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Rebecca Barrass Rebecca Barrass looks at the details of a UK government consultation reviewing changes to construction legislation.

An Aberdeenshire biscuit company has received approval from the Scottish Government to build a business park after the plans were rejected by the local authority. Dean’s of Huntly has now been granted planning permission in principle and will be able to construct The Ward on the outskirts of the t

The timber frame exterior is now complete as work continues Plans to transform the education of children and young people with additional support needs in Girvan and South Carrick are now well advanced.

Atlantic Quay Buildings 1, 2 & 3 DWP signs up to Atlantic Quay 1

Eight foot concrete tubes could be the future of housing, at least that’s the solution to the fast growing population offered by Hong-Kong architectural studio James Law Cybertecture. OPod Tube Housing was conceived as an experimental, low cost, micro living housing unit to ease Hong Kong’s affo

New Central Access Core at the Burrell Collection. Image courtesy of John McAslan + Partners Glasgow City Council’s contracts and property committee has confirmed Kier Construction Scotland as the preferred bidder to deliver the Main Building Contract to take forward the Burrell Collection’s amb

BAM Construction has been awarded a £10m contract to fit-out the new terminal extension at Edinburgh Airport. Once complete the new three storey terminal building will provide expanded domestic and international arrival facilities including baggage reclaim, border control, additional food/beverage

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is calling on all former Carillion apprentices to get in contact so it can help them continue their training – and for employers to step forward to take them on. The UK’s second-biggest builder, which employs 20,000 people in the UK and thousands i

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has called on banks to show leniency to the thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Carillion’s supply chain. Finance and banking trade body UK Finance said this week that major banks are working closely with the UK government to limit the

Plans have been submitted for a new ‘retirement village’ containing 252 homes and an 80-bed care home in Newton Mearns. Situated off Netherplace Road, Newton Mearns Retirement Village has been conceived by Jewitt & Wilkie Architects on behalf of Newton Mearns Projects to cater exclusively fo

Plans to build 186 affordable homes on the former site of a bus depot in Govanhill have been formally submitted to Glasgow City Council. Designed by Mast Architects on behalf of Link Group and Park Lane Larkfield SPV, the project will see 152 flats and 34 houses developed on the former Larkfield bus

Architect Kengo Kuma during a visit to the V&A Museum last year Dundee’s £80.1 million V&A Museum of Design will open its doors to the public for the first time on September 15, it was revealed today.

A housing charity which was set up two years ago to provide much needed mid market rental properties across Scotland has completed its biggest ever deal for a development in Edinburgh. LAR Housing Trust has purchased Westwood House on the city’s Gorgie Road for an undisclosed sum.

A former industrial site in Dundee’s Coldside area is set for a new lease of life after plan for new industrial units were given the green light. Dundee City Council planners have given permission to Dundee Industrial Association (DIA) to build 34 general industrial units at 46–48 Loons Road.

Representatives from ENGIE and the Wheatley Group with volunteers at Fun Stars, children and staff at Ibrox Primary School and the manager of The Coming Home Veterans Group More than £18,000 has been invested into nine community enterprises as part of two major regeneration projects in Glasgow.