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The number of new build homes started across all sectors in Scotland decreased by 12% in a year, official figures have revealed.

The strategy that defines and shapes where future development of land and property will take place across North Ayrshire is being updated.

More than 700 residences in Leith are to have their windows and doors replaced as part of a large-scale, planned maintenance programme by Harbour Homes.

Huws Gray, Jewson, NMBS, Travis Perkins and Wolseley have secured spots on a large-scale materials framework with dedicated lots for Scottish housing associations and local authorities.

Specialist lender Together has provided a loan of £400,000 to a family-run developer to convert a former guesthouse into boutique holiday apartments in Aviemore. The development in Grampian Road, will create 10 luxury, self-catering rooms for visitors in one building, with another 11 rooms in

Prison officials in the US have been left red-faced after two inmates tunnelled their way to freedom using a toothbrush. Prisoners John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to "exploit a construction design weakness" in Newpo

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Blagden Property.

Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its ESG expertise in Scotland with a key appointment. Chartered surveyor Laura Jones has joined the firm as a senior sustainability consultant and will be based in the Edinburgh office where a new ESG Consultancy team has been created. She has relocated from

The growth and expansion of Narro has continued with the ongoing enlargement of its dedicated civil engineering team.

An office development in Glasgow has become one of the first in the city to commit to best in class digital infrastructure.

Hillhead Sports Club in Glasgow has undergone an essential £20,000 improvement programme of its main Fraser Stand thanks to the support in kind of two local businesses. The works, completed earlier this month, saw the replacement of protective screens to the front of the 152-capacity stand, wh

Civil engineering students across Scotland are being urged to consider a career working in forests instead of urban environments. Civil engineers are in great demand at Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS); the national forestry body has vacancies for engineers to work in locations around Scotland.

Apprentice stonemasons with The Ridge project in Dunbar have completed a commission at a multi-million-pound new facility. The two apprentices, Darren Brown and Simon Reay, worked on a boundary wall on the Wallyford Secondary Learning Campus site. They were supervised and trained by The Ridge Founda

Robertson Construction has commenced work to transform three heritage railway arches in Manchester city centre into a talent development centre for artists.

A project to create safer, more welcoming places to walk, wheel, cycle and spend time in Leith is about to get underway. The first phase of Leith Connections will introduce measures to limit through traffic and enhance streets for pedestrians and people cycling in areas around Constitution Street, L