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Plans for the next phase of a 600-home new community in the heart of Glasgow’s Port Dundas area have now been submitted. Bigg Regeneration, a joint venture between purpose-led B Corp developer, igloo, and Scottish Canals, is behind the Dundashill development.

McLaughlin & Harvey has reported a turnover of £870.4 million and a profit before tax of £12m for the year ended 30 June 2024. The Northern Ireland-headquartered business, whose principal activities are building and civil engineering contracting, property development, the operation o

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) celebrated the Accelerate to Zero Awards with 200 stakeholders from across the built environment and construction sectors last week. During the ceremony held at Platform in central Glasgow, businesses, individuals and organisations were celebr

BTO has appointed Ian McCann as a partner in the firm's construction and engineering team. Mr McCann brings almost 30 years of experience in non-contentious construction and engineering law and considerable expertise in advising clients across the UK and Europe in both the public and private sectors

Dundee City Council leader Mark Flynn has written to the UK Government seeking further assurances on Levelling Up Partnership-funded investment allocated for the city. A £20 million figure was originally allocated following a visit from the previous UK Government administration’s Levelli

Hillcrest’s young people stepped to the fore to cut the turf on a major new affordable housing development in Newcraighall near Edinburgh, which will see contractor Cullross deliver 163 new homes for those in housing need in the region. With Hillcrest recognised for championing young people an

Hebridean Housing Partnership has handed over 33 new homes at An Allt Dubh to tenants. The properties in Blackwater, Newmarket, on the outskirts of Stornoway, are the first phase of a 74-house development being built by Calmax Construction Limited which contended with a very wet and challenging summ

Mechanical and electrical consultancy XBuro has made a key appointment with the addition of experienced engineer Andy Lyons. Andy Lyons joins the firm as design director with more than 20 years’ experience in engineering.

International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has appointed Dorothy Robertson as regional director for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Based in its Glasgow office, Dorothy brings a wealth of knowledge in the construction industry, with over 35 years’ experience in advising private

Inverness-based construction company Capstone Construction has installed a defibrillator at its head office in the Longman area of Inverness, which will ensure round-the-clock access to potentially life-saving equipment. The defibrillator, a Mindray C1A housed in an external heated cabinet from Lond

A five-figure donation from a Highlands roofing company has provided a welcome boost for a charity supporting children and young people with severe, profound and multiple learning disabilities. Macleod Roofing has donated £10,000 to the Elsie Normington Foundation’s upcoming Dragons&rsqu

At a time of housing emergencies across the country, Scottish structural engineer Alan Ferns argues that demolishing RAAC-affected homes is not the only answer. It sometimes feels that, in the opaque realm of official decision-making, the temptation to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut is just too h

Aberdeenshire Council has celebrated the completion of five housing developments in Fraserburgh and Huntly.  The properties, a mix of refurbished accommodation and new build homes, were all progressed over the past two years and are now being rented by council tenants. 

For the first time since the modernisation of the electricity network, horses are being used to extract timber on SSEN Transmission projects. It may be the image of a bygone era, but there is still very much a place for horse logging - the extraction of timber - from Scotland’s forests.

Short break provider Center Parcs is developing proposals to create its first holiday village in Scotland. The site chosen for the village is in the Scottish Borders, approximately three miles north of Hawick and 55 miles south of Edinburgh.