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Spifox the Scottish Property and Construction Industry Charity is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year by Zip-Sliding the Clyde! The charity, which has raised over £6 million since its formation, has set itself the target of raising a record £0.5m in this celebration year.

Turner & Townsend has been appointed to lead a multi-disciplinary consultancy for Crown Estate Scotland’s Built Development, Coastal and Land Transactions Professional Services Framework after a competitive public tender process. The three-year framework running to 2026, with the option of

ADP Architecture has acquired London and Edinburgh-based Ethos Design and Architecture (EDA). The acquisition, now complete, forms part of ADP’s growth strategy and brings the employee-owned practice’s staff total to 140.

Glasgow City Council has turned down an appeal into the refusal of planning permission for a block of flats in Cranhill.

Housebuilder Persimmon said it is “encouraged by the early signs of improved customer confidence” despite a significant drop in the number of new homes completed in the first three months of this year. Build rates at the firm fell 30% to 176 units per week (Q1 2022: 252 units per week),

West Lothian Council has approved Cruden Homes' plans to build 49 new affordable flats at Sydney Street in Craigshill.

Construction workers made a toddler’s day by including him in their work.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant:  Pmi Developments Ltd & Peveril Securities Ltd

Aberdeenshire construction company CHAP Group is to deliver a new state-of-the-art offshore wind operations and maintenance facility for Ocean Winds at Buckie Harbour. The new facility will support the 882MW Moray West Offshore windfarm due to come online next year as a sister project to the operati

Work to make Brechin Den a better environment for wildlife and to be more accessible for people to enjoy has been completed.

A community-led organisation has been awarded a £107,897 grant leading to the restoration of one of Scotland’s most historic bandstands. Friends of Stonehouse Park (FOSP) was awarded the funds from the Renewable Energy Fund (REF), distributed by South Lanarkshire Council utilising fundin

Contractors at a utility company earned an F grade after painting the word "shcool" outside of a school building. The word was painted outside Llangyfelach Primary School in Swansea after gas works by Wales and West Utilities, the BBC reports.

Uddingston-based G M Civil Group has acquired Irvine-based civil and structural engineers, Prime Structural Solutions for an undisclosed sum. The group, which works for Lidl as well as many of Scotland’s leading housebuilders, purchased the business from Jim Adams, who remains a consultant, an

The family of a man who died of mesothelioma that alleged his condition was caused by asbestos exposure have lost an appeal in the Inner House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh against a decision that his former employer was not responsible for his condition. Nicola Watt and other pursuers averre

Ed Monaghan has returned to the housebuilding industry after his departure from Mactaggart & Mickel last year, having been appointed as a non-executive director at Clark Contracts. Mr Monaghan will work on a new private homes division at the construction firm. The new division, named Nova Homes,