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A new timber industry net-zero roadmap aims to accelerate the productivity, sustainability, and innovation of the sector to better meet the needs of a low-carbon world.

Sutherland members of the Highland Council have approved £698.6,000 worth of funding bids aimed at supporting economic regeneration and sustainable development across the area. Communities were invited to apply for Community Regeneration Funding, an umbrella term for accessible funding streams

Members of the Dingwall and Seaforth Committee at the Highland Council have considered applications submitted to the area’s Community Regeneration Fund. Councillors allocated £43,557 of their available funding to two applicants.

Avant Homes Scotland has appointed Andrew Statham as a senior land manager to further enable the housebuilder’s nationwide expansion. Mr Statham, who joins from property investment firm Manse, has 15 years’ experience in residential and commercial property acquisitions. In his new role,

Construction firm Morris & Spottiswood has announced its goal to achieve Net Zero by 2045 as the business continues to take steps to make significant sustainable improvements, a key part of which is the delivery of a more sustainable service offering via its housing division.

A Scottish Government Reporter has granted planning permission for a planning application by S1 Developments for a new student residential development at Edinburgh's former Tynecastle High School site.

An open day has been held for a new housing development in Primrose Place, Alloa. The development is a partnership project between Kingdom Housing Association, Clackmannanshire Council, and The Scottish Government and was developed in collaboration with Architecture and Design Scotland (A&D

An iconic castle said to have inspired Walt Disney’s Cinderella Castle is 'pink again' as a major conservation project gets underway.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL  Applicant: University Of Edinburgh Estates.

Stimulating leaders within Scotland's construction industry to inspire long-lasting change was a key theme of a Culture Change Roadshow held last month in Edinburgh by the CIOB and Scottish Futures Trust. The event saw CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble and Graham Simpson MSP, among others, discuss criti

Angus-based property developer DJ Laing has started work on a multi-million-pound commercial development on the western gateway to Carnoustie. The Victoria Green project will provide modern business and industrial units on the initial 14-acre site.

UK offsite frame manufacturer Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) has secured a position on the Off-Site Homes Alliance (OSHA) national construction framework for volumetric (CAT 1) and panelised (CAT 2) Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).

INCH Architecture, working with The Friends of the Pipe Factory CIC, has been successful in gaining Regeneration Capital Grant funding for the redevelopment of The Pipe Factory in Glasgow.

(from right) Cllr Fiona Dugdale, head teacher Gail Preston, head of education Nicola McDowell, Eddie Reid ELC service manager – strategic asset & capital plan management, chair of Wallyford Community Council Alister Hadden, Philip Galbraith and Graeme Lang both Morrison Construction Cabine

Major improvement works are to take place on a road in Stonehouse.