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Next month the Women’s EuroHockey Championship II is coming to Glasgow. It will see some top international hockey teams competing including Scotland!

Housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP has officially opened Castlehill Housing Association’s development at Maidencraig on the Lang Stracht in Aberdeen. Built by Bancon Homes, the development consists of 36 two and three-bed houses with their own garden and ample parking spaces nearby. 

Scots predict the eco homes of the future will have a giant battery to store energy from the sun and include windows which adapt to light to keep your home hot or cold without the need for heating or air conditioning.

Redpath Construction has been appointed as principal contractor for works associated with the refurbishment of the existing in-patient Ward 27 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Including the strip out of existing services and finishes back to the shell, the extensive refurbishment also consists of reinsta

Clark Contracts is to begin delivering a suite of in-house training modules to staff after the firm achieved Approved Training Organisation (ATO).

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named a house on the Isle of Skye on the shortlist for its Stephen Lawrence Prize 2019. The prize was set up in memory of the teenager who was on the road to becoming an architect when he was tragically murdered in 1993. Supported and founded by t

Eildon Housing Association has pledged to unveil alternative proposals to develop new affordable homes at Tweedbridge Court in Peebles after its initial plans were rejected by the Scottish Government. The Association had acquired and demolished vacant buildings at the site and submitted plans to Sco

A significant change was made to the Inverness skyline by Morrison Construction after the installation of a 20-tonne tower crane.

ASC Edinburgh Ltd managing director Alan Cantwell discusses how CITB’s Skills and Training Fund enabled the firm to send an employee on a specialist design course; move towards Approved Training Organisation status and inspire young people on work experience to begin apprenticeships. When busi

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has urged its members to sign historic industry-led declarations committed to tackling the ‘crises of climate breakdown and biodiversity loss’.

Morris & Spottiswood director for fit-out Scotland, Gordon Clyne, outlines how the companies can handle spikes in education sector projects during the summer break. As a business, we have been working in the education sector for over 50 years, and personally, I have for 15 years within Morris &a

A ground-breaking project which will allow North Ayrshire residents to build their own houses on ready-made plots has been launched by the local authority.

Work to regenerate the rundown Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow is making "steady progress", Inverclyde Council has said.

Moray Council has explained the process which led to the decision yesterday to close the East Beach footbridge in Lossiemouth and confirms it will remain closed until such time as it is made safe.