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Stacey Phillips Architectural practice Sheppard Robson has announced a further senior appointment to its Glasgow office.

East Ayrshire Council’s plans for a learning and enterprise campus in Cumnock have been approved by the council’s planning committee. The new campus will include Hillside Additional Support Needs School and an Early Childhood Centre as well as new Primary and Secondary provision serving communit

Modular construction firm Portakabin has been awarded a place on 15 lots on LHC’s Modular Buildings Framework. Portakabin was one of the only offsite specialists in the framework to be successful on all 15 lots bid for.

Bowmer & Kirkland has reported a record year of profit for 2016 as revenue at the group rose towards the £1 billion threshold. Pre-tax profit at the builder was up 53% to £61.5 million (2015: £40.2m) while turnover for the year to 31st August 2016 increased by 10% on the previous year to reac

Work on a £3 million leisure centre refurbishment project in the Highlands is now complete. The scheme at Thurso Leisure Centre was carried out by Pick Everard, Leslie Hutt Architects and O'Brien Construction on behalf of the local authority.

McLaughlin & Harvey relocates Glasgow office to North Lanarkshire McLaughlin & Harvey (McL&H) has relocated its office in Glasgow to North Lanarkshire.

The crimes of cowboy builders are well publicised, but a new study has found that rogue traders may well be out-numbered by rogue customers. Customers having a cavalier attitude towards tradesmen’s safety and wellbeing is common, as are attempts to belittle their expertise, but the worst behaviour

A streetscene from a typical Taylor Wimpey development Plans have been lodged for around 1,400 homes in Halbeath as part of a large mixed-use development across Fife.

The company behind plans for Scotland’s first artificial wave park has today submitted its formal planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council. Wavegarden Scotland hopes to redevelop Craigpark Quarry near Ratho into a word-class surf and leisure facility offering a variety of water sp

Contractors are being sought for the refurbishment of the Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow. The A-listed building in Pollok Country Park, which closed to the public last October, is to be transformed to create a dedicated space for special exhibitions and the conversion of offices into galleries

Detailed plans for the completion of the missing link at Glasgow’s Park Circus have been released to coincide with work getting underway on 98 apartments next month. Park Quadrant Residences will see Expresso Property complete the original 19th century masterplan of concentric rings conceived by C

Andy Radcliffe Esh Group has appointed Andy Radcliffe as new group chief executive in line with the wishes of the late Brian Manning.

Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has appointed John Tonkiss as its group chief operating officer with effect from 1 June. Tonkiss, who was previously national operations director at the group, joined McCarthy in February 2014.

Mitie’s property management business has been awarded a new contract with Maryhill Housing Association. The new contract will see Mitie deliver a range of reactive repairs and maintenance works over the three-year contract, which has an optional two-year extension.

City Gate Construction has been named as one of Britain’s top 1000 companies in a new report issued by the London Stock Exchange. Renfrewshire based CGC was listed among the top UK firms described by the stock exchange group as the most “inspiring, dynamic and fastest-growing companies”