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Tower blocks in Motherwell Every single tower block in North Lanarkshire could be pulled down under new plans being considered by Scotland's biggest council landlord.

Charles Craigie Marwick The Lands Tribunal for Scotland (LTS) has announced the appointment of Charles Craigie Marwick BSc (Hons) FRICS as its new surveyor member in succession to the late Douglas Gillespie.

Aberdeen student accommodation shortlisted for BREEAM 2018 Award The Fraser Studios student accommodation at Causewayend in Aberdeen, overseen by Hardies Property & Construction Consultants for developer Visage Properties, has been shortlisted for a BREEAM 2018 award as one of the best examples

When a construction worker in Larkspur, California, encountered a woman who refused to move her car from a construction site reserved parking space, the worker known as BBQLunch on Reddit, decided to extract some revenge. We’ll let the man himself take up the story....

The Scottish Government is unlikely to meet its target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 without reforms to housing procurement, according to a survey of Scotland’s building companies. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Bu

Chairman Sandy Adam, housing minister Kevin Stewart, CEO Innes Smith and group partnership director Tom Leggeat at an affordable housing development in Muirhouse Housebuilder Springfield Properties is making good progress with the five new village style developments it is creating across Scotland an

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Communities secretary Angela Constance has pledged to learn any possible lessons from the publication of an interim report into UK building regulations and fire safety following the Grenfell Tower fire.

The Garment Factory office development in Glasgow city centre has achieved practical completion following an extensive refurbishment project undertaken by Castleforge Partners. A category ‘B’ listed building located at the corner of Ingram Street and Montrose Street in the Merchant City Central

Young Decorator of the Year Lisa Murphy at work Glasgow-based City Building is ending the year on a high following a flurry of awards recognising the construction firm’s unique approach to corporate responsibility and diversity.

Surface repair specialist Plastic Surgeon has renewed its contract with Kier Group as it continues to help save unnecessary waste from landfill. Having worked in partnership for the last 12 years on a variety of projects carried out throughout the UK, Plastic Surgeon has assisted Kier in the handove

Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre has received a grant of £4.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to go towards its transformational redevelopment project. The project will result in the conservation, repair and expansion of one of Scotland’s oldest, and much loved, working theatres. It will

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with property industry charity LandAid to launch a campaign to deliver more bed spaces for homeless people in Scotland during winter. As part of RICS’s 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign known as Pledge150 will see RICS - a

Artist’s impression of new development at Windmill Street, Peterhead Grampian Housing Association continues commitment to Peterhead town centre regeneration

https://vimeo.com/240629953 Historic buildings at the heart of St Andrews have been digitally reconstructed to reveal how they looked nearly 500 years ago before the Reformation changed the face of the town forever.

Murchison House Kier Construction Scotland has been awarded a £7.7 million contract by the University of Edinburgh to carry out the transformation of the Grade B-listed Murchison House.