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Principal contractor Procast Group has been awarded a five-year framework agreement by Loreburn Housing Association. Securing a place on the framework is a significant milestone for the business and has been procured through the Procurement for Housing Scotland (EESSH) 2 Framework and will be suppor

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland has announced the return of its Big Conversation event, in partnership with Fife Council, which brings together young and upcoming housing professionals to consider and discuss the most important issues facing Scotland’s housing sector, as well

In a significant step forward in the growth and leadership of Fleming Homes, the company has announced the appointment of two new members to the board of directors. From 1 July 2024, Scott Hunter is promoted to planning & building regulations director and Asher Humphrey-Martin to the position of

John Hepburn has been promoted to regional director for McConnell in Scotland. Mr Hepburn, who has been the Scotland region commercial director at McConnell since November 2021, is an integral and influential part of the management team and this is a natural step up for him.

A construction company has been ordered to demolish a luxury home it inadvertently built on the wrong site. The three-bedroom home, valued at $500,000 (around £400,000), was built in Hawaiian Paradise Park, which is divided into a number of one-acre lots.

Scottish homeowners are not aware of the full extent of the Scottish Government’s expectations when it comes to the proposed net-zero targets for owner-occupied properties, new research suggests. The independent market research by Scottish property portal ESPC, covering its core territories of

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors’ senior partner Ian Fergusson has taken up the same position at sister firm Hardies Property and Construction Consultants. The move marks the latest stage in a "realignment process" which aims to maximise the potential for growth within the sister firms' combined s

Angus Housing Association has submitted plans to build 37 affordable homes on the site of the former Gowriehill Primary School in Dundee. The development aims to attract a diverse mix of residents and regenerate the vacant site.

Land for sale at Toll Roundabout in Livingston could be sold to Cruden Homes Limited for £4.9 million. The 2.88-hectare site sits on land east of the Toll Roundabout in the Kirkton area of Livingston. The site is allocated for residential development in the West Lothian Local Development Plan

The former home of Marilyn Monroe has been saved from demolition after Los Angeles officials granted it historic cultural monument status, over the objections of its wealthy owners. The Spanish colonial-style house, in the leafy Brentwood area, became the subject of a row that pitted conservationist

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has appointed Steven Mulholland to the position of chief executive. Mr Mulholland will commence his new role as CPA chief executive on 12 August 2024. He is currently the CPA chair and has been a CPA council member for 10 years. He has a great deal of ex

Fraser Lynes, managing director of Cruden Homes, discusses the Scottish housing crises and the limitations of the NPF4. Scotland’s housing system is at a critical juncture. The Scottish Government has acknowledged the nation’s housing emergency and announced its intention to recognise ho

Despite improved transparency, a Holyrood committee has found that inconsistency, bureaucracy, and inflexibility are still creating challenges for small businesses and third sector organisations looking to participate in public procurement. A decade on from the introduction of the Procurement Reform

Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has received royal assent. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill allows the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register to give homeow

Heat pump engineers and businesses say that a lack of available staff is the top barrier to installing more heat pumps where there is demand for installations, according to one of the most comprehensive surveys of UK heat pump installers. Nesta, the innovation charity, analysed 345 responses to a su