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Councillors are to consider whether to invest £14 million to repair Maddiston Primary School, following significant structural defects identified after Storm Eowyn in January 2025.

The awards luncheon for the 2025 Scottish Roofing Awards was held on Friday 24 October at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow, with special guest Tam Cowan providing entertainment throughout the luncheon.

East Lothian Council has selected a preferred supplier and will now begin the first steps to look at siting a hyperscale data centre on the former coal store site at Cockenzie. There are several steps to be completed to determine the feasibility of the project, with the overall aim being a Joint Ven

Works on the A9 have reached a key milestone as temporary traffic lights and overnight closures signal the A9/A904 Improvement Project moving into next phase.

UK steel frame building solutions provider Embrace Steel Group has today appointed Ross McAdam as its new CEO. Outgoing CEO Martin Kelly will remain with the business in a non-executive capacity to support the transition and future growth of the group. Simon Longfield is also joining the board as a

Persimmon Homes East Scotland has appointed Sarah Carruthers as its new technical director. Set to begin her role in mid-November, Sarah joins the East Scotland business from Persimmon North Scotland, where she has worked since 2020. Beginning her career there as an architectural technician, she ros

A new film revealing plans for the National Centre for Music in Edinburgh has been released.

The deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) Awards in the Sustainability category.

Councillors are to be updated next week on work to identify options for the next stage of Renfrewshire Council’s multi-million-pound school investment programme. 

Buccleuch Property has shared the success of the 17th edition of the Buccleuch Property Challenge with a record-breaking 88 teams crossing the finish line, raising over £18,500 for the Ella Dawson Foundation. On Friday 5th September 2025 teams from across the UK property industry travelled to

Stakeholders from across Glasgow have come together to develop a three-year programme that helps young people gain an understanding of all of the roles involved in the construction industry.

Paisley has been named Scotland’s Town of the Year in recognition of its ambitious regeneration and community-led transformation.

Shoosmiths has advised on a flagship letting on behalf of Kadans Science Partner (Kadans) of 40,000 sq ft to Chemify, a pioneer in the development of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology in the Health Innovation Hub (HIH), a new purpose-built life science facility at Govan, in Glasgow. The 87,000 sq ft

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £162 million contract by IMPACT Scotland to deliver Edinburgh’s first purpose-built concert hall in over a century, the firm said today. The contract will see the company construct the Dunard Centre, the new, world-class concert hall in the heart of the

A developer is currently consulting on plans to transform a former Rolls-Royce engine maintenance site in East Kilbride into a new mixed-use neighbourhood featuring 148 homes and 20 small business units.