Collective Architecture has gained planning permission on behalf of Sanctuary Homes for the delivery of 133 new affordable homes in Cumbernauld.
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Eildon Housing has unveiled plans to build up to three Extra Care developments over the next five years with the first starting on site next week at Langhaugh in Galashiels.
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has published its Code of Quality Management following two years of research which was launched in response to a number of incidents highlighting construction defects in the UK. The new Code, subtitled a ‘Guide to Best Practice Construction Quality Ma
Scotland’s electrical contractors’ trade association SELECT is to collaborate with BESCA to allow its electrical contractor members to apply for membership of the BESCA Competent Person Scheme (CPS).
Perth and Kinross Provost Dennis Melloy ‘cut the turf’ last week to mark the start of works on a £4 million development which will bring 27 energy-efficient affordable modern homes to Crieff.
Funding of £450,000 to support local authorities decarbonise heat and improve energy efficiency has been made available by the Scottish Government. Local authorities can apply for funding to pilot Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies which aim to identify local solutions to reduce emiss
An ambitious young school leaver from Motherwell is the first person to take part in a ground-breaking new trainee manager’s scheme with Bellway Homes Limited (Scotland West). Morgan Lindsay, who attended Dalziel High School, started training this week to become an assistant site manager with
Rettie & Co’s New Homes division has extended its geographic reach across Scotland in recent months, while significantly stepping up activity in Glasgow.
A modular housebuilder is to hold recruitment days at UK prisons in a bid to ease the current construction skills and housing crisis.
The proposed £30 million tourist destination on the banks of Loch Lomond looks set to be rejected after officials for the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National park authority have recommended that its board refuse the application.
Scotland’s electrical contractor trade body SELECT has welcomed three more new colleagues to The Walled Garden as it continues to refine and expand its many member services. Experienced marketing professional Linda Rolfe joined the team on September 2 as events, marketing and communications co
Proposals to build more than 200 homes as part of a wider housing development in Aberdeen have been given the green light.
RSM VAT partner Philip Munn on the raft of VAT changes coming into force in October. Unless HMRC responds to calls from the construction industry and RSM, on 1 October 2019 the industry faces a perfect storm of VAT issues.
Consulting engineering firm Pell Frischmann, which launched an Edinburgh office earlier this year, is to move to a larger office having already outgrown its original accommodation. Launched in January with the appointment of Gordon Buchan as divisional director for Scotland, the Edinburgh office add
A commitment by the Scottish Government to fully involve planners in its drive to deliver a zero carbon target by 2045 has been welcomed by RTPI Scotland. Launching the Programme for Government 2019-20 in Parliament this week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said ending Scotland’s contribution