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The Scottish Government intends to establish a new national housing agency with a focus on simplicity, scale and speed to enable the delivery of housing of all types, helping to meet housing need across Scotland. The executive agency will be called ‘More Homes Scotland’ and is expected t
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Engineering and construction firm Burns & McDonnell has appointed Neil Humphries as head of planning, a role central to supporting the delivery of complex transmission & distribution (T&D) projects across the United Kingdom. Neil brings 20 years of planning and project controls experienc
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The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has announced the sudden death of its president and chairman, Wayne Connolly. Wayne was a highly respected leader within NASC, the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) and the wider scaffolding and access sector. He began
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Clark Contracts hosted its Annual Health and Safety Awards Ceremonies on Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th December in the East and West of Scotland, celebrating company wide health and safety excellence.
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Specialist built environment PR company Building Relations PR and environmental networking platform Sustainabuild have been recognised at this year’s Construction and Marketing Awards (CMA Awards).
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The Kings Theatre in Kirkcaldy has received a £3,000 donation from Persimmon Homes North Scotland to help fund new costumes for this year’s much-anticipated pantomime, Oor Wee Mammy McGoose.
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Building work has started on a new modern pavilion at Harlaw Playing Fields which will be a huge improvement on current facilities for pupils and staff at Harlaw Academy. The new building will allow PE staff to be based at the site and will reduce time spent by pupils travelling the short distance t
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When searching for your next investment, it might be tempting to snap up a newly renovated property. They’re ready to turn into a buy-to-let and take far less work, making them a solid option for an easy-to-manage portfolio - but not necessarily the best choice for your money.
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The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has sponsored and published freely available new guidance to support building project teams to assess and track embodied carbon in-line with the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard. Developed by expert authors from Arup and WSP, the practical 'how
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GWL Electrical has made a significant promotion and appointment to its board of directors. Stuart Ferguson has been promoted from electrical contracts manager to the role of contracts director.
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Two Scottish Building Federation (SBF) members, both are based in Orkney, have been recognised at the annual Construction Awards of Excellence held in Birmingham.
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Places for People Scotland is to become the first national housing association to build on the islands of Orkney after securing a landmark partnership with the local authority.
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Three rising stars of industry were among five Scottish winners at the 13th annual Engineering Construction Industry (ECI) Training & Development Awards at Glaziers Hall in London. Fallon Campbell, Michael Horgan and Annalise Clark each picked up an award at a prestigious ceremony to honour the
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Persimmon Homes’ Brucefields development in Stirling has been crowned Scotland’s safest large construction site, after winning the Best Large Site Award at the Homebuilder Safety Awards 2025. The inaugural national awards ceremony, held in Birmingham, brought together the very best in UK
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Bellway site manager Frank McLaughlan has been highly commended at the Homebuilder Safety Awards. Frank and his team were presented with their award certificate for their Health & Safety work at the company’s Landsdale development in East Kilbride.
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