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Construction consultancy Doig+Smith is to expand its Aberdeen office as it welcomed two new senior recruits. New technical director Scott Ramsay will be tasked with growing and developing the consultancy’s project management offering in the North East of Scotland. Scott has a wealth of ex

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed former AECOM director Trevor Stone to lead its UK project & development services (PDS) team’s activity with public sector clients. Mr Stone spent more than 14 years at global infrastructure consulting firm AECOM where he was a director and Scotlan

The R&A has submitted a revised planning application to Glasgow City Council which proposes enhancements for the design and construction of a new community golf facility at Lethamhill. Having secured planning approval for the Holmes Miller-designed plans in August, the sporting body said its upd

The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) is warning of a ticking roofing and cladding skills time bomb as research from Glenigan shows that over three-quarters of roofing and cladding contractors (77%) reported difficulties recruiting suitable labour in the third quarter of the year.

The scale of the challenge facing the UK’s real estate sector in achieving net zero, with particular difficulties facing the residential sector due to its scale and the need to incentivise owner-occupiers to make improvements, has been highlighted in new research by Savills.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a development company ordered to pay over £200,000 to a project management firm it contracted to manage a development in Aberdeen after being found in breach of contract.

Scott Restrick, Link Group energy and sustainability officer, is next up in Scottish Construction Now's #COP26SCN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis with his take on how the housing sector urgently needs access to a more sophisticated toolkit to respond

Thomas & Adamson partner John McGuire outlines the growing appetite for high quality city centre office accommodation. As the wider economy continues to settle from the fallout of the pandemic, staff are returning to the physical workplace on a more frequent basis and a growing number

Maxi Construction has hailed its appointment to the Scottish Procurement Alliance's Public Buildings & Infrastructure (PB3) Framework. The Livingston-based contractor was one of fifteen firms to have won places on the new £500 million framework to deliver new build, infrastructur

A public consultation has begun into four design options for a new active travel bridge crossing at Banff for pedestrians and cyclists. Early last year, Aberdeenshire Council commissioned a study to explore options for a new crossing at the River Deveron between Banff and Macduff.

Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland West) has continued its growth across the central belt with the acquisition of a second parcel of land at Dargavel Village in Bishopton.

Building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) has announced its appointment as a Powerwall Certified Installer for Tesla UK. An industry-leading brand for the automotive industry, Tesla is a household name for its design and manufacture of electric vehicles – now the most popular EV ch

The Scottish Government has published an updated Transforming Planning in Practice work programme for implementation of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 and progressing wider planning reforms after much of the work had been paused during the pandemic. The updated work programme summarises progress t

The Highland Council has taken delivery of two huge Archimedes Screws on the site where the local authority is building a new hydroelectric generator and interactive visitor experience on the River Ness.

Stunning new reconstructions have revealed how Scotland's largest known Pictish fort may have looked over one thousand years ago.