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Consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has been called on to accelerate the restart of a prestigious residential development where Robert Burns composed the song The Bonnie Lass o’ Ballochmyle, and which is destined to become one of the most breathtaking estates in the country.

The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has appointed a new president to lead the campaigning trade association as it continues to guide the sector into the recovery. Robin Hall, owner of RD Hall Plumbing and Heating Engineers of Dalkeith, takes up the reins a

Kevin Reid, chief executive of the Cruden Group, looks at meeting the challenges of using more green energy and sustainable building in new homes. Later this year the delayed UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, will take place in Glasgow and it will come at a time when the pandemic has focused atte

Glasgow’s iconic skyline will feature a new addition over the coming months after The JR Group erected a 62-metre tower crane at its Finnieston construction site.

Ogilvie Construction has completed the structural steel framework in its building programme for the new AC by Marriott hotel in Glasgow.

New guidance on the measurement of land for development projects such as new housing and commercial development has been published today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The guidance, which defines common measurements used across the built environment and associated metrics such as d

The Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme has partnered with experts at Heriot-Watt University to help protect those working on the essential and complex restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

Housebuilders have a responsibility to ensure new-build homes are future-proofed, which is challenging given the rapid evolution of digital connectivity. Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, takes a closer look at the ‘Internet of Things’ and the exci

Scottish Enterprise has unveiled ambitious new plans to accelerate the country’s green economic recovery. The agency, which has been central to getting emergency support to Scottish businesses during the pandemic, is to spend £400 million over the next year on activities to safeguard and

Motorway service areas and key trunk road locations across the UK set to get the cabling required to install 1,800 new ultra-rapid charge points, tripling the current network, thanks to a £300 million investment from Ofgem. A further 1,750 charge points will be supported in towns and cities to

A bid to overturn a decision to reject plans for the conversion of a Glasgow pub into a cafe and flats has been unsuccessful.

The City of Edinburgh Council’s affordable housebuilding programme continues apace with construction starting today on a further 49 new affordable and energy efficient homes for Dumbryden Gardens in Wester Hailes.  Following completio

Marshall Construction has announced the creation of nine new apprenticeships for various roles within the business. The firm's long-standing history of bringing through new trade apprentices into the industry has continued this year with the hiring of six new trade apprentices and three new technica

Knight Property Group has welcomed its first tenant at Phase 1 of the brand new Langlands Commercial Park in East Kilbride.

A tradesman who began digging up a garden at what turned out to be the wrong address has shared his story on social media. When his boss was running late to a job, TikTok user @Dafishaaa decided to get a head start on the day by digging up the border and all of the paving slabs in the back garden&nb