcgregor has been appointed as chair designate of the board of the Malcolm Group. Ms Gregor was previously chief executive of HSBC in Scotland.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed chartered building surveyor Carla Walker as an associate in its Inverness office. A former pupil of Dingwall Academy, Walker graduated from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen with an Honours Degree in Building Surveying and has a wealth

Flexible energy specialist Flexitricity has appointed a new CEO to spearhead growth plans that will help drive the UK Government’s 2050 net zero ambitions. Simon Heyes joins Flexitricity at an exciting juncture for the business as the UK forges ahead with its transition to a low carbon economy

Professor Sandy Halliday has highlighted the importance of collaboration in ensuring all buildings are net zero carbon by 2050. Professor Sandy Halliday giving the keynote speech to Build It 2019 at P&J Live

Port of Leith Housing Association and its subsidiary Persevere Developments Ltd are celebrating the official opening of 15 new homes for mid-market rent and nine new homes for social rent at West Bowling Green Street in Leith. Keith Anderson (Port of Leith Housing Association chief executive), Caitl

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced the appointment of new partner Fraser Hopkins to its construction team. Highly regarded in his field, he will co-lead the commercial side of BTO’s contentious construction caseload alongside partner Jilly Petrie.

Plumbing and heating professionals across the UK are calling on politicians to make room amid the Brexit tumult to focus on critical changes needed to create a resilient and sustainable construction sector.

A formal consultation into how Scotland’s housing system should look and feel in 2040 has been launched today by the Scottish Government.

A vision for the creation of an inspiring school learning space is to become reality after primary pupils won an innovative new competition run by the City of Edinburgh Council. St John Vianney RC Primary School pupils came up with the idea of transforming their outdated Audio Visual room into a fle

BESA Scotland is celebrating the success of refrigeration apprentice Josh Collins at the national finals of the 2019 WorldSkills SkillFRIDGE competition.

Kirkintilloch has been named the winner of the FutureTown Design Competition after securing more than half of the public votes for its ‘Giant Phone Box’ project. A sketch of the design proposal submitted by John Dickson

Glasgow construction firm City Building has helped babies across the city have a magical first Christmas.

Architect Kengo Kuma has created a trainer in collaboration with Japanese sports brand Asics. Echoing his signature style, the shoe features a crisscrossing pattern which Kuma said was inspired by a traditional Japanese bamboo crafting technique known as ‘yatara knitting’.