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Two young electricians have been recognised for their exceptional talent in the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) Apprentice of the Year Awards, in conjunction with Edmundson Electrical. John Baxter proudly lifted the 2023 trophy after impressing the judges, while fellow Ben Wardrop received the

A flagship build to rent (BTR) development in the Bonnington area of Edinburgh has topped out reaching six storeys. Developer and operator PLATFORM_ was joined by Heimstaden, which is forward funding the project, and key members of the project team, including main contractor GRAHAM, to celebrate the

Ambassador Living has secured a £9.5 million finance facility from Paragon Bank’s Development Finance division for the completion of its Wallace Park project in Wallyford, East Lothian.

The transformation of a once derelict blight on Dumfries High Street into homes and enterprise spaces has reached a new milestone. Scaffolding has been removed from the front of Midsteeple Quarter’s landmark development, with work on its interior now fully underway.

Work has started on a £3 million environmental improvement project to transform the public spaces around the Cedar high-rise flats at St George’s Cross in Glasgow. The Woodside Making Places project is being delivered by Queens Cross Housing Association and supported by additional fundin

Arbroath’s £12 million flood protection scheme was officially declared open by Máiri McAllan MSP, cabinet secretary for transport, net zero and just transition, at a ceremony at St Vigeans yesterday.

A plan to convert a former Perth psychiatric hospital into flats has taken a step forward with the submission of an application for listed building consent.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has announced that zero carbon buildings minister Patrick Harvie MSP, Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken, and Scottish Funding Council chairman Mike Cantlay OBE will be key speakers at its upcoming conference “Beyond Niddrie Road:

A student accommodation provider is seeking planning permission to convert a former office block on Aberdeen's Union Street.

A former hospital in St Andrews is to be transformed into 27 flats.

Heriot-Watt University Chemical and Energy Engineering Graduate, Steven Brasher from Dalgety Bay, celebrated the delivery of his first large-scale solar project at Denny Waste Water Treatment Works. More than £660,000 was invested by Scottish Water to install over 830 solar panels at the works

A new scheme to support the local construction industry recruit and sustain suitably skilled employees has got off the ground in Orkney. The industry, in common with many other sectors, have been finding it difficult to recruit and this is another tool designed to help.

Brechin High School is securing a lease of land from Scotia Homes to develop an allotment and food forest for the school and local community to offer rural learning and improve wellbeing and sustainability opportunities.

Aberdeenshire Architectural and Landscape Design Awards (AALDA) were established in 1997 as a means of raising the profile of good innovative design. Taking place every two years, the awards provide a benchmark for the quality of recent development and the effectiveness of planning policies.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated a public access defibrillator (PAD) to a convenience store in Bathgate and its customer Cameron Clark, who around 12 months ago started a campaign to install and maintain an external defibrillator outside the Usave Shop on Falside Crescent to benefit the commu