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An English judge has dismissed an appeal by a construction company that was ordered to pay over £220,000 to an aggregate supplier in exchange for supposedly defective aggregate it sold to them for the construction of a warehouse that liquefied in heavy rainfall.

A £13 million investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) is to accelerate the delivery of the Iona onshore wind pipeline in Scotland. The Iona wind partnership, managed by Asper Investment Management, is focused on building 800MW of onshore wind capacity by 2026.

Glasgow-based built environment climate tech firm, Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) has experienced considerable growth over the past 12 months as it sees its technology implemented in over a million buildings.

Work-related stress and poor mental health risk becoming a health and safety crisis for Great Britain’s workplaces, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned today. While the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is yet to be fully understood, mental health issues are the number one reas

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to convert empty offices in a B-listed building in Buchanan Street into flats. TCS Freehold Investments Ltd, the owner of 101 to 107 Buchanan Street, has obtained permission to transform the upper floors of the properties into six flats.

A developer will be given the opportunity to convince Glasgow City Council of the positives of its plan to demolish the majority of the historic Wright and Greig Ltd distillers and deliver 182 build-to-rent apartments at 64-72 Waterloo Street.

The renovation of Queens Cross Housing Association homes at Cedar Court is next up in our COP26SCN feature following a visit to the development by a COP26 international delegation. Three of Glasgow’s best known high rise blocks have attracted international praise for their improved environment

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Midfearn Distillery Ltd

Visitors to an under-construction housing development have been drawing apparent comparisons between a roundabout and the Death Star from Star Wars.

South Lanarkshire Council is providing assistance to a local business that is constructing office and industrial spaces that are future-proofed for potential changes to the environment.

The blueprints to new or improved connections that could increase the number of active travel journeys to and from Dundee amenities and the Western Gateway community have been unveiled in a new study.

A second round of consultation has been organised to allow the community to further engage with the plans for Lomond Banks at Woodbank and West Riverside in Balloch. The online portal will once again be open to the community from November 22 for two weeks showing the ongoing progress the application

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has officially opened its Glenshellach development in Oban. The official opening was carried out by Jenni Minto, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute.

North west Glasgow’s skyline has been changed forever with the erection of a 30-metre steel mast at Stockingfield junction. The mast is the main supporting pylon for the new £12 million active travel bridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Scotland’s biggest economic centres risk not achieving their net zero targets unless significant action is taken to upgrade and improve the buildings used by businesses before the end of the decade, according to new analysis by JLL. A new report, Sustainability and Value in the Regions, conclu