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A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay.

DSSR Limited has announced the appointment of two new shareholding directors with the company as from 1 October 2019. Gordon Smith was formerly a regional director in the Glasgow office and heads up a team of engineers covering a variety of market sectors and disciplines.

The former Royal Bank of Scotland building on Glasgow’s Trongate could be demolished to make way for a 157-room aparthotel rising to 12 storeys.

Flats contained within the old Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh have been sold to investors in Hong Kong months before they were available for purchase by domestic buyers. Prospective buyers in Hong Kong were given the opportunity to buy a “very limited selection” of homes in the new

Queen's Park Football Club has submitted plans for a 1,700-seater stadium at Lesser Hampden in Glasgow. Under the proposals, the site adjacent to Hampden Park will be upgraded to a league-standard stadium complete with a new 812-capacity East Stand and an extended West Stand with room for 900 specta

Restoration work has started on the historic Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk, which was mothballed more than 25 years ago.

Technology investment and a “refinement in payment processes” has seen Laing O’Rourke reinstated to the Prompt Payment Code live list.

Investment proposals that would see 3,381 new affordable houses built in Fife before 2025 were discussed by Fife councillors yesterday.

East Ayrshire Council has approved a major investment of £175 million in housing and housing services over the next five years.

A step change is required in the planning, funding and delivery of roads maintenance services to address a £3 billion backlog in repair and improvement works on Scotland’s roads network, according to the Scottish Parliament’s rural economy and connectivity committee.

Clark Contracts has won the ‘Best Place to Work’ award at the UK-wide Construction News Talent Awards 2019.

Revised plans to demolish a former night club and music venue in Edinburgh in order to build flats are set to be approved by councillors.

A block of 39 flats for social rent is being proposed for the site of a former school swimming pool building in the Ibrox area of Glasgow.

A derelict Dundee pub is to be demolished and replaced with new homes under plans submitted with the local authority.

Scottish Forestry has reprimanded Downfield Golf Club in Dundee after it "unlawfully" cut down trees in an area which was set aside for housing.