A bid to revisit the demolition of high rise flats in Ayr has been resoundingly beaten at the latest meeting of South Ayrshire Council. In 2019, councillors took the unanimous decision to demolish three multi-storey blocks at Riverside Place and build a new development on the site.
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A leading voice on climate action in the built environment has joined Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) helping to accelerate decarbonisation and expand the innovation centre’s reach across the UK. As lead impact manager for retrofit programmes, Sara Edmonds will support
Lord Willie Haughey has said that his ambitious plans to spend more than £1 billion on building 11,000 affordable homes in Scotland are on hold due to increased construction costs and the new freeze on rents. The business tycoon unveiled his housing project last year after
Hundreds of people attended a memorial service to pay their final respects to a restaurant they believed had closed for the final time, only to be informed it was only shut for renovations. Rancheritos, a Mexican food chain, provide burritos, super nachos and tacos from its outlet in
More than 900 guests were welcomed through the doors of the Westminster Park Plaza on Friday 2nd December for the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s event in London. Radio and television presenter Pete Graves was MC for the day and opened proceedings with a warm welcome and a hint of t
A project to restore a community-owned 19th century mill on the Isle of Lewis has been awarded funding from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The Garrabost Mill was built in 1893 and was in the ownership of the Morrison family for more than a century as commercial operation, milling barley and
Two domestic roofs in Angus which were originally waterproofed with Dryseal back in 1998 had reached the end of their 20-year guarantee in 2018.
Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans to build three new homes near Gartly School despite contamination fears.
Tradesmen across the UK are being encouraged to get hands-on to ‘check their tools’ are in good working order by builder’s merchants MKM to mark April’s Testicular Cancer Awareness Month.
Lauren Pratt is hoping to encourage more women to pursue careers in a traditionally male-dominated sector of the economy after being appointed vice-chair of the Scottish Civils Training Group.
Caroline Maciver and Lynda Ross from Burness Paull round up the developers that have signed up for the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord and what the commitments entail. Eight large developers have signed letters to Scottish Ministers expressing their support for the Scottish Gover
Dwindling resources, a lack of accountability and planning officers working from home have been blamed for continuing delays in Scotland's planning system.
A council planning officer who has been reading SCN's articles on Scotland’s Broken Planning System has blown the whistle on the technological barriers facing local authority planning departments.
An “unsung hero” of the electrical industry has been recognised for his remarkable contribution to the sector with the Lifetime Achievement Award by SELECT, Scotland’s largest construction trade association. Alick Smith was honoured by the campaigning body at the recent SELECT Pres
A new free eCourse has been developed in partnership with Build UK and fire industry experts, with the aim of improving the sector’s knowledge of fire safety measures in buildings. Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 and subsequent inquiry, the industry has worked hard to increase saf


