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BEAR Scotland has added to its senior team with two key appointments to its bridges team. David Bishop and James Petrie will help the trunk road maintenance company deliver the Scottish Trunk Road Network Management Contract for the South East Unit on behalf of Transport Scotland.

A 1.3% increase in UK construction output has been welcomed after a slight dip in previous months, but the overall picture remains bleak for the industry as it faces soaring prices with materials and skills shortages continuing to bite.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has officially opened its Glenshellach development in Oban. The official opening was carried out by Jenni Minto, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute.

Trade body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has bolstered its executive team with five new appointments. Reflecting the wide-ranging challenges facing its members, the new recruits comprise Liz Hamilton as head of local & regional planning, Richard Lewington as senior planning adviser and 

A sod-cutting ceremony marked the official commencement of work on the new £17 million Countesswells School and Nursery this week. Preparatory work on the new school began in October and Wednesday's ceremony, attended by Aberdeen City Council’s educational operational delivery convener,

A new online resource created to support all those who work to improve Scottish towns is set to be featured at the flagship Scotland’s Towns Conference event. Launched this summer, the Town Toolkit was developed by Scotland’s Towns Partnership with support from the Scottish Government an

Procurement specialists SPA will be at Learning Places Scotland in Glasgow on November 23 and 24 to showcase its new public buildings framework that has been designed to help public sector partners achieve low energy and zero carbon buildings and infrastructure projects. SPA’s new public

Home warranty and insurance provider NHBC has launched the 2022 edition of its technical standards.

Infrastructure services and engineering company Amey has announced the winners of its employee-focused springboard to net zero campaign aimed at generating innovative ideas to help the business reach its carbon reduction ambitions.

Part of the Draft Inverness City Centre Masterplan discussed last week during the Highland Council's city of Inverness area committee has highlighted the provision of more quality homes within the city centre.

A "bold" new community-based education model for future schools was yesterday approved by Aberdeen City Council.

An international coalition of construction experts has today published the world’s first universal standard for reporting carbon dioxide emissions used in the building and lifecycle of structures – also known as ‘embodied and operational carbon’ within the industry.

Social landlord Osprey Housing has developed a new relationship working together with a local housebuilder for the first time to create six ‘tenure blind’ homes as part of a new south Aberdeenshire development. The properties form part of Fotheringham Homes’ Parklands estate in the

Modular steel bridging specialist Mabey Bridge has reached a framework agreement with Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) for the supply of multiple structures to the agency. The bridges will be provided on demand and used throughout the country for permanent and temporary applications on FLS-managed p

A total of 4,834 all-sector new build homes were completed in Scotland in the year to end December 2020, a decrease of 35% (7,839 homes) on the previous year, according to the latest Quarterly Housing Statistics published by Scotland's chief statistician.