Rics Scotland

A team of industry professionals are joining RICS Scotland next week as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The ‘West Highland Way Warriors’ will undertake the challenge over just five days as they raise money for property industry charity Lan

RICS, as part of its Pledge 150 campaign, has joined forces with Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park to help reduce homelessness among young people in Scotland. Corporate teams and RICS members can now take part in any of the Sleep in the Park events, across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen wit

Scottish Construction Now editor Kieran Findlay will join a team from RICS Scotland as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way to raise money for charity LandAid. LandAid is the property industry charity which works to end youth homelessness in the UK.

Financial constraints have been reported to be the most significant impediment to building activity as construction workloads slowed in Scotland over the last quarter, a new survey has found. According to the results of the Q2 2018 RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey, 7% more chart

Efforts to attract private inward investment to Scotland’s infrastructure sector could be given a significant boost through the adoption of new global construction standards, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). RICS states that adopting International Construction Measur

As the Home Report prepares to turn ten years old this year, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has argued that there is no doubt that it has found its place in the complex world of property transactions. Introduced in Scotland amid a welter of controversy on December 1, 2008, the Hom

Michelle Forth, director at Safety Scotland and chair of the conference committee Aberdeen is set to host a brand new construction and property conference, Build It, which will take place at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on November 30.

Join a team from RICS Scotland as they walk 154km from Milngavie to Fort William along the world famous West Highland Way. The walk will take five days so we will be camping for four nights along the trail at well-established sites.

RTPI Scotland has joined forces with a number of high profile organisations in a letter sent to the Scottish Government and MSPs arguing for a change of direction in the Scottish Planning Bill. In an edited letter published in The Herald on June 29, the signatories called for the new legislation to

Ian Fergusson Ian Fergusson, managing partner of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors, has been appointed chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Scotland in its 150th anniversary year.

RICS Scotland policy manger Hew Edgar takes a closer look at the Scottish Parliament’s vote to review existing tenement maintenance legislation.

A new research report has highlighted the benefits, implications, and losses for public authorities and communities by extending permitted development rights. Published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Extending Permitted Development Rights (PDR) in England looks at the implic

The £1.1 billion Caithness-Moray transmission link was named the overall Scotland Project of the Year Over 25 of Scotland’s most impressive and community beneficial building projects battled it out for top honours at the 2018 RICS awards, where the Caithness-Moray electricity network reinforcemen

Esh Construction has spoken of its pride after seeing its pioneering work on Stirling’s new building conservation centre shortlisted for a prestigious award from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The Livingston-based construction company, part of Esh Group, completed the ambitio

The development of 94 affordable, colony-style homes contains 62 new homes for mid market rent by Port of Leith Housing Association’s subsidiary Persevere Developments and 32 homes for social rent by the City of Edinburgh Council. An ambitious 94 affordable homes project, which is creating a new c