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Plumbing and heating professionals have been essential workers in public health and safety throughout history with World Plumbing Day the perfect time to show their evolution into the vanguard of Scotland’s greener recovery and revolution, leading on the front line in the just transition to ne
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The post-pandemic hunt for ‘best in class’ offices will unlock refurbishment opportunities of Grade B/ C stock in key UK cities in 2022, with associated rents setting new highs when complete, according to new research from Savills. In order to satisfy demand, and against a backdrop of li
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It could cost UK landlords up to £40 per sq ft (£430 per sq m) to make high cost improvements in order to hit proposed legislative energy targets set to come into effect from 2027 onwards, according to new research by Savills.
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Plans have been launched to establish a £30 million community-owned district heating network throughout Inverurie, Kintore and Port Elphinstone. Garioch District Heat, a not-for-profit organisation, hopes hook up 10,000 homes, businesses and public buildings to the new system by 2025.
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Glasgow is at a tipping point as a lack of new office developments in the city centre could see ‘refurbishment’ rents outstrip rents on new-build in 2023 for first time in six years, to reach £36 per sq ft, according to Savills. With less than a year’s supply of new office ac
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Nine local projects aimed at improving communities and places across Aberdeenshire are to share around £1.9 million in new funding to help improve local facilities and town centres and to support regeneration activity. This funding is coming from the second-year allocation of the Scottish Gove
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The £60 million East End Community Campus to replace two Dundee high schools has now been submitted for planning following an initial consultation. The building on the site of the former St Saviours High School, where it is intended Craigie High School and Braeview Academy will merge in August
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A 'garden cap' over the M8 and the regeneration of the People's Palace and Winter Gardens are among seven bids for Glasgow projects that are being prepared for the second funding call of the UK Government's Levelling Up Fund (LUF). The LUF has £800 million available for three rounds
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Independent housebuilder Dandara is continuing its drive to encourage young people to forge successful careers in the construction industry with the appointment of Ryan Odlin and Daniel Wisely. With an ongoing nationwide skills shortage, Dandara is keen to help foster the talents of school leavers a
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Green Investment Group (GIG) and Fortum have reached financial close on the South Clyde Energy-from-Waste Plant. The organisations are 50/50 shareholders in the project and have now made initial funding commitments to deliver the c.45MWe gross plant in Glasgow.
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A property technology company has announced plans to invest £1 billion to buy and retrofit 3,000 private rented sector homes. Backed by institutional investors, IMMO uses artificial intelligence and other technology to identify homes that offer ‘value-add’ opportunities, in this ca
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Independent housebuilder Dandara is continuing its drive to encourage young people to forge successful careers in the construction industry with the appointment of Ryan Odlin and Daniel Wisely. With an ongoing nationwide skills shortage, Dandara is keen to help foster the talents of school leavers a
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Scottish ministers have been accused of “dragging their heels” over the removal of Grenfell-style cladding on public buildings as the bulk of the removal work is earmarked for 2025. The Scottish Government’s spending review pledged £180 million over three years to remove
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Ambitious regeneration plans for Ardrossan are set for an "inevitable" delay after North Ayrshire Council failed to secure a contractor to carry out essential remediation works on the site. The £170 million package of work for the town is seen as being the most exciting the area has
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Property investment and development company CEG has appointed contractor Deans Civil Engineering Scotland to deliver advanced works to prepare 33 Cadogan Street in Glasgow for development. Deans commenced the £1.3 million contract in September, installing sheet piling around the perimeter of t
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