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Scottish Greens have welcomed changes to the Scottish Government’s planning bill which they say will help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis by making land for housebuilding more affordable, however housebuilders have called the measures “premature”. Housing spokesperson Andy W

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Airlie Estate

The UK construction sector is showing continuing signs of recovery with a 2.1% rise in activity in the three months to September following a relatively weak start to the year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rise in output follows a fall of 1.6% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2

During the development of East Lothian Community Hospital, the physiotherapy team based at Roodlands needed a space to continue to provide much needed rehabilitative in-patient care. The £70 million development will create a modern, purpose-built hospital on the existing Roodlands Hospital sit

With the need for more new homes to address the country’s housing crisis top of the political agenda, ensuring high levels of quality and customer satisfaction is a matter of equal importance, according to Homes for Scotland (HFS). The message will be delivered to the audience of 150 senior in

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has promoted two residential surveyors who rose through the ranks of its graduate recruitment programme to office management roles. Luke Doyle takes over the management of the firm’s Kilmarnock branch while Michael McDade assumes the same position in its Greenock o

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has blamed rising costs and continued uncertainty over Brexit for a drop in construction output. Latest construction output figures for October 2018 published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show a small decline of 0.2%, compared with the previous

Lucy Black from the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre on the importance of collaboration in construction. Collaborative working seems like a no-brainer – it helps organisations improve efficiency, productivity and by extension, profitability. It also encourages the transfer of knowledge

Plans to transform a disused city centre office block in Aberdeen into a 105-bedroom hotel have been given the green light. Councillors unanimously approved the plans by Mandale Construction North for the six-storey Custom House, on the corner of Guild Street and Stirling Street.

A brand new social housing development has been completed in Kilwinning by Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) and CCG (Scotland) Ltd. The site was previously owned by North Ayrshire Council and CHA acquired the site from the council in March 2016.

Construction and engineering contractor Taylor and Fraser has worked with Abellio Scotrail to deliver a £1.8 million project to extend the rail depot service shed at Haymarket Depot alongside main contractor Balfour Beatty. The work carried out from April to December 2018 was required due to t

Housebuiler industry body Homes for Scotland has called for a “more meaningful and inclusive” approach to analysing the country’s planning performance. Director of planning Tammy Swift-Adams has questioned the focus of official planning performance statistics, the latest of which r

Researchers at Northumbria University have come up with a solution for mould, mildew and damp which cost housing associations, landlords and homeowners millions of pounds a year in repairs. Over the last year, Northumbria academics, along with partners from BIM Academy and the National Energy Founda

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: The Renaissance Club

The Federation of Master Builder (FMB) has called on the UK Government and Parliament to break the Brexit deadlock and find a way forward after new figures revealed another drop in construction output. The March 2019 data from IHS Markit/CIPS revealed a UK Construction Total Activity Index