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Image by Brandon Leon – Flickr: Day 25: Fire Sprinkler, CC BY-SA 2.0 Proposals for mandatory fire sprinklers in new-build social housing have been met with overwhelming public support, Scottish Labour has revealed.

McTaggart Construction has been appointed to the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) H1 Framework for housing delivery following a rigorous procurement exercise. The framework has been developed to assist the Scottish Government’s target to deliver 50,000 new homes by 2021 and enables any publicly

Qmile Group CEO, Paul Curran, said the company’s ambition is to expand across key UK cities Two directors of Edinburgh-based property developer Quartermile Developments have launched a new development company following a successful management buyout (MBO).

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HFD Property Group (HFD) has announced practical completion of TUV SUD NEL’s (TUV) new test flow laboratory in East Kilbride. The construction of the base building, which will be known as the Reynolds Building, will allow TUV to commence the fit out of the £16 million Advanced Multiphase

Roseanna Cunningham The upcoming Climate Change Bill will see Scotland become one of the first countries to achieve a 100% reduction in carbon emissions, climate change secretary Roseanna Cunningham has said.

Proposals have been lodged with Dundee City Council for a £3.5 million renovation of one of the city’s historic jute mills. Local practice James Paul Associates plans to convert the Eagle Mills on Victoria Street to 34 residential apartments, a nursery school, bakery and coffee shop and a new fab

Clark Contracts has been ranked number 21 on the list of the 50 Best Companies to Work for in Scotland 2018. The list of Best Companies to Work For in Scotland represents the 50 organisations with the highest Regional Best Companies Index (RBCI) following a survey of staff who anonymously score thei

Scottish Labour is to put forward plans to introduce new rights for communities over planning decisions, in a bid to “level the playing field” between developers and the public. Under the proposals, communities will be given the right to appeal planning decisions in certain circumstances, includ

Despite important progress made in recent years, there is still a massive job to do in creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce in the construction industry – one which requires a brand new mind-set, the Contracting Division of building materials supplier Aggregate Industries has stated. Ac

Tenants of Govanhill Housing Association are set to benefit from the latest phase of a housing improvement programme with the installation of new, high-quality windows. Works are set to cover up to 89 properties and will be undertaken by specialist construction firm CCG (Scotland) Ltd.

V&A Dundee cafe and restaurant images revealed The V&A has released designs of the retail, cafe and restaurant area for the new museum opening in Dundee later this year.

The terminally ill owner of a 25-foot shark statue projected from the roof of his house has applied to have the structure preserved after his death. Bill Heine has submitted plans to the Oxford Heritage Asset Register for the famous ‘shark house’ to remain in the skies of the city for future gen

Gill Henry is also project director of the Social Bite Village Cruden Group company Hart Builders has announced the appointment of Gill Henry, business development director, to its Executive Board.

Twenty building contractors have been selected for a Scottish Procurement Alliance house-building framework worth £1.5 billion. Procured by LHC, the four-year framework will see the development of new build housing projects, including housing, bungalows, flats, apartments, sheltered accommodation,