Scottish households could be better off by £151 million every year by installing a renewable heating system – but 51 per cent of Scottish adults think the technology is too expensive to install in their home. And while many Scots can correctly identify technologies such as biomass boilers (26 per
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(left to right): Roddy Macdonald, Sanctuary head of development – Scotland, with GHA chairman Gordon Sloan and Calum Murray, director – CCG (Scotland) Ltd Glasgow based construction company CCG has been recognised at the prestigious Herald Property Awards for Scotland for the second year running
Gretna Gateway expansion promises jobs boost Work is to start on an expansion of a shopping centre in southern Scotland with the promise of 50 new jobs.
Work on a new luxury housing estate near Stonehaven will start within weeks after developers awarded an initial contract worth £25 million to a building firm. North east construction firm Pert Bruce has been appointed as a major contractor for the Ury Estate development, which will see 51 houses bu
BAM Properties has sold its commercial property development Connect110ns in the heart of Glasgow’s premier commercial and retail district to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM).
Plans to develop two new £15 million primary schools have been given the green light by Glasgow City Council, according to the Evening Express. Broomhill Primary, in the West End, will be built on the site of the current school in Edgehill Road, with pupils being moved to nearby Ladywell school dur
Donald MacDonald Ogilvie Construction has started work on a £24 million project to build two new student housing buildings for Ziggurat Student Living in central Edinburgh.
Plans submitted for Stirlingshire green belt homes Graham’s The Family Dairy and housing developer Mactaggart & Mickel Homes have submitted fresh plans for a new town on green belt land in Stirlingshire.
RICS Scotland Project of the Year Winner – Knockando Woolmill A six month search to find Scotland’s leading property and construction projects is now on following the launch of the RICS Scotland Awards 2015.
Major housing plans which could see 1,500 homes built along with a primary school on land to the west of Perth have been submitted by the Pilkington Trust. The proposed Almond Valley Village is set to take shape on a 160-acre site in the Ruthvenfield/Huntingtowerfield areas of the city,
Margaret Burgess More than 1,600 households in the social rented sector will be fitted with measures to make them warmer and cheaper to heat, with the announcement of a £4.5 million fuel poverty fund from the Scottish Government.
Builders construct a slight rise in Scottish start-ups A recovery in construction has driven up new Scottish business start-up numbers.
An Aberdeen modular cabin firm is supplying accommodation for the multi-million pound Forth Replacement Crossing construction project.
Constructionarium, the programme that gives students ‘hands on’ experience of constructing real, scaled-down versions of buildings and civil engineering projects, celebrated another successful year at its annual gathering at the RIBA last week. Speakers provided a snapshot of Constructionariumâ€
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is looking for a contractor to start work on the £17m national nuclear archive at Wick, Caithness. The building, work on which will start next summer, will provide long-term storage for a huge volume of records and other archive material from civil nuclear site