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Stephanie Mackenzie It will be interesting to see whether the recent English case of Parkhurst Road Limited v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Another heard in the High Court at the end of April this year will have any impact in Scotland, writes Stephanie Mackenzie, a di

Councillor Jenny Laing A plan to create new public space in Aberdeen city centre has taken another step forward after the business case was approved by Aberdeen City Council's Strategic Commissioning Committee.

(l-r): Alastair Dee, Scottish Government; Bill Banks, KHA CEO; Freya Lees, KHA Chair; Kevin Stewart MSP Work is nearing completion on Kingdom Housing Association’s £7.2 million affordable housing project at Pitscottie Road, Cupar. When completed, the project will provide 49 new homes, to help mee

Salon des Refuses The Architecture Fringe 2018 festival has kicked off with over 70 events taking place across Scotland from 8-24 June, 2018.

Anil Iyer Calls have been made for wider implementation of reverse mentoring in the construction industry after a nine-month pilot has delivered positive results for a sector traditionally slow to adapt to new trends and dealing with a skills shortage.

Alastair McKie Alastair McKie looks at the details of major planning legislation wending its way through Holyrood.

Jeff Calder Barratt Homes North Scotland wins two NHBC commended health and safety awards

Brian Berry The Beast from the East, rising costs and Brexit are to blame for the sharp drop in construction output, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the April 2018 construction output figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Graham Clark, head of construction at West Lothian College and members of the Lovell site team welcome four Spanish work placement students and their Santa Lucia College lecturers to the Kirkhill site West Lothian construction site gives Spanish students hands-on experience

Peter Fortune Senior appointments at Trident Building Consultancy

Paul Brewer The directors of Hub South East Scotland have announced the appointment of Paul Brewer as the new chair of the board.

Stuart Robb Rutherglen-based construction firm MMPS (Scotland) Limited have appointed Stuart Robb and Julien Irving of Leonard Curtis Business Rescue & Recovery in a bid to save the troubled business.

Brian Berry The 28 per cent fall in construction apprenticeship starts between August 2017 and March 2018 compared with the same period the previous academic year suggests the Government needs to look again at the way the Apprenticeship Levy is working, according to the Federation of Master Builders

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The Scottish Government has announced a consultation on tougher building safety standards to coincide with the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people.

Nick Pollard Kingdom Housing Association has secured a significant funding package under a debut private placement which secures its development programme of over 1,100 homes until the end of 2019-20.