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Story Homes’ development of executive homes in Biggar, Lanarkshire, is predicted to bring £25m of economic benefits to the region through the use of local employers and sourcing of local materials.

Gavin Hamilton Stewart Milne Timber Systems has announced the appointment of a new manufacturing director as the company continues to grow.

Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen was under the spotlight last week, as part of the world’s biggest architecture festival.

Education secretary Michael Russell led a topping out ceremony at City of Glasgow College's new riverside campus bringing the new £228 million twin-site super college a step closer.

The Dundee Civic Trust, which encourages the best standards of architectural design and town planning for new developments, has commended the University of Dundee Medical School for its outstanding contribution to the city’s townscape.

Construction staff wear it pink for Breast Cancer Campaign In no order: Robert Gibson (white shirt, project manager), Daniel Burke (grey combat trousers, balding), Charlie McCluskey (glasses), Andrew Cumming (fair hair, black top, blue trousers) and Alistair Grant (assistant site manager, tallest wi

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and British Automatic Sprinkler Association will jointly host a free seminar for housing providers and builders in Scotland on the advantages of fitting automatic fire sprinklers in homes. The programme for the day will consist of a series of presentations from a

Blair Melville Four of Scotland's leading sectoral trade associations have combined to voice disquiet at the Scottish Government's decision to increase fees for planning applications by more than twice the rate of inflation.

Plans for a new secondary school in the east end of Kirkcaldy have been approved by Fife Council. Members of the council’s central area planning committee were advised to give the green light to the proposals to construct a replacement for Viewforth High School on nearby playing fields at Windmill

The current Langlee Primary in Galashiels Two new schools will be built by April 2017 after Scottish Borders Council agreed to put significant funds towards replacing Broomlands Primary in Kelso and Langlee Primary in Galashiels.

Caroline James The Scottish commercial property sector could soon be swamped by a surge in deals ahead of the introduction of a new tax next year.

Forster Roofing picked up the NFRC Scottish Roofing Contractor of the Year Award for Solar for the second successive year at a special luncheon held at the Trades Hall of Glasgow last week.

Neil Baxter The Carbuncle Awards are “cynical, crass, commercial, stupid, unhelpful, petty nonsense that should be ignored by everyone”, according to a prominent architectural figure in Scotland.

New Bellsmyre homes handed over to tenants Delighted tenants have moved into their new homes in Whiteford Crescent, Bellsmyre - the latest to be completed under West Dunbartonshire Council's new build housing programme.

Public sector procurement consortium LHC is calling on companies involved in the refurbishment or new build of social housing, schools, community centres and other public sector facilities, to register their interest in its new framework. The Aluminium Window and Door installation procurement framew