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LAR Housing Trust has officially opened its newest development, which has been transformed for a group of tenants with learning disabilities and autism. The project to completely refurbish a disused block of six two-bed flats in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh will offer a safe environment for tenants

Balfour Beatty has successfully built the world’s inaugural T-pylon on behalf of National Grid today, representing the first new electricity pylon design in Great Britain for almost 100 years.

The start of construction on what will become Scotland’s largest hotel was marked on Friday by a ground-breaking ceremony at Candleriggs Square in the heart of Glasgow’s historic Merchant City, heralding the £300 million transformation of one of the city’s most prominent deve

The outline business case for the new Edinburgh Eye Pavilion has been approved by the Scottish Government. Graham Construction had been selected to develop the new eye hospital for NHS Lothian back in 2018 before funding was withdrawn for the project.

Akela Construction has won two major housebuilding contracts in Scotland worth over £15 million.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has today released outline details of the pot capacities and caps for the Contracts for Difference Auction Round 4 to be held in December 2021.  

Savills has appointed Niall Macleod as director and head of residential development in Aberdeen. Niall was previously land director with Dandara, one of the UK’s most diverse independent property development and land promotion companies. He has been at the forefront of many significant land de

Glasgow-based property operator BOHO is to manage a new student accommodation on Woodlands Road, Glasgow.

Consulting engineering firm Will Rudd Davidson is to open a Dublin office as it expands operations into Ireland. The successful privately owned engineering consultancy employs over 80 staff in Scotland and the launch of the new office will see the creation of eight new roles in the coming

The team behind the proposed new Lomond Banks tourist development in Balloch is hosting a series of online consultation events over the coming months to share its vision and gather feedback on its latest proposals for the area. In the first of two extended consultation periods, the consultation port

A programme of main infrastructure work at a Taylor Wimpey development in Glenboig will start from September 20 following the successful completion of some pre-construction and preparation works, the hosuebuilder has confirmed.

Arc-Tech MU has commenced the installation of multi-utilities at a major regeneration scheme located on Muir Road in West Dunbartonshire.

The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has secured valuable funding for research into the way the industry progresses towards a net zero society. SNIPEF has accessed funding through the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and will act as lead

Plans have been submitted for the development of new homes on the site of a former Dalkeith rail yard. Caledonian Trust wants to demolish an existing shed and deliver six houses, garages and an access road on the brownfield infill site off Melville Road in Eskbank.

People’s lives are being put at risk from electrical work carried out by unqualified or incompetent “electricians”, the managing director of Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT, has told national radio.  Speaking on the popular Thomas Nagy Electrica