News

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has said that it expects annual profit to beat market forecasts after it delivered a record number of home completions and improved margins. In a trading update for the year ended June 30, the company said pre-tax profit would be around £910 million, up from &

Output in the UK construction sector increased by 0.6% in the month-on-month all work series in May 2019 but flatlined on a three-month on three-month basis.

The University of St Andrews has commissioned Portakabin to deliver a purpose-built modular complex following a devastating fire at its Biomedical Sciences (BMS) building earlier this year. February 10 saw fire rip through two labs in the BMS building on the North Haugh.

Places for People has been cleared to start work later this year on the first phase of a vibrant new extension to the village of Longniddry after East Lothian Council approved detailed designs for 98 new homes.

LAR Housing Trust has teamed up with Carnoustie Links Development Ltd to lodge plans to build new affordable homes in Aberdeen.

Wardell Armstrong’s landscape design team have been shortlisted for a Scottish Design Award in the Masterplanning/Landscaping: Public Realm category for their work on the Social Bite Village.

Advance Construction Scotland has extended its congratulations to three of its employees who graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with degrees in Quantity Surveying.

North Lanarkshire Council has been recognised for its "exceptional commitment" to promoting energy efficiency across the area.

A former student has donated more than £6 million to the University of Glasgow to help progress its development plans.

Inverurie-based offsite timber frame specialist Scotframe has appointed Danny Johnson to the new role of business development manager for the North of England in response to growing demand for timber frame homes in the region and across the UK. Danny has enjoyed a successful 15-year career spanning

Last week’s report urging construction industry leaders to “take ownership” for driving change in the sector has been welcomed by industry leadership organisation Construction Scotland. The report, from a committee of MSPs, said more “industry-wide leadership” is n

John Norfolk has been elected to serve as president of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) for 2019/20. He was confirmed in his role at last week’s annual general meeting and takes over from Tim Hopkinson of E Poppleton & Son, who served for two years.

Wheatley has been confirmed as the UK’s largest builder of social rented homes for the third year in a row. The housing, care and property-management group built 640 homes for social rent between April 2018 and March this year.

Caledonia Housing Association has awarded another deal to Kinross contracting company webster developments.

The new Planning Bill gives Scotland just what it needs: a spur to replace conflict with collaboration. To make a success of the new system, councils will need to work positively and constructively with their delivery partners (home builders included) and talk to more people in each community, inclu