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hub South West Scotland has announced the reaching of financial close on the £36 million Garnock Campus Project in Ayrshire. The campus, which will relocate and merge Garnock Academy and Glengarnock Primary school on a greenfield site in Glengarnock, will cater for 1,500 students – 1,200 secondar

Nicola Barclay Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has appointed Nicola Barclay as director of planning with responsibility for ensuring that the organisation’s planning function is utilised to the maximum benefit of members and helps enable the development of homes of all tenures across the count

Michael Laird Architects’ proposed £120 million masterplan for the Fountainbridge area has been approved by the City of Edinburgh Council. The proposal considers the development of 9,650msq of land which currently separates the new Fountainbridge master plan site with the existing development at

Concept image of the Space Port at Campbeltown Airport, Machrihanish Airbase A community-owned airbase in Machrihanish in Kintyre has launched its official bid to be named the UK government’s first spaceport.

Professor Ghassan Aouad (right) receives with Ian Gracie, chair of CIOB Scotland Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has appointed Professor Ghassan Aouad, the president of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), and Mohammed Dulaimi, professor of project management and innovation at The British

Work gets underway at the Real Mary King's Close Edinburgh's Lord Provost joined characters from the Real Mary King’s Close earlier this week to celebrate the start of redevelopment works at the star attraction.

The keys have been handed over for a £4.4 million affordable housing development in Kilmarnock, delivered by Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts, a division of Mactaggart & Mickel Group. The 1.8 acre site at West Langlands has 39 housing units which will be used by East Ayrshire Council, providin

(from left) Graeme Shanks, senior project manager of Taylor Wimpey and Bob Anderson, chairman of Melville Midlothian RSL Melville Housing Association is to deliver 28 new high quality affordable homes for the local area, thanks to a £2.8 million deal with house builder Taylor Wimpey.

Work has started on the transformation of one of Glasgow city centre’s landmark historic buildings into a prime retail and residential development. 190 Trongate, which has lain empty for more than a decade, is undergoing a £1.5m refurbishment by Caledon Group.

Vaughan Hart The number of Scottish construction companies forced into compulsory liquidation fell by 20 per cent last year, according to latest figures from the UK Insolvency Service.

Peter Truscott Galliford Try has appointed Peter Truscott from Taylor Wimpey as its new chief executive amid a raft of executive and non-executive appointments to its board.

Proposals to build a new 210-bedroom hotel in the North Dee area of Aberdeen city centre have been announced by Drum Property Group. A detailed planning application has been submitted by Drum for consideration by Aberdeen City Council. Subject to planning consent, the new 90,000 square foot complex

Simon Walsh Cooper Cromar has announced that Simon Walsh has been promoted from associate to project director which is reflective of his dedication, commitment, contribution and influence on the business over a number years.

Grahame Smith New public procurement rules in Scotland should help tackle tax dodging, blacklisting and climate change, according to a coalition of civil society coalitions.

Confidence is growing among British architects about the amount of work they hope to receive from key sectors of the construction industry, research has revealed. Expectations of orders from private housing, commercial and public-sector builders caused the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (R