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Image of the Mackintosh Building from Renfrew Street looking towards Sauchiehall Street A shortlist of five companies has been drawn up for the £35 million restoration of the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA).

Martin English, director at Keppie Design Three of the UK’s top architectural practices have announced they are to form a unique alliance that they believe will help them win significant new business.

Glasgow Harbour has unveiled plans to build 1,400 homes on a 52 acre regeneration site on the banks of the Clyde and Kelvin opposite the Riverside Museum. The wholly owned subsidiary of Peel Land and Property said the flats and town houses will form part of a £200 million masterplan for the site ov

Vaughan Hart The Scottish Building Federation has welcomed figures which show that employment in the Scottish construction industry rose by 13,000 last year to hit a new two-year high of 187,000 at the end of 2015.

Jo Blewett Jo Blewett has been appointed as the newest member of Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s Governance Board.

The Scottish Government has awarded over £10 million to support innovative large-scale low carbon local energy projects, energy minister Fergus Ewing has announced. Speaking at the annual Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Conference in Stirling yesterday, Mr Ewing confirmed that nine pr

Cally Temple The restoration of Cally Temple has been shortlisted for a Scottish Civic Trust My Place Award.

First turf cut on the site of the new Elgin High School Construction work was formally – and finally - started on the site of the new Elgin High School yesterday with a turf-cutting ceremony.

A Tayside eaterie, home of the best bacon butty in the world, is preparing for a 100-metre move costing £1 million. Back in 1960 the Horn Milk Bar, between Dundee and Perth, started life as a simple tartan shed.

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty’s turnaround plan may be starting to take hold despite a £199 million pre-tax loss.

Miller Homes finance director Ian Murdoch (left) and chief executive Chris Endsor Miller Homes has revealed its plans for future growth in the central Scotland market after reporting increased pre-tax profit by more than 90 per cent for the second year running.

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