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Mark Emlick Specialist real estate and private equity asset management firm Consensus Capital is aiming to provide nearly 3,500 affordable homes to help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis.

The Lakesmere Group has been awarded a £1 million contract from main contractor Morgan Sindall to deliver an innovative cladding package for the new Marriott Residence Inn Hotel in Aberdeen. The hotel, which is the first of the Marriott brand to open in the city, has been designed by architects Hal

Plans have been approved for 120 homes on the outskirts of Fraserburgh, though with fewer affordable homes included than initially planned. Colaren Homes has entered into discussions with Aberdeenshire Council to lay the framework for an eventual 600-home expansion to the south of the town.

How the homes will look from the Fintry Drive / Finavon Street junction Abertay Housing Association has submitted a planning application for 60 new homes and urban realm improvements in the Fintry area of Dundee.

Alexandra Dobes' courtyard workshops proposal Architecture students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have drawn up ideas for attracting more people to live and work in the Cairngorms.

Urgent repair work to begin on quay wall at Windmillcroft Quay

Time-lapse footage has emerged which shows a group of construction workers install a 70-metre tunnel in just one weekend. The intense work schedule means the construction workers were required to work around the clock to get the tunnel done in time while causing minimal disruption to motorists.

Morgan Sindall has confirmed that its construction division recorded a £43.1 million operating loss last year as it changes the way it reports financial figures. The company said today it is revamping its divisional reporting structure to “better align its reporting segments with the business str

Morris & Spottiswood has completed a major refurbishment and restoration project at the historic Edinburgh headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The fit-out contractor was tasked with refurbishing the bank at Dundas House, in the city’s St Andrew Square, which dates back to 1860.

A survey of Police Scotland’s estate has found that dozens of buildings belonging to the force are in urgent need of repair. Details obtained by The Scotsman show a total of 69 buildings across the country were rated “poor” or “bad” when handed to Police Scotland by legacy forces in 2013.

Kevin Stewart MSP The Scottish Government has exceeded its 30,000 affordable homes target by more than 10 per cent, according to official statistics released for the first time today.

Balfour Beatty has started work on a new £47 million state-of-the-art secondary school at Bobby Calder Park in Aberdeen. Aberdeen City Council’s convener of education and children’s services committee, Councillor Angela Taylor cut the first sod to mark the start of construction of the south of

British Transport Police (BTP) are appealing for information after “extensive damage” was caused to a construction site in Edinburgh. Vandals broke in to the Edinburgh Gateway site and caused damage to vehicles, construction machinery and buildings between 7.30pm – 9pm on Saturday, 11 June.

The Stirling City Commission A major programme of investment for Stirling is moving into its next phase following approval at a Special Council meeting this week.

The new East Park building Developers urged to support Maryhill residential school