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Five years on from the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Thomas & Adamson director Heather Holbrook believes the construction industry is still being shaped by those events. It’s hard to believe that five years have passed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, you can still see the

Almond Housing Association has launched a community project as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations which it hopes will bear fruit for many years to come. A blue sky day greeted the enthusiastic gardeners gathered on the land adjacent to Hobart Street in Craigshill.

Land director Andrew Duncan is the latest hire at housebuilder Cruden, joining the senior team amidst an exciting period of growth. Bringing almost two decades of experience to his new role, Andrew has held senior titles at Cala Homes and Kelvin Properties, and has been instrumental in delivering a

South Ayrshire Council's full budget for the financial year 2025/26 was agreed last week, with a focus on the protection of frontline services, income generation and investment in key areas, such as education, and health and social care. The local authority said it committed to making South Ayrshire

Highland housebuilder Tulloch Homes has called upon local residents to name two brand new sites in Inverness. The first is the newly approved Riverford development in Conon Bridge, comprising 160 private and affordable homes, including bungalows. As an extension to the existing Conon Bridge North de

A landmark framework has now launched that will open up transformative opportunities for Scotland’s public sector to accelerate the country’s journey to net zero. With an estimated value of £120 million, appointed firms can expect to drive significant energy upgrades in public sect

More than 600 Falkirk Council homes across five rural villages will be connected to a new gas supply by the end of the summer, with heating installed in properties by the end of 2025. Tenants living in Letham, Whitecross, California, Avonbridge, and Slamannan now have the option of connecting to a g

Lovell Partnerships has officially completed all affordable housing at its Oakwood Edge development in Mayfield, near Dalkeith. Housing minister Paul McLennan visited this week to mark the handover to Melville Housing Association of the 39 high-quality, affordable homes.

A Glasgow City Council committee has approved the compulsory purchase of two houses and two flats that will then be transferred to housing associations who will make them available as social housing. The approval of the compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) for the houses – at 14 Stewarton Road in

The conservation of a Category A listed castle on the banks of Loch Ness and Scotland’s first Passivhaus-certified primary school in Perth are among the 21 projects to be shortlisted for Scotland’s national architecture awards by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

The Energy Training Academy (ETA) is stepping up its bid to close the renewables skills gap by offering Scotland’s first direct route to becoming a low carbon heating engineer. Working in conjunction with accreditation body the National Open College Network (NOCN), the Edinburgh-based educatio

Avant Homes Scotland will deliver 256 new homes in Cairneyhill after being granted planning permission for a £68 million residential development. Called Keelyside View and located off Sunnyside Road, the development will comprise a mix of two-, three-, four-, and five-bedroom homes.

Templehall Community Gym has received the keys to their new premises from Fife Council’s communities and leisure spokesperson, Councillor Linda Erskine and Martin Cooper, construction director with BAM Construction Ltd. It comes after two months of planning and six weeks of hard work to refit

Pupils have revealed the proposed name for the £100 million community campus and school.  The Children, Families and Communities Committee will be asked to approve Drumgeith Community Campus as the name for the development, with the secondary school to be known as Greenfield Academy. &nbs

Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has secured planning permission for a new 400 megawatt (MW) capacity Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Denny near the village of Plean, five miles south-east of the city of Stirling. The planned project will cover 11.2 hectares of land and is another