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Renfrewshire Council is to embark on a major new social housing retrofit programme that will see up to 3,500 local authority dwellings renovated to either Enerphit or the AECB Retrofit Standard over the next four years.

Operators across the UK and Ireland are being invited to put their machinery skills to the test by Kubota UK, as part of the business’s ongoing celebrations to mark 25 years as the country’s biggest selling mini-excavator manufacturer. The #Kubota25Challenge is encouraging operators to s

Perth & Kinross Council has opened a consultation for a proposed residential development on a site south of Auchterarder town centre.

Paisley Museum Reimagined has appointed specialist fit-out contractor The Hub to lead on Paisley Museum’s £6.8 million exhibition fit-out. Following a competitive tendering process, The Hub will work with the Paisley Museum Reimagined team from now until the end of November 2023. Beginni

25 years after retiring as senior partner at Hardies, Dunfermline resident Charlie Downie paid a long overdue visit to the firm's local office and was left "speechless" at the pace of digital transformation that has taken place throughout the construction sector. Having retired in 1997, Mr Downie ha

Whitecross Building Consultancy has welcomed Guy Saunders to its team of project managers. Guy will be based out of the firm's Glasgow office to assist on its client's projects within the retail drive-thru, leisure, EV Point and industrial markets.

Amey has partnered with environmentally friendly period product supplier Grace & Green to trial free period products across a number of its offices and depots.

An 80-metre section of the Kincardine Bridge is to be replaced, in a major upgrade for the Category A listed structure. Tender documents were issued on Friday for a contract with an estimated value of £16 million.

Children at Hillview Primary School’s Eco Committee in Barrhead have been busy designing their own bird boxes as part of a sustainability challenge set by the local Taylor Wimpey development to encourage more wildlife into private gardens.

Revised plans have been formally submitted by Dundee FC for a 15,000-seater stadium near Camperdown Park.

Kirkliston Children’s Gala is welcoming a second year of sponsorship from local housebuilder Dandara, which is building new homes at Foxhall Gait in the town. After a restricted couple of years due to the pandemic, the donation of £3,000 will be used to help ensure that this year’s

A potential revamp of the People’s Palace and Winter Gardens in Glasgow has been open to consultation.

Real estate advisor CBRE has announced it has made a key appointment to its rating team in Scotland. Chartered surveyor Lynsey Russell has joined the team as an associate director and will be based in the Glasgow office. She joins from the Renfrewshire Valuation Joint Board where she was a senior va

Projects which will improve Scotland’s timber transport infrastructure, benefit rural communities and help to decarbonise the forestry sector, have been awarded over £7 million from the Scottish Government. Work to upgrade fragile rural roads, the creation of new forest haulage routes, a

Ark Housing Association has announced the start of work on one of Scotland’s most energy-efficient developments at Crusader Rise in Livingston.