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The process of planning and paying to build renewable energy schemes in Scotland needs to be simpler and less costly to better tackle the climate challenge, according to a senior lawyer who is advising on a number of schemes across the country, as well as acting for landowners. Susan Law, a partner

West Dunbartonshire Council has invested £82.8 million in new affordable housing over the past seven years. The investment – which has created 467 new homes over 11 developments – makes the council the largest social housing developer in the area.

A rural community centre in East Ayrshire and Scotland's first community-owned pub were the winning and commended projects for the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Awards 2021 announced at a ceremony at South Block in Glasgow last month. The My Place Awards celebrate community-led built envir

Yanmar Compact Equipment EMEA has launched an innovative new app to provide operators with in-depth practical and technical information about the latest Yanmar machines.

In another in our COP26SCN series of spotlights on how the housing sector is doing its bit to tackle climate change, Scottish Construction Now examines the efforts of Linstone Housing with its hugely-popular eco-friendly Car Club. The aim is to free tenants of the burden of car ownership and hire ve

SFHA chief executive Sally Thomas spoke at an official COP26 UN System Side Event yesterday to discuss how to decarbonise homes in an inclusive and affordable way. In her contribution to our #COP26SCN feature, she highlights how the housing sector is already working on this.

Livingston Trade Park is set to welcome its first two tenants, with the news that City Plumbing and consumer goods company IOC Anabtawi UK are moving to the newly-built facility on Houstoun Road, within the established Houstoun Industrial Estate.

Council planners have been left red-faced after a planning application to install a new roof on a factory building was approved before the item had had a chance to be determined. Members of Craven District Council's planning committee were due to discuss a request for permission for a replacement ro

Edinburgh BioQuarter has formally launched its public procurement process for a private sector partner to help deliver a £1 billion health innovation district which will create jobs, homes, and a community for thousands of people in Edinburgh. Located just three miles south of Edinburgh city c

A new suite of documents that will enable all public bodies to achieve ambitious net zero carbon targets on their construction projects has been published today.   Scotland’s public bodies now have access to a suite of Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard documents (the Standard

Supply chain disruption, material price inflation and a shortage of skilled labour continued to intensify during the third quarter of 2021, which could challenge strong workloads led by new infrastructure schemes underway across the United Kingdom, according to a survey by the Royal Institution of C

A new Scottish network of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has been launched today to help support and drive the sustainability of Scotland’s built environment sector. UKGBC Scotland was officially launched at an event inside the Blue Zone at COP26 in Glasgow this morning, with guest

Business activity across the UK construction sector gained speed in October but growth remained much softer than the 24-year high seen in June, according to UK Construction PMI data released today.

A network of International Centres of Excellence for High-Performance Buildings has been launched to signal a global commitment to the sustainable and energy efficient development of buildings in an initiative led by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). International representa

Angus Council and Crown Estate Scotland have agreed to work together to develop a clean growth enterprise hub and supporting infrastructure in Montrose.