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The next step in the redevelopment of the Scottish National Gallery (SNG) in Edinburgh has began in earnest with work underway today to improve access to the complex. The work will create a new accessible path, new landscaping and wider steps in East Princes Street Gardens.

Aberdeenshire Council has approved planning permission in principle for more than 700 homes and community facilities on the outskirts of Inverurie. Crichie Developments, led by Dandara, is looking to build 737 homes, a primary school and retail development at Crichie, which is just outside the Aberd

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Former school buildings across Dundee are set to be demolished to make way for housing and community facilities. The buildings to be demolished are the former Frances Wright nursery and the old St Luke’s and St Matthew’s, Longhaugh, St Vincent’s and Rosebank primary schools.

As the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City Deal gathers pace, Scottish Construction Now highlights the progress of the major infrastructure projects involved in the Deal. Last month the Glasgow City Region Cabinet considered the significant progress made to date in the delivery of the &poun

Primary children at Jordanhill School received a special health and safety presentation from CALA Homes after construction work started at Jordanhill Park. The workshop was delivered in partnership with demolition experts Dem-Master and included important information around staying safe around the c

Planning permission for a new Madras College to be built at North Haugh in St Andrews has been granted today by Fife Council. Members of the North East Fife area committee agreed to approve the recommendation put forward that a new, three-storey, high school be built to replace the current Madras bu

The company that was prevented from progressing plans for Scotland’s first purpose-built film and TV studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh has submitted plans to deliver the facility at a new location. PSL Land, the team behind the thwarted Pentland Studios project, has now shifted its attentio

The activity of housebuilder Barratt Developments over the past year has delivered a £227 million boost to the UK economy, a new report revealed. The group, which includes both Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, has built 1,729 new homes in Scotland and supported more than 3,700 jobs during

A former psychiatric hospital in Dumfries is to be converted into a five-star hotel following the sale of the site. NHS Dumfries and Galloway has agreed to sell Crichton Hall and surrounding grounds to the owners of the Fonab Castle Hotel in Pitlochry.

Work has started on two projects which will provide 60 new affordable housing in Edinburgh. The homes – 19 for mid-market rent in Morrison Crescent and 41 for social rent in Beaverbank Place – are being built for Dunedin Canmore, part of Wheatley Group, by Glasgow-based contractor and ma

North Ayrshire Council is set to launch a multi-million pound generation of its council housing estates. If approved, the ambitious programme will see improvement works carried out across the region.

The first glimpse inside an 84-apartment development in Edinburgh described as the “most upmarket in Scotland’s recent history” has been unveiled as the homes are due for launch. CALA Homes (East) said its Crescent at Donaldson’s, taking shape in the grounds of the iconic Wil

Housebuilder Persimmon has said that its profits will be “moderately ahead” of forecasts as the firm continues to grow despite a boardroom bonus controversy. In a trading update today, Persimmon said its full results next month will show revenue growth to £3.74 billion and pre-tax

Regular inspection, ownership associations and sinking funds are required to improve and protect tenement buildings across Scotland, according to a new report. The report comes as the issue of tenement repair and maintenance has been rising up the Scottish parliamentary agenda.