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Beard chairman Mark Beard Mark Beard FCIOB, chairman of construction group Beard, will become the 117th President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in 2020.

North Ayrshire Council is the second Scottish local authority to announce proposals to pull down all its high rise tower blocks. Unveiling its new vision for housing in the region, the council said it could replace five ageing tower blocks in Irvine and two in Saltcoats with modern, state-of-the-art

Network Rail has started searching for firms to help deliver up to £5 billion of track works across the UK over the next 10 years. The company will launch a pre-qualification period for the tender in May to let the next generation of track infrastructure contracts. Three alliances will cover the fo

West Dunbartonshire Council has agreed a number of measures to ensure its commitment to delivering 1,000 new affordable homes by 2021 is met. At a special meeting of the local authority’s housing & communities committee this week, councillors made a decision to approve the purchase of land at

Ten young trainees from Glasgow and Inverclyde have been placed with local building contractor McDermott Group by national charity Action for Children Scotland Seven young trainees from Glasgow and three from Inverclyde have been given an important leg up on the career ladder thanks to an 18 month p

Pupils visit Robertson Partnership Homes' Parkgrove Terrace site in Edinburgh as part of the JET programme Hundreds of young people took part in Scottish Apprenticeship Week events led by Robertson Group.

RESIDENTIAL – FEWER THAN TEN UNITS Applicant: D Ramsay & Son

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has commenced an investigation into the conduct of two former group finance directors at Carillion. The accounting watchdog said today that the investigation of both Richard Adam and Zafar Khan relates to the preparation and approval of financial statements rele

Clydeside Regeneration Limited (CRL) has submitted a planning application for a new state-of-the-art health centre at Queens Quay, the £250 million regeneration project on the site of the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank. Operated by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the new Clydebank Healt

Another £80 million is set to be invested into new plans being taken forward for the regeneration of Queen Street Station in Glasgow. Working in partnership with various stakeholders, Scottish Ministers have decided to progress a greatly enhanced development at the North Hanover Street car park sit

Architects behind Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music venue in over a century have revealed the latest designs proposals as part of a public exhibition and consultation. To be located behind the Royal Bank of Scotland’s historic home on St Andrew Square, The IMPACT Centre will create a major n

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has been given planning approval to build 156 contemporary, energy-efficient homes in Glasgow’s south side. To be delivered by CCG Homes, Riverford Gardens will offer a range of exclusive properties in a highly desirable location on Riverford Road in Pollokshaws.

Image by Brandon Leon – Flickr: Day 25: Fire Sprinkler, CC BY-SA 2.0 All homes in Scotland will be required to have a minimum number of smoke alarms under changes being made in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze.

Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has embarked on its first major district heating contract for a new residential development located in Craigmillar, Edinburgh. Greendykes, located just south of Niddrie Mains Road, is being delivered on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council and will consist of 75 mixed-tenu

Springfield Properties has submitted a detailed planning application for a new 42-home development in Gartcosh. The housebuilder submitted plans to North Lanarkshire Council to transform the 1.98-hectare site, which neighbours Mount Ellen Golf Club, into a new crescent development.