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Surveyors expect a busy start to the year for the Scottish housing market after a quieter December, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

Billions of pounds will be invested to ensure national infrastructure continues to deliver for the people of Scotland, the Scottish Government has revealed. Published alongside the draft Budget 2026-27 and Scottish Spending Review, the draft Infrastructure Strategy sets out the Scottish Government&r

The next Scottish Government’s ambitions on housing supply and climate action will be impossible to deliver unless it prioritises skills and works with industry to rebuild workforce capacity, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) as it launches its Scotland manifesto

Expectations for the housing market in Scotland improved last month as more buyers made enquiries and more sellers listed their properties, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

The head of a Highland building firm has been recognised for excellence by his peers in the construction industry. Thom Macleod, managing director of Compass Building & Construction Services and Orbis Services Limited, was presented with the Industry Excellence Award at the Highland Construction

The UK construction industry has delivered a mixed verdict on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget, which unveiled new funding for planning departments, apprenticeships, and infrastructure projects, but left many concerned about rising employment costs and the lack of decisive action on ho

House prices in Scotland continued to rise during October, with surveyors expecting the upward trajectory to continue despite some uncertainty relating to the upcoming UK Budget.

A new report by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed a slowdown in global demand growth for sustainable buildings and a concerning lack of progress in carbon measurement across construction projects.

In the midst of Scotland’s growing housing emergency, the construction industry faces an urgent challenge: a shortage of skilled workers across trades and professions that threatens the nation’s ability to meet demand.

Scotland’s construction market saw a pick-up in infrastructure activity in the third quarter of the year in what was overall a flat picture for the sector, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.

Demand for commercial property in Scotland rose in the last quarter, driven by an uptick in the office subsector, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) commercial property monitor. But there are signs of some caution amidst rising uncertainty and fiscal tension.

Robert Gordon University’s Graduate Apprenticeship programmes in Building Surveying and Quantity Surveying have received official accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released a first-of-its-kind surveying skills report, which measures the state of skills in the global surveying profession.

The UK’s most inspirational recent building projects went head-to-head at the RICS Awards Grand Ceremony in London last night, with the Parkhead Health and Social Care and Community Hub winning Public Sector Project of the Year.

House prices in Scotland continued to rise, but at a slightly slower rate than was seen previously, according to the September Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.  A net balance of 28% of surveyors in Scotland report that prices rose in the latest report,