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Leading lights from the Scottish construction industry have been recognised at the inaugural CIOB Scotland Awards. Eight built environment professionals were recognised for their contribution to the sector at a celebratory lunch at the Hilton Doubletree, Cambridge Street, Glasgow, hosted by writer a

Planning officials have recommended that the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park authority rejects proposals for a new salmon farm at Beinn Reithe, Loch Long. The report of recommendation was published on Monday ahead of a special meeting of the National Park Authority Board on Monday 31st

Cala Homes has been appointed to deliver around 300 new apartments on a Glasgow site currently owned by Celeros Flow Technology. Celeros FT previously announced plans to provide future stability for its ClydeUnion Pumps facility in Cathcart by offering six acres of redundant land and buildings to th

Balado's famous "golf ball" spy station is set to be repurposed as an aerospace museum under plans currently in development. Aero Space Kinross (ASK) has agreed to buy the former Balado Satellite Ground Station, used by NATO to intercept aircraft transmissions until 2006, according to The Times.

Miller Homes is holding a second community consultation on its proposals for a residential-led development in Kinross. Located in a sustainable and accessible location (by virtue of its close proximity to shops, services and schools, which are within walking distance), the development has the potent

Fire engineering consultancy OFR has announced four appointments to its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The appointments include fire engineer Ben Dempsey, whose past body of work includes consulting on logistics centres for Amazon, and graduate fire engineer Will Everitt, who both join the OFR Edinb

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has completed the the final phase of the 74 affordable homes development at Sinclair Avenue, marking a major milestone in the Goathill project. The Goathill project is an ambitious development bringing together, on an eight-hectare plot, 74 affordable homes (inclu

Muir Homes has launched a community consultation on proposals to provide new high-quality homes at a vacant plot of land at Fulmar Way, close to Asda, in Dalgety Bay. The family-run Scottish housebuilder, with head offices in Fife, is seeking local community views on how the derelict land could be d

A village hall is bidding to be one of the UK’s most sustainable community-owned halls after installing 111 PV solar panels and four Tesla Powerwall batteries following a major grant derived from nearby wind farms. Crawfordjohn Village Hall in South Lanarkshire has now completed the major inst

SFHA has submitted a response to the second part of the Scottish Government’s consultation on the new build heat standard. The proposed standard, which is set to come into force in 2024, will prohibit any new building applying for a building warrant to make use of a direct emissions heating sy

Larkhall primary children have been putting their thinking caps on to ponder what homes and neighbourhood life might look like 200 years from now, as part of a community legacy project with housebuilder Living by Robertson. To mark the beginning of the housebuilder’s new neighbourhood of 128 h

Construction is commencing on a new 342-home neighbourhood in St Andrews where 30% of homes will be affordable. Savills Development completed on the sale of the 17-hectare site to David Wilson homes, just 1.5 miles to the south east of the historic town centre.

Proposals for a £120 million development of around 500 homes and a new neighbourhood centre in Polmont will go before Falkirk councillors tomorrow. Hansteen submitted the application for planning permission in principle for the Gilston Park residential-led mixed-used development, which will be

Kirkliston & South Queensferry FC’s 2014s team is sporting a fresh match day kit for the new season thanks to Dandara East Scotland. The housebuilder donated close to £3,000 to the club whose players train and play in Kirkliston near its Foxhall Gait development.

Fife-based home improvements firm CR Smith has reported an increase in profits after tax of 10% for the financial year to December 2021, with turnover exceeding £20.2 million. The accounts lodged for CR Smith Glaziers (Dunfermline) Ltd, the company’s domestic sales business, show that it