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Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has awarded 44 suppliers places on its major new Facilities Management and Workplace Services framework which will heavily weight ‘quality’ in its contract award criteria, rather than lowest cost. The UK Government said the new framework supports the p

Developers of a former care home in Newton Mearns have gone back to the drawing board and devised an alternative plan after listening to local residents. Dundas Estates is now seeking views on a proposal to build just 18 detached homes on the site of the former Mearnskirk House Care Home after consi

A new sculpture commemorating the lifeboat service has been unveiled as part of the multi-million-pound Broughty Ferry flood protection scheme delivered by McLaughlin & Harvey. The public artwork, at Beach Crescent, takes the form of lifeboat davits, the arched cranes that hold emergency boats o

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has revealed plans to build a £1 trillion skyscraper which will stretch to 75 miles along the desert.

New plans have been submitted to deliver more than 40 homes on an abandoned bowling green in Oakley, Fife. Developer KJJ Properties has applied for permission to build 43 affordable homes on the bowling green, which has lain empty for years.

A former care home will be turned into 11 new residential properties after plans for a change of use at the site were approved by South Ayrshire Council. Rozelle Holm Farm in Alloway will be transformed into a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes, while the original cottages will be retained.

A multi-million-pound project to transform a row of historic Paisley town centre tenements into new modern energy-efficient homes for social rent is set to move forward. The initiative will create renovated homes for tenants in a trail-blazing project involving Paisley Housing Association, Renfrewsh

More than £7.3 million worth of repairs are needed across Scotland's court estate — equal to almost the entire £8m capital budget of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). The SCTS set out the estimated cost of maintenance work required to fix leaky roofs, ceilings an da

David Wilson Homes is set to host a public consultation at Dyce Community Centre next week to allow residents to voice their opinions on plans to build up to 100 new homes on the site of the former Cordyce School in Dyce. While plans are still in the early stages, any feedback on the development cou

Two new applications for housing developments have been proposed for Alyth in Perthshire, totalling more than 50 homes. The planning applications have been submitted for 34 houses on grazing land near Meethill Road and 20 homes on a field next to Losset Road.

Architects at Proctor & Matthews have unveiled two recently completed holiday cottages located on the remote Isle of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. The practice said the design of Kirrin Cottages was inspired by the surrounding coastal landscape and the island’s early Blackhouse for

A pre-planning application for the redevelopment of an industrial site has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council, with plans to invest £150 million into the industrial site. The Royal Elizabeth Bond Ltd has already carried out a pre-planning public consultation with the Queensfe

North Lanarkshire Council is to build a new council fleet and waste depot in Bellshill and has secured funding bids of more than £6 million for other key projects.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has selected Balfour Beatty to restore its Grade-A Listed, Temperate and Tropical Palm Houses. The two-year, £12.5 million contract will see Balfour Beatty replace deteriorating and damaged stonework, roof structures and windows to meet the statutory o

Aberdeen City Council has agreed a £3.3 million deal to upgrade the Travelling Persons Site located at Clinterty. The plans involve demolishing existing plots to build 21 new ones for Travellers.