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Avant Homes has revealed it is to focus on the Central Belt as the housebuilder anticipates record revenues and profits. The company said total completions for the 12 months to 30 April 2017 were up 35% on the prior year at 1,636, with a strong 31% increase in private completions. Sales showed a yea

As a result of new project wins T Clarke’s replenished order book has surpassed £400 million for the first time – an increase of 22% since the beginning of the year. In a trading update issued ahead of today’s AGM, the building services provider said it expects revenues and profits for 2017 t

Plans for the primary school Threesixty Architecture has been appointed for the redevelopment of the Old Academy and former primary school of Stromness.

Building work by Robertson Group is set to get underway at Glasgow's new satellite business district after project costs for the development's first building were approved by the board of Clyde Gateway. The largest office development with planning consent in Scotland, Magenta will comprise 1.2 milli

Stuart Agnew GVA’s Stuart Agnew says investor confidence in commercial property in Scotland has been impressive so far this year despite ongoing political uncertainty.

Bosco Verticale, a vertical forest in two residential towers in Milan, will be discussed by Italian architect, Francesca Cesa Bianchi of Stefano Boeri Architects (c) Paolo Rosselli Edinburgh will play host to a one-day conference looking at the important role of green infrastructure in cities and ur

Morrison Construction talks to Built Environment students at New College Lanarkshire Built Environment students from New College Lanarkshire enjoyed an insight into the work that goes into a £43 million building project during a visit from Morrison Construction.

Kier's Scottish team hit the road to help raise £200,000 for charity Employees from Kier Construction Scotland, part of the Kier Group, have tackled their most ambitious charity challenge yet; using green transport to travel from Kier’s most northerly construction site in Orkney to its most south

‘World Animal Map’ by Danny Campbell is a conceptual artwork of a world map collage with familiar and little-known animals located in their geographical locations, from African okapi to the aye-aye, native to Madagascar Skypark's gallery walls will offer views of the world’s countries by the d

John Morgan Construction group Morgan Sindall is set to outperform expectations for 2017 after reporting a strong start to the year driven by record fit-out orders.

Indigo Hotel in Dundee Edinburgh-headquartered construction services company Sharkey is on track for another strong performance in 2017 having already secured over £50 million of new project activity since the beginning of the year.

The £20 million transformation of Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens has moved another step closer with the submission of final designs for the project. Plans by LDA Design, which was appointed to lead the design of the development back in September, feature a walkway from Union Street, a c

Plans have been submitted which could see the creation of about 200 new houses in Peebles, 50 of which would be affordable. Builders Taylor Wimpey and property developer and investor AWG Property want to build the properties on land east of Kittlegairy View in the Borders town.

By Conor Leyden, managing director of The LK Group Investing in new homes to help solve the housing crisis while dealing with government budget cuts is a balancing act that all Scottish local authorities are facing.

(from left) Ross McCabe, Ewan O’Donnell, Lynne Dunn, (Kingdom’s Fife Works co-ordinator), Scott Kirkpatrick, (Kingdom acting development director), Bill Banks, (Kingdom Group chief executive), Dougie Herd, (Campion Homes construction director), John Hutton, (Campion site agent) Kingdom Housing A