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Thistle Housing Association has refused to make a £3.4 million payment to E.ON over incomplete environmental upgrade work in Toryglen. According to the Evening Times, the energy firm should have completed environmental upgrade work to 608 properties in the area within 12 weeks. E.ON was tasked with

Karen Manning and Lynda Ross answer in the affirmative the question: can a court compel a consultant to provide access to design data stored on a BIM platform pending resolution of a dispute over payment? A £55 million power station was to be built in the Falkland Islands. During the tender period,

Ray Jones Amey has announced the appointment of Ray Jones from Carillion to its highways executive team.

Jimmy Black Architect Malcolm Fraser did the impossible at the first Andrew Nicoll Lecture (September 22). He made some revolutionary ideas seem sensible.

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has secured a £6 million facilities services account with furniture and flooring retailer, ScS (Sofa Carpet Specialist). The UK-wide account, which runs for an initial period of three years, covers waste services, planned and re

Plans have been lodged for a new retail development on the site of a former school in Carnoustie. Cumbrae Property Ltd plans to transform the Kinloch Primary School site into a development featuring an outlet from bakery firm Greggs alongside a new 6,000sqft Sainsbury’s food store.

Bill Banks, chief executive, Kingdom Housing Association and Cllr Judy Hamilton, convener of community and housing services committee Affordable housing partnership continues in Fife

A new generation of Scandinavian-style wooden homes is being planned for Scotland as the government presses on with its plan to plant up to 26.5 million more trees every year, The Scotsman has reported. Housing and forestry experts are due to meet in Edinburgh next week for a major conference that w

Bill Robertson Robertson Group has delivered a record year of turnover as well as its strongest ever forward order book, totalling £2.3 billion.

The search for a contractor to extend Edinburgh’s tram system to Newhaven is to commence after the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the proposal was approved yesterday by the local authority. Published by the City of Edinburgh Council last month, the OBC set out the findings and recommendations res

Jarvie Plant’s business development director, David Jarvie A six-year low in infrastructure projects is a cause for concern as the UK braces itself for the impact of Brexit, according to one of Scotland’s largest independent plant hire companies Jarvie Plant Group.

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Combustible cladding has been found in 57 private high-rise properties in Glasgow though it is understood that the total number of flats affected is likely to be in the low hundreds.

Roger Campbell Roger Campbell outlines what construction directors should consider when deciding whether to take profits as a salary or dividend.

Plans have been submitted to create a new performing arts centre at a long-vacant building in Dunfermline. The Alhambra Theatre Trust has lodged a planning application for a new performing arts centre, including a state of the art 200-seat studio theatre, arthouse cinema, rehearsal rooms and shop an

Resource Efficient Scotland is to host a breakfast briefing event in Fife next month which focuses on how SMEs can access grant funding and loans from Zero Waste Scotland of up to £100k. Held in association with Fife Council and Green Business Fife, the event is a must for managers, directors and o