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Councillors are set to make a decision on whether to purchase Callendar Square as the site for the replacement of the town hall in Falkirk. A report to a special meeting of Falkirk Council has put forward the High Street retail and leisure centre as its preferred location, as well as providing indic

A public consultation is being held on behalf of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) to outline its emerging proposal for the redevelopment of its site at Cowcaddens.

In the May SCN column from the CIOB, Jocelyne Fleming follows last week’s roundtable in Holyrood which focused on how to retrofit Scotland's homes. The 2019 Scottish House Condition Survey found that just over half of homes in Scotland have disrepair to critical elements. The widesca

Badenoch and Strathspey Area Committee has recommended that Highland Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee formally approve and adopt the Grantown-on-Spey Conservation Area Management Plan.

The creation of a National Metrics Library for the UK’s built environment will help improve new and existing assets by making it easier to measure their performance, according to a new strategy paper by the Scottish Futures Trust and the Construction Innovation Hub. The performance of the buil

Morham + Brotchie Ltd (M+B), a historic Edinburgh-based quantity surveying and cost consultancy firm, has been acquired by Cumbria-based quantity surveying and commercial consultancy A. Lamb Associates (ALA). The deal is expected to enhance the reach of ALA's services, boost its workforce to over 50

Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn Projects has submitted a detailed planning application for the residential development-led, mixed-use regeneration at March Street in Peebles. 

Contractors in Scotland can now apply for a new £100 million public sector framework to deliver a wide range of housing and non-residential refurbishment and associated retrofit works.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland will begin a programme of pre-construction ground remediation works from today as part of the delivery of the new Whitefields neighbourhood in Dunfermline.

An update to the West Lothian Council Executive has confirmed that £65.9 million was spent last year from the council's capital budget. Overall, the council's 10 year capital plan will see nearly £320 million spent on local assets. Capital budgets are one off investment that are used to

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) notes the conclusion of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of John Norman Murray on Lewis. The inquiry considered what steps could be taken to prevent further deaths in similar circumstances and was held following a specialist investigati

Highland councillors have approved the local authority's net zero strategy developed by the council's climate change committee. The committee had reinforced the importance of making progress and made several recommendations to ensure effective governance arrangements were in place to build and deliv

Scottish Borders Council is to begin community engagement regarding its plans for a new care village development in Tweedbank. A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) has been submitted by the local authority for the 60-bed facility ahead of a formal planning application.

The world's largest urban construction project in wood is to be delivered in Stockholm, where the first sod is planned to be turned in 2025 and the first buildings are expected to be completed in 2027. Brought forward by Developer Atrium Ljungberg, Stockholm Wood City extends over 250,000

Two sites which will provide additional town centre homes in Airdrie are continuing to make good progress. The regeneration of the former Orrs department store is continuing to take shape, with handover of 20 new homes and two commercial premises scheduled for December this year.