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Student accommodation plans have been revealed for the Charles Oakley Building Two of Glasgow’s iconic buildings are to get new uses under new £100 million proposals set to be unveiled to the public.

Aberdeen-based quarrying and construction materials group Leiths (Scotland) has acquired the business of local stone supplier and processor Fyfe Glenrock. Leiths, whose own construction and quarrying business is run from Cove, said it was now the owner of Oldmeldrum-based Fyfe Glenrock, though the v

West Dunbartonshire Council has submitted a planning application for a new Dalmonach Community and Early Education Childcare Centre. The application proposes the “erection of community and early learning centre building and glazed link to existing centre” at First Avenue in Bonhill.

A global coalition of 45 organisations has launched a new standard which aims to reduce investment risk by improving the comparison of infrastructure project costs. Infrastructure projects across the globe categorise and forecast construction costs differently, making investment risky.

Meadow Court Prime Student Living has revealed plans for a high-specification refurbishment programme which will completely overhaul its Meadow Court student accommodation block in Edinburgh.

Plans to build at least 200 new affordable homes in Fort William are to progress following the award of a £1.2 million grant from the Scottish Government to Lochaber Housing Association. The site will develop a variety of mixed tenure homes for rent and private use, on the Association’s recently

Kingshill Commercial Park in Aberdeen Uncertainty over Brexit and the political situation across the UK is continuing to hamper the commercial property market in Scotland, surveyors have warned.

Anne Baxter The British Drilling Association (BDA) has called on the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) to end the on-site confusion caused by changes to its carding system.

RJ McLeod to deliver 3km walking/cycling path in Edinburgh RJ McLeod is to start work on a new walking and cycling route in Edinburgh.

It would take the average tradesperson 132 years on site to earn an average English Premier League (EPL) footballer’s annual salary, according to new research. The average British tradesperson, earning £355 per week, would have to work for 132 years or 6,864 weeks to earn the equivalent of £2,43

310 St Vincent Street Praxis Real Estate Management has appointed Clark Contracts to complete a major £5.6 million fit out of its office development at 310 St Vincent Street in Glasgow.

View looking west along Niddrie Mains Drive from corner of Wauchope Terrace / Niddrie Mains Drive Architects have submitted plans for the construction of 194 new homes at Craigmillar town centre on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council’s 21st Century Homes house building programme.

Miller Homes has already delivered a development of 76 homes in Winchburgh Up to £150 million is to be invested in West Lothian thanks to the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.

Housing minister Kevin Stewart (right) with Kingdom Housing Association CEO Bill Banks at the Kincardine housing development in Fife where Kingdom is developing new affordable homes thanks to a development loan made through Allia's bond programme The Scottish Government has awarded a new contract to

Springfield Properties has submitted plans for its first 100% affordable housing project in the Scottish Borders. The housebuilder has lodged proposals for 74, one and two-bedroom cottage flats and two, three and four bedroom terraced homes in Berwickshire.