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Savills has continued to expand its engineering & design consultancy (EDC) team with the appointment of Martin McClafferty as associate director and William Johnston as associate in Glasgow. Joining from HDR Consulting Engineers, Martin is a chartered engineer with 25 years’ experience ope

Three of Kier Group's infrastructure services units are to be consolidated into two in a division restructure for the firm. From 1 July 2023, the group’s current business streams of highways, utilities and infrastructure will be known as transportation and natural resources, nuclear & netw

JGC, a long-established family owned and run engineering business located in Thurso, has been acquired by engineering group Langfields. Initially focusing on welding, JGC has expanded over the years into highly specialised steel design and fabrication for high-growth clean energies including nu

Following the full integration of GH Johnston Building Consultants Ltd (GHJ) in March 2023 as a new Planning & Design division within Mabbett & Associates Ltd (Mabbett), the company continues its growth journey with the addition of Gary Mackintosh (formerly owner of GMC Surveys) as principal

A pioneering new initiative has been launched to accelerate the drive towards building a low carbon future for the North of Scotland. The unique partnership between public and private sector organisations will pave the way to using low carbon construction solutions to tackle critical issues such as

More than 220 flats could be built on a former factory site in Glasgow under new plans lodged with the local authority. The application, by landowner Bradley Carson, proposes 224 flats at the old McKellar Watt sausage factory site in Carntyne.

Architect and TV presenter George Clarke has issued the final call for entries to a creative challenge which will shape the design of a £25 million complex-needs facility. Young people across the country are being invited to take part in a design brief to imagine how a new inclusive community

Work is officially underway to create over 600 new mixed-tenure homes and apartments, complemented by new improved parks and greenspaces, in Hamiltonhill, North Glasgow. Together with Queens Cross Housing Association, regeneration specialist Urban Union, part of Robertson Group, will deliver ap

Work is set to begin on 48 new social housing homes in Glasgow’s West End with the announcement that full funding for the development is now in place.

Ladies of the Rock Community Larder has been given a major boost after landing a £5,000 donation from Persimmon. Ladies of the Rock is a voluntary group that raises funds to support local people experiencing food poverty. The Community Larder provides food, toiletries, pet food and pre-loved c

Twenty-six years since the doors slammed shut on one of Australia’s most notorious prisons, the shackles of the past have been thrown off and HM Prison Pentridge has reopened as a billion-dollar dining and entertainment precinct just 8km from the Melbourne CBD. The redevelopment of the 170-yea

Property consultant FG Burnett has announced the retirement of Graeme Watt after 42 years of service with building consultancy director Iona Foubister simultaneously joining the firm's board. Graeme Watt joined the business in 1981 and progressed to a shareholding director within the firm with a str

Soller Group has secured planning approval for Dundas Square, a 357-apartment development in central Glasgow's Cowcaddens district. Designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, the project will include studio, one, and two-bedroom apartments, as well as rooftop terraces, coworking spaces, a gym, retail

Developers looking to deliver a mixed-use development which includes 453 houses in the village of Banknock have presented more information to Falkirk Council.

The Highland Council has launched a Common Good consultation regarding a proposal to dispose of an area of 2145m² of undeveloped land in Inverness. The area of land is a triangular parcel of land lying between 17 Longman Drive and a neighbouring electricity substation site. It does not have veh