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Homes previously completed at Western Harbour by Hart Builders Hart Builders is planning to construct 146 new homes in Edinburgh after securing a £6.9 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The Low Carbon Teaching Building at South Lanarkshire College Austin-Smith:Lord has been shortlisted for an international BREEAM Award for its ground-breaking sustainable design of South Lanarkshire College’s Low Carbon Teaching Building.

New milestone reached in UK Spaceport development UK Space science and technology firms QinetiQ and Telespazio VEGA UK have agreed Memorandum’s of Understanding (MoU) to work with Discover Space UK on investigating the potential for a horizontal launch spaceport at the Campbeltown site on the West

Quick-thinking demolition workers used a crane to rescue a stranded dog after it plunged ten feet into the Firth of Forth, STV has reported. Steven Woods was taking his dog Sasha for a walk around the Cockenzie Power Station site in East Lothian at lunchtime on Wednesday when she jumped over a wall

Gordon Nelson Scottish builders reported growth in the final three months of 2016 but skills shortages have spread from carpentry and roofing to plumbers and site managers, according to the Federation of Master Builders Scotland (FMB Scotland).

Springfield Properties has reached out in an attempt to offer support to those workers made redundant by the administration of fellow Highlands housebuilder Roy Homes Ltd. The Inverness self-build home business and its sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd ceased trading this week with the loss

Douglas Mcleod Barratt Developments has announced plans to build 2,480 new homes across 14 new sites throughout Scotland during the course of the year.

Engineers building the new Queensferry Crossing have said there are no guarantees the bridge will open in May but added that the timetable is “realistic”. Initially expected to be ready last December, the £1.325 billion project’s completion was postponed after bad weather delayed work.

An integrated energy roadmap which proposes that half of all Scotland’s energy will come from renewable sources by 2030 has been unveiled by the Scottish Government. Published yesterday, the draft Scottish Energy Strategy sets out a vision for 2050 for Scotland to have a modern, integrated energy

Jonathan Fair and Lorraine Paterson Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has appointed Jonathan Fair as its new managing director and Lorraine Paterson as its sales & marketing director to boost its Scottish office.

Glasgow City Council has unveiled a £9 million bid to transform the public realm along the city’s Byres Road to enhance the thoroughfare as a destination for shops, bars, cafes and restaurants. A public consultation has identified the need for a full redesign of the street with improved surfaces,

Nicola Barclay Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned that the country’s home builders face the prospect of paying a double levy to support apprenticeship training unless funds are ring-fenced to support the sector.

(from left) Back row: Susan Crombie, Marcelina Pokryszka, Richard Emslie, Lauren Cunningham, Karen Colville, Alexis Gilmour and Kayleigh Potter. Front row: Niamh Hogwood, Jade Lauren-Stewart Fife College students to give virtual makeover to Muir showhome

The winner of the ‘Ladder Losers’ competition, formerly the 'Idiots on Ladders' contest, has been announced by the Ladder Association. The Association said the winning submission by former Ladder Council member, John Bungay, displays incredibly dangerous ladder use.

A Highland developer in the self-build home sector has gone into administration with the loss of 17 jobs. Inverness-based Roy Homes Ltd, and its sister company Roy Homes Timber Frame Ltd, ceased trading this week amid “serious cash flow problems”.