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A Scottish civil engineer has made it through to the final of an international competition, which challenges contestants to explain an aspect of civil engineering in just 200 seconds. Lauryn Steel, a principal technician with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Engineering Design Service, produced

The next phase of regeneration of the emerging Dundashill neighbourhood in Glasgow has been unlocked thanks to a strategic land deal agreed between BIGG Regeneration and Scottish Canals.

Stewart Milne Timber Systems has unveiled plans to build a new factory in Falkirk.

West Ranga Property Group has appointed David Reid MRICS as its new development director. David joins from CBRE where he was head of the industrial & logistics team in Scotland.

Safety and handling equipment provider MGF has expanded into the lifting sector with a new range of products and services. An initial phase of products will feature slings, loose lifting equipment, hoisting, blocks, winches and crane site equipment.

Plans to build 180 homes at the infamous Prestonhill Quarry site in Inverkeithing have been submitted to Fife Council. The council has been urged to redevelop the site following the deaths of three people since 2014, with individuals even launching petitions to fill in the quarry.

Plans have been submitted to Glasgow City Council for a care and supported living development in the north east of the city.

The Fruitmarket in Edinburgh opens its doors today for the first time since summer 2019, with its existing galleries refreshed and expanded into a large adjacent warehouse.

Recently-launched multi-utilities business Arc-Tech MU Ltd is set to commence works at a new affordable housing development in Livingston. Led by main contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd, Deans South, located just outside of the town centre, comprises twenty-nine new homes in a mix of two, three, four and

GHA is behind newly submitted plans to create 48 homes for mid-market rent at Milton in north Glasgow.

A deep-water quay is to be developed in Scapa Flow to serve the offshore wind sector thanks to a new agreement between Orkney Islands Council and Crown Estate Scotland.

Jennifer Campbell, head of estate agency in DM Hall Baird Lumsden, the specialist rural department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, discusses the continued demand for rural properties of all shapes and sizes in Scotland.

Plans to build 28 new homes have been rejected by East Ayrshire Council over fears that ancient trees would be destroyed. Helix Homes Ltd and their agents Stairhill Architecture Ltd previously submitted plans for a new 1.6-hectare development at woodland north of Nether Quadrant and Netherplace Quad

Glasgow City Council has rejected proposals for flats and commercial units at a Tollcross gap site. Cater Group Ltd previously submitted plans to develop a four-storey building at 1042 Tollcross Road.

Training bodies the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) and Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) have saluted Scotland’s employers after a record number of apprentices were welcomed into the electrical sector.