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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Ewan Wyllie as head of principal designer services. Mr Wyllie is an experienced principal designer, having worked in construction health and safety for over 18 years with a track record spanning a variety of sectors, project size and comp

Pupils from The Royal High School in Edinburgh have created planters, using materials donated from Cala Homes (East), to brighten up their local community this summer. The project saw 30 S2 Craft, Design and Technology (CDT) pupils working in groups to create 12 planters. Six of the planters have be

Two Springfield Properties apprentice bricklayers have been invited to compete in a UK-wide SkillBuild Competition, delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). Andrew Carr aged 20, is a first year apprentice bricklayer and works at Springfield’s South Glassgreen development i

Rosyth-based specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) is celebrating after being named Medium Business of the Year at the 2023 Fife Business Awards. It’s the first time the firm has received such an accolade, beating off strong competition to come out on top at a gli

The final building phase at Drum Property Group’s £500 million regeneration of Buchanan Wharf on Glasgow’s Clydeside has reached practical completion with the successful delivery of the new office headquarters for the Students Loans Company (SLC). SLC will now progress the internal

The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) has warned that local communities, family farms, and smaller businesses are at risk of being priced out of Scottish rural land, as it is increasingly sought after by forestry interests, natural capital investors, and corporate buyers, becoming a scarce commodity. T

Work will begin this week on a £334,000 project to preserve the heritage of another historic building in Lochgilphead. The building at 3-17 Colchester Square is the second major project to benefit from funding from the Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS). The funding package also incl

Award-winning architecture and interior design firm, TINTO Architecture, has announced a merger with Deeside Architects Studio to meet growing client demand and deliver on larger-scale projects. The move comes following an exceptional period of growth for TINTO.

A Perthshire firm with a reputation for energy efficient and sustainable homes is to embark on a new project that blends cutting-edge, eco-friendly design with buildings dating back 2,500 years. Two years on from the devastating blaze which destroyed the award-winning Scottish Crannog Centre on the

Cala Homes (West) is helping to play its part in the Stepps community following a successful litter pick in the area surrounding its Earls Rise development. As part of its Community Pledge initiative, kind-hearted members of the Cala team helped collect 17 bags of litter in the North Lanarkshire com

Killie Community, the charity arm of Kilmarnock FC, has announced Persimmon West Scotland as its first Corporate Patron. The charity, based at Rugby Park, is committed to improving the lives of those within Ayrshire by using the power of football to inspire positive change in health and wellbeing ou

A team from Advance Construction Group Scotland in Belshill are swapping their work boots for hiking gear, in preparation for the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity. The group will embark on Britain’s toughest outdoor challenge on the 16th of Jun

Work to replace the roof on the Town House Extension in Aberdeen is to start on Monday.

Edinburgh-based construction firm Orocco has expanded into a new headquarters to prepare for significant growth. Increasing demand has seen the firm take over West Church, the premises which formerly housed the city’s well-known bespoke furniture maker Charles Taylor Woodwork.

As this month marks the two-year anniversary since department store Debenhams announced its final store closures, recent data from EG has revealed that more than half of its former stores remain vacant with 14 still yet to be filled in Scotland alone. The historic UK retailer announced the final clo