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The final phase of a development project in Goathill reached a significant milestone recently with the completion of the care home and housing with extra care facilities, both constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey.

A primary one class from Shortlees Primary School in Kilmarnock has won a health and safety design competition organised by Connect Modular, part of the Wee House Group, who are working with Cunninghame Housing Association to deliver 101 modular affordable homes to the Shortlees area. The winning de

Initial plans have been drawn up for five blocks of affordable flats on the site of a former Perth hospital.

Planning permission in principle is being sought for a new development in Levenmouth which includes around 1,850 homes, a new school and the scope for retail and leisure facilities.

The first images showing how the new Paisley Grammar School Community Campus will look have now been revealed.

Castle Building Services has appointed Neil Hutchinson as operations manager, Mark Jenkins as mechanical project engineer and Richard Learmouth as senior quantity surveyor. Both Mark Jenkins and Richard Learmouth will be based at the company’s headquarters in South Tyneside with Neil Hutchinso

A weekly series of webinars is being launched by a new website, seeking to crowdsource content to make our places in Scotland better. placedesignscotland.com has just launched - with a huge amount of pre-launch archive - and comprises news, comment and features on place-related issues in the country

Construction works are officially underway at a new care home in Livingston.

The house where Adolf Hitler was born is to be repurposed as a human rights training centre for Austrian police officers. The redevelopment of the 17th century house in Braunau am Inn at a cost of €20 million will begin later this year after an expert committee rejected alternative proposals to

German science and technology giant Merck has announced plans to invest €35 million (£30m) in the expansion of its biosafety testing capabilities including a new 1,200-square-meter facility in Glasgow.

Work on a new £24 million Passivhaus primary school for Irvine has officially commenced. North Ayrshire provost Anthea Dickson carried out the official ground-breaking duties to signal the start of construction of the new facility at Montgomerie Park.

Electrical body SELECT is celebrating a major coup after securing global electrical and lighting giant Luceco Group as the first-ever headline sponsor for its annual President’s Cup golf day.

Hydrock, an integrated engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy, has strengthened its multidisciplinary team in Scotland with the appointment of a recognised expert in the heat networks space. Charlie Drysdale joins the firm's smart energy and sustainability team as an associat

Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its growing project management and building consultancy team with a key appointment. Cara McGlynn has joined the firm as a project manager and will be based in the Glasgow office. Previously she spent over three years working in the public sector for hub Wes

Construction firm Clark Contracts has elevated long-serving employee, Danny McKibbens, to the role of operations director. With nearly 40 years of experience in the construction industry, Mr McKibbens is a seasoned player with roots in the Scottish construction scene.