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Plans to transform a Glasgow city centre car park site into a "vibrant urban quarter" have now been submitted.

Our sister publication Scottish Housing News has celebrated its 20th anniversary by exceeding 8,000 subscribers to the free daily newsletter dedicated to Scotland’s social housing sector. Yesterday’s increase in readership is the latest milestone for what is one of Scotland’s longe

Optimal Economics is undertaking a research project for the Building Standards Division (BSD) of the Scottish Government to identify and quantify the role and contribution Local Authority Buildings Standards Scotland (LABSS) makes to the delivery of the building standards system in Scotland. LABSS w

A total of 302 new modern and energy-efficient affordable Hillcrest homes have been completed in Aberdeen recently, giving the Granite City’s provision of low-rent homes a welcome boost and supporting the local authority’s aspirations to provide quality homes across the city.

Proposals that will see 76 new council houses built in Methil, Dysart and Glenrothes have been approved by Fife Council. The three developments are part of the council's commitment to delivering 3,500 new affordable homes by May 2022.

Plans for the construction of 1,000 new council homes and the development of 484 units of specialist housing have been approved by Midlothian Council as part of a new five-year strategy. The Midlothian Local Housing Strategy 2021-26 sets out a number of outcomes to be achieved within the next f

Landowner Albert Bartlett Properties has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to invite bids from housebuilders to deliver Berryhill, an exclusive new village in Lanarkshire.

A £60 million partnership between Rowallan Castle Estate and Cherish Homes is behind the development of 79 custom build homes on the 600-acre estate, with sustainability and reducing emissions one of the key considerations.

North Lanarkshire Council has published plans for the new East Airdrie Link Road. Under the proposals, the two-way single carriageway road will run from the M8 at Newhouse to north of Riggend with independent shared pedestrian and cycle ways.

Glasgow-based Civic Engineers has reported another strong set of results for the recent financial year, with a number of key commissions on UK-wide projects enabling the practice to bolster its staff headcount to 120 and to place more focus on low carbon engineering solutions. The 22% growth in annu

A virtual awards ceremony was held last night by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) to crown the winners of the 2021 Scotland Master Builder Awards. Sponsored by TradePoint, the event saw 11 prizes handed to the successful entrants, judged by an independent panel that included SCN editor K

Sustainable building services firm Viridis has renewed its commitment to investing in young people’s futures with the hire of Euan Meikle, who has joined the company’s Falkirk office. Currently studying building services engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University and due

South Lanarkshire Council’s investment in local children’s education is set to continue.

HFD Group, the developer of 177 Bothwell Street in Glasgow, has become the first industry partner of Circular Arts Network – a pioneering initiative that supports artists and community groups through access to surplus or waste construction materials.

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