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Plans to develop a £100 million retail park adjacent to the Prime Four Business Park in Aberdeen look set to be rejected by councillors. City planning officers are recommending the bid to expand the site in Kingswells into a major 12 hectare retail centre be refused.

Artist’s impression prepared by G.D.Lodge Architects Plans for more than 650 homes in Newton Mearns have been given the go-ahead by East Renfrewshire Council.

Developers have submitted a planning application for up to 200 new homes in Waterfoot, East Renfrewshire. The proposed development will include affordable housing, local retail, community facilities and associated engineering works.

Plans to transform Sauchiehall Street into a tree-lined avenue have been boosted by almost £7 million in funding from Glasgow City Council. The revamp will introduce a two-way cycle lane and improve pavements for people walking along the bars and clubs.

Mike Barlow Mike Barlow from MacRoberts details a case regarding compensation event provisions of NEC contracts.

Commercial property advisor GVA has been appointed by Falkirk Council to help attract investment for its Falkirk Gateway development. The council created the Gateway development site in a bid to entice investors and therefore boost the future economic prosperity of the area. GVA’s role in the comi

'Bothy Culture' in Abraichan Village Hall. Picture credit Simon Baker The world’s only fringe festival for architecture organised by a grassroots collective has been launched in Scotland.

Leonardo Hotels opens first Edinburgh establishment after €7m revamp Leonardo Hotels has opened its first establishment in Scotland after investing more than €7 million in the refurbishment of a former Premier Inn site in Edinburgh.

A man who built his Dundee home using fast-food wrappers and plastic bottles is now planning to create a motor vehicle from waste. Former waste worker Angus Carnie constructed his own house for just £15,000.

Oxgangs Primary School The chair of the independent inquiry into the closure of Edinburgh schools due to structural safety concerns has questioned the quality of building inspections across the country.

More than £1.75 billion is being allocated to councils in a major Scottish Government commitment to stimulate investment in affordable housing. For the first time, details have been confirmed of each local authority’s full funding allocation for affordable housing over the next three years.

Specialist heating contractors from across Scotland are being invited to submit bids to take part in a new £600 million procurement framework specifically designed to help registered social landlords meet their obligations under the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing (EESSH). The new fra

Proposals have been announced for the delivery of the next phase of the Southdale regeneration project in West Lothian. Located immediately to the south of Armadale, the mixed-use development has already delivered hundreds of new homes and significant employment opportunities for the local area.

Alasdair Henderson In the wake of the recent general election, the Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) is calling on the UK government to act swiftly to reassure the status of EU construction workers of their permanent right to residence and work within the UK post-Brexit.

The 2017 Trades Awards winners at Ardoe House The fifth annual Trades Awards, which were once again sponsored by Stewart Milne Group, took place at Ardoe House Hotel June 9 to celebrate and reward excellence within the North East trades and construction industry.