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Port of Leith Housing Association opens new development of over 40 homes The latest development by Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) and its subsidiary company Persevere Developments Limited (PDL) was officially opened by Malcolm Chisholm MSP this week.

Tokyo architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates have designed a set of cedar building blocks that allow kids to explore more complex and unusual shapes. The designers behind the £80 million V&A Museum in Dundee think the time has come for the next generation of architects to put down the squa

Peter Truscott Housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try has announced that it expects to deliver results in line with expectations across all three of its businesses following a strong first half of the year.

Councillor Willie Young Aberdeen City Council’s finance convener has been reprimanded by watchdogs after he accidentally leaked confidential legal advice about the city’s Marischal Square project.

David Thomas Britain’s biggest house builder Barratt remains confident in its outlook for the full year after it managed to lift completions by 9.4 per cent to 7,626 homes in the first half.

A new visitor attraction in Grantown-on-Spey has been given the go ahead by the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA). The development will see the former Grantown East railway station brought back to life, as well as the creation of a Highland Games demonstration area.

Ground cutting on site are (left to right) David Bolton, associate director, public sector, Barclays; Clyde Valley Housing Association’s vice chairperson Allan Murray and finance director Shirley MacDonald and Alasdair Gardner, regional managing director, commercial banking, Bank of Scotland Clyde

Scotland should set an ambitious new target of generating the equivalent of 50 per cent of its total electricity, heat and transport demand from renewables by 2030, according to industry body Scottish Renewables. Meeting the new goal would require a threefold increase in green energy generation, wit

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has once again launched Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent Society (ABS). The scheme involves architects offering free, hour-long consultations to the public, in return for a small donation

Jamie Maclennan (CalMax), Gordon Murray (HHP Board), Peter O’Donnell (HHP), Alasdair Mackenzie (HHP Board), Norman Macleod (HHP Board), Cal Mackay (CalMax) Hebridean Housing Partnership begins next phase of house building programme

A millionaire who built a 30ft lighthouse in her garden could be ordered to take it down due to lack of planning permission. Doreen Lofthouse, 85, who made her fortune from Fisherman's Friend, built a scaled-down version of a seaside town's Beach Lighthouse on unused farmland, near her home in Fleet

Inverness-based Tulloch Homes is planning to return to the central belt for the first time in eight years. Currently celebrating its 90th year, the housebuilder recently returned to the Aberdeen market after a long absence in which the company withdrew to the Highlands when the global recession stru

NHS Borders has submitted plans to build a new medical centre on the site of a former ambulance depot in Galashiels. Designed by Aitken Turnbull Architects, the proposals will see the current Roxburgh Street building demolished and replaced with a new facility to accommodate GPs, health visitors and

Ian Hughes The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced the appointment of Ian Hughes as its new strategic partnerships director for Scotland.

A plan to protect homes, businesses and communities from flooding has been launched by environment minister Aileen McLeod. The Flood Risk Management plan contains 14 local strategies and proposals for 42 flood protection schemes or engineering works planned for 2016-21 and a range of other flood all