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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has served four improvement notices - two each on EDF and contractor Trillium Flow Services UK Ltd - following asbestos-related shortfalls at Torness Nuclear Power Station.

An innovative education programme that gives pupils in Scotland’s fastest-growing town the opportunity to become involved in all aspects of the development of their community has been boosted by the support of a major housebuilder in the area.

Inverness homebuilder MAKAR has been appointed by the Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust (KLCT) to take forward design and survey work for the proposed Micro-Ecovillage at Ratagan and Saraig, on the shores of Loch Duich. KLCT purchased two sites at Ratagan and Saraig from Forestry and Land Scotland.

Work has started on the next major phase of homes at The Village, Dalmarnock, building on the success of the award-winning Athletes’ Village that Cruden delivered for the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the City Legacy Consortium.

The first homeowners have now moved into Station Wynd, the new residential development in Nitshill being delivered by Clark Contracts on behalf of Strathcarron Developments.

SSEN Transmission has committed more than £17 million to fund the construction of 50 new homes with Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP). In all, 73 homes will be built in the first phase of HHP’s Melbost West social housing development in Lewis, at the site next to MacKenzie Park east of

Cullross, the social housing developer, is progressing a multi-million-pound project to regenerate the derelict Queen Victoria Works in Dundee's West End, with a proposal of application notice now lodged with Dundee City Council. The B-listed former jute mill sits on Brook Street and Douglas Street

PVCu window replacement work has been completed by CCG Group for Calvay Housing Association in the east end of Glasgow.  A total of 248 high-performing window sets were installed in 31 homes during a four-week time frame in Barlanark, marking the first time the Group has worked on behalf of Cal

Tenants in Munro Place in Aviemore will receive more energy-efficient homes following an investment from Cairn Housing Association.

A new ceramic mural celebrating the work of Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh has been unveiled at Glasgow Central Station.  

An upcoming University of Strathclyde spinout is forming a method for transforming mineral waste into carbon-negative materials that would take the place of some of the cement used in construction.  The developed method could reduce emissions from cement production, while captured carbon dioxid

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) has appointed more than 40 contractors and demolition specialists to a new Construction & Capital Works framework covering education and wider public-sector building projects across England, Wales and Scotland.

Construction works are set to commence for the Forres Academy development on June 22nd, indicating new progress on the £88.6 million project. In Autumn 2028, the new school campus is expected to open and will facilitate up to 1,120 pupils within its modern learning facilities. This includes 40

SSEN Transmission has set out plans to develop a new state-of-the-art training facility in Aberdeenshire, supporting the next generation of electricity network engineers.

Chartered surveyor and property consultant Graham + Sibbald has continued its expansion plans with the acquisition of Fleurets, the specialist leisure sector property consultancy.