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The number of homes completed in Scotland has increased by four per cent compared to the previous year, according to official statistics figures released today. A quarterly statistical publication from the Scottish Government revealed that 16,000 homes were completed across all sectors in the year t

Morrison Construction is to build an £8.2 million community facility in South Ayrshire after the project was granted planning approval. Work on the new Tarbolton Community Campus can now begin with the official contracts now signed after the project reached financial close.

A property development pipeline map of Glasgow city centre has been launched at today at the MIPIM property market event in Cannes. The map, issued by commercial property advisors Bilfinger GVA, summarises the key opportunities in the city centre for development as well as the peripheral areas aroun

Plans have been submitted for a 40 bed accommodation block in Dornoch for the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Designed by ThreeSixty Architecture, the development will form part of a larger roll out of accommodation in the region for the university

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh Infrastructure projects totalling almost £6 billion will be under construction throughout Scotland during 2016 with more Scottish employers than ever before accessing public contracts as a result, a new report has revealed.

£3.2m Fairfield Housing Co-operative development nears completion in Perth Much needed affordable homes are nearing completion in the penultimate phase of the Muirton Park regeneration in Perth.

Urban planning has changed dramatically over the years. Architects at Cantrell & Crowley take a look at some simple visualisations of complex planning ideas that have changed how we live.

A planning application for 98 homes at Park Quadrant in the West End of Glasgow has been submitted to the city's council. Initial plans for the A-listed Victorian development were reduced from 111 properties after residents’ views were taken into consideration. The revised proposals also include r

Queen Margaret Drive Plans are being advanced for an £80 million Innovation Park next to the Musselburgh campus of Queen Margaret University (QMU).

Plans for a £6.7m office block at Shawfield Housing minister Margaret Burgess MSP has announced the award of an additional £3 million for Clyde Gateway to support further development of vacant and derelict sites in Dalmarnock, Rutherglen and Shawfield.

Kingdom Housing Association's employability project, Fife Works, is building on the success of its recent Construction Academy, and is launching a further Academy this week to help move more unemployed young people into the construction industry. Part of the Academy is a 2 week work experience place

Construction and engineering specialist CBES has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Building Services Specialist of the Year category at the 2016 CN Specialist Awards. The awards are the only national awards that recognise and celebrate the very best specialist contractors in the UK. Th

Construction apprenticeships across Great Britain are up 12 per cent in the past year, reaching levels not seen since before the 2008 financial crisis. New statistics released by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), for National Apprenticeship Week (14-18 March), reveal that 22,496 young

Rod McLennan and Jill Adie Robert Gordon University (RGU) is linking up with one of the biggest planning, procurement and delivery organisations in the North of Scotland to give its students access to industry experts.

Richard Lyle MSP and Gordon Reid MSP visits Kier Construction