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The value of Glasgow City Region City Deal contracts won by companies across the region to date has reached £33 million, with further contract opportunities are in the pipeline thanks to more than £300m of funding agreed so far for spending on infrastructure works. This month the Glasgow

A £350 million plan to expand Aberdeen harbour into Nigg Bay will be completed a year behind schedule due to “technical challenges”.

Brunton Design has released images of a proposed 5000m2 leisure park in Dundee ahead of submitting an application for planning approval.

Stephen Good, chief executive of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, continues a series of blogs following the Scotland Excel ‘Accelerating the delivery of affordable new homes’ conference yesterday.

A development of council homes in Norwich was last night named the UK's best new building after winning prestigious 2019 Stirling Prize. Designed by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley for Norwich City Council, ‘Goldsmith Street’ was the first ever social housing development to be shortlist

A bold and sweeping arc of glass-fronted apartments situated within the Donaldson's estate in Edinburgh’s West End has reached a key milestone with the first “core” fully sold.

David Wilson from law firm MacRoberts considers the outcome of Mears Limited v Costplan Services and what it tells us about what constitutes practical completion. For the first time in recent years, the courts have considered the definition of practical completion in the case of Mears Limited v Cost

More than 1,800 additional social housing homes are planned to be provided across the Falkirk Council area over the next five years following a bid put forward to Scottish Government.

A replacement for Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison is expected by 2025, the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee has heard. Justice secretary Humza Yousaf and Colin McConnell, chief executive at the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), told the committee on Tuesday that a deal to buy the land is &ldquo

Montrose Port has been selected as the preferred location for the operations and maintenance base for SSE Renewables' Seagreen offshore wind farm.

Sustainable housing can alleviate fuel poverty, therefore, the higher upfront costs should not rule out the use of energy-efficient materials, argues Scotframe’s Malcolm Thomson. Hands up if you’ve heard about the urgent need for new homes? Chances are most of the business community have

Derelict sites can have a detrimental impact on a community’s health, environment, economy and social cohesion, a new Scottish Land Commission research report has found.

New advice that confirms how Construction Products Regulation (CPR) could be affected by a no-deal Brexit has been welcomed by Scotland’s largest trade association SELECT. The UK government has announced that if the UK leaves the European Union (EU) without a deal on 31 October, EU CPR will be

Well-meaning legislation put in place following Grenfell is proving a real challenge for the property/construction industry in practice, writes chartered surveyor Eric Curran. The Grenfell Tower tragedy horrified Britain, and our legislators – quite rightly and commendably – have concent

New research on local authority building standards has been published which reveals the six Scottish local authorities which go well above national requirements.