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Ogilvie begins work on new Grangemouth school Children and young people with additional support needs in the Falkirk area will benefit from a modern new facility thanks to the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future building programme.

A church has been forced to remove a huge 12ft wooden cross – because it forgot to apply for planning consent. The Scotsman reports that the cross was fixed last month to the outside of the Grade B-listed Gilfillan Memorial Church, in Dundee, which was built in 1887.

Moray Council has approved plans for Springfield Properties to build 2,500 new homes, two schools and Moray Sports Foundations’ new sports centre on the south side of Elgin in a long-term project worth half a billion pounds. The housebuilder has worked with the council over the last year to design

Graham Whitters, Mark McHenry, Daynah Hill, Alan Law and practice principal Stephen McGhee LMA Architects has announced a number of promotions to key positions from within its existing studio team.

A typical home by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and CALA Homes (West) have submitted a detailed planning application to East Renfrewshire Council for 645 new homes at Maidenhill in Newton Mearns.

Battlefield Road's Nightingale wings will be retained as part of the project A local design team has been appointed to create a housing vision for Glasgow’s former Victoria Infirmary.

MD Mick Williamson, 3rd from right, with his team by a van with the new logo Willmott Dixon’s property repairs and maintenance division Willmott Dixon Partnerships is changing its name to Fortem.

Lynsey Lennon By Lynsey Lennon, performance team leader - alliance management, Scottish Water

UCATT members during the protest at a Dumfries hospital The proposed merger between UCATT and Britain’s largest union Unite has been confirmed after 85.5 per cent of the construction union’s members voted in favour of the move last week.

A competition has been launched by the Dundee Institute of Architects (DIA) for the public to submit ideas on how a site within the city’s Seabraes Yards could be used for children and young people. Renowned for its expertise in digital media and creative industries, the former railway goods yard

Andrea Gunner Malcolm Hollis appoints architectural technologist in Glasgow

Bob Watt An architect who made a key contribution to the regeneration of Levenmouth is to be commemorated with a street named after him in Kingdom Housing Association’s latest development at Methil Brae, which Kingdom is developing for Glen Housing Association.

Kevin Stewart

Andy McLinden ISG has promoted Scotland managing director, Andy McLinden, to the newly created post of managing director for Scotland and Northern England – expanding his remit to head up the contractor’s Manchester, Liverpool and Bradford offices.