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Glasgow City Council is set to begin preparatory work on the potential compulsory purchase of the site of the former Talisman public house, should a sale not be agreed with the owners. The site at 149 Balgrayhill Road in Springburn has lain derelict for almost 20 years, and is a visual and environme

An area of land within South Cumbernauld Community Growth Area (CGA) is being marketed for sale for housing by North Lanarkshire Council. The 18-hectare site at Mid Forest has capacity for up to 300 residential units, with 25% to be affordable homes, and the development should include play facilitie

A recycled brick conceived by Heriot-Watt academics has scooped the coveted STEM Research Project of the Year at this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) awards.  Widely referred to as the ‘Oscars of higher education’, the awards are the biggest celebration in the UK HE calend

The creation of a new urban waterfront is just one of the ideas devised by University of Dundee students challenged to envision the future of the historic city of Perth. 

Robertson Group's commitment to being socially, economically and environmentally responsible has been outlined in its 2030 Responsible Business Strategy, which was launched today. Centred around three key themes; Our People; Our Partners and Our Planet, the objective of the strategy is to enhan

Ogilvie Construction has started construction work on new Community Custody Units (CCU) in Dundee and Glasgow for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The community-based units are part of a new approach to the management of women in custody in Scotland, with the women who will be living there assesse

hub South West has held its final highly successful online event of 2020. Nearly 60 Zoom-based participants from companies in construction and related sectors based in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, heard a presentation from Skills Development Scotland’s Drew Reid on skills g

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is changing its apprenticeship support to enable all levy-registered construction employers to benefit from an expanded support service. Currently, CITB offers employer and apprentice support for its 7,000 contracted apprenticeships, about a third

Three tourism infrastructure projects in Highland which benefited from the Scottish Government’s Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund (RTIF) and LEADER funding have been completed.

Glasgow Spirit of Christmas and Stepps Community Development Trust (Stepps CDT) have each received donations as part of Barratt Homes West Scotland’s regular Community Fund giveaway.

A civil and environmental engineering company is throwing its skills, expertise and experience behind plans by a green community group to turn three disused bowling greens into a community garden for local people to enjoy. Independent engineering consulting specialist Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA

An in-depth study published by a team led by the University of Glasgow has found that the design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low. The report - Delivering design value: The housing design quality conundrum - which looked at all four UK nations, said n

After a period spanning more than 30 years, during which he has been seen as a major force driving industry improvement, Rudi Klein is stepping down from his role as CEO of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) as from the beginning of the new year. His support for the sect

A pioneering conservation project in Caithness has saved a prehistoric monument from ruin. The ruins of Ousdale Burn Broch, north of Helmsdale, had fallen into further disrepair over the past 130 years.

Rare sand dunes on the Aberdeenshire coast have lost their conservation status following the construction of the Trump International Golf Links course at Menie Estate. Public natural heritage body NatureScot, formerly Scottish Natural Heritage, said parts of the dunes on Foveran Links have