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Paisley-based independent architecture practice Framed Estate, has overseen the delivery of Kenya’s first assisted-living complex, in a project which is aiming to change the way the elderly live across Africa. Fadhili Care at Greenpark Estate, located on the outskirts of Nairobi, has been deve

Tayside-based Kilmac Construction is to consider a small number of job losses as it battles project delays and being outbid on a number of major projects. Staff at the company, which has offices in Dundee and Perth, have been informed that their jobs may be at risk, though it stressed the move is on

Housebuilder and timber systems manufacturer Stewart Milne Group has today reported strong results which have seen the business deliver a second successive year of turnover and profit growth. The group posted a £40 million increase in turnover, from £240.5m to £279.2m for the year

The architects behind the transformation of Perth City Hall have submitted their planning application for the development. Dutch practice Mecanoo plans to revamp the B-listed hall to form a flexible museum, exhibition space and café to help meet the city’s cultural aspirations.

Morrison Construction has celebrated surpassing a major milestone for the £37 million Cumbernauld Academy and Cumbernauld Theatre project. The project, which is being undertaken with development partner hub South West and North Lanarkshire Council, has progressed to the weathertight stage.

Work to deliver a new distillery in Leith is set to begin next year after a group of private investors committed £10 million to the project. The Port of Leith Distillery will be the first purpose-built single malt facility constructed in the capital for more than a century. With its distinctiv

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has issued a call for a statutory authority to be introduced to regulate construction industry practice. The trade body proposed setting up a Construction and Infrastructure Authority which would replicate some of the powers associated

Legal & General has agreed to fund the development of new high-quality student accommodation block to a top Scottish university. Lincam Pentland Ltd, a subsidiary of Edinburgh housebuilder S1 Developments Limited, has completed the sale of the proposed new 315 room (359 bed) student residence, f

RICS Scotland will hold a parliamentary reception early next year as a working group formed to tackle the quality of Scotland’s tenement buildings prepares to publish its first report. Over the last year, the issue of tenement repair and maintenance has been rising up the Scottish parliamentar

An engineering student from Heriot Watt University took home third place in the grand final of the Institution of Civil Engineering’s Pitch 200 competition. Catriona Salvini’s Great ICE Bake-off presentation used the analogy of baking Rocky Road squares to explain how concrete is made an

Hyatt Hotels has been chosen to operate a new spa and conference hotel at Edinburgh Marina.

Excavation work at a Maxi Construction site in Edinburgh has uncovered a number of interesting archaeological finds, including a cannonball. Work at Old Stamp Office Close, 215 High Street, so far has identified the remains of two properties demolished sometime after the 1890s, along with a continua

The client which removed Interserve from a contract to deliver an energy from waste plant in Glasgow has said that it still expects to receive at least £64 million from the company for remedial works. Viridor’s parent company Pennon said in a trading statement today that completion of co

Fife-based Campion Homes has built on its year of record growth by reporting another strong year of trading with turnover increasing by 7.4% to £32.6mln and gross margins up by 1%. In total 56 private house sales were legally completed during the year at developments at Hawthornbank, Laurelban

The 65 sites longlisted to host a new offsite construction logistics hub for Heathrow Airport have been invited to state why they are best placed to deliver Britain’s biggest infrastructure project. Ten Scottish sites are in the running to host the logistics hub which will participate in the o