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Some of Scotland’s leading architects and heritage experts are to develop a masterplan for the only home built by the poet Robert Burns. A consortium led by Delfinity Limited won the contract to develop a sustainable future for Ellisland Farm and Museum near Dumfries, where the poet wrote Auld

Glasgow-based sustainable packaging firm Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging has revealed ambitious plans for a major expansion that will make it one of the world’s biggest fibre packaging manufacturers. Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging is investing £15 million in a new innovation and design hub,

A new development of up to 1,200 new homes, a neighbourhood centre and a primary school is being proposed at Hatton Mains in Edinburgh. Urban design consultancy Pegasus has filed a proposal of application notice for the plan on behalf of Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd and landowner W&S Crawford

A third attempt to bring a former independent school in Glasgow into residential use has won the favour of councillors. Designs by Wellwood Leslie Architects, submitted last winter, will see the former villas at the Craigholme campus on Hamilton Avenue at St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields co

One of Scotland’s leading house builders is seeking skilled workers, sub-contractors and suppliers from across Aberdeen, Inverness, Moray and Tayside to help fulfil demand for new homes. Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland are hosting their annual 5 Star Partners Event at the Village

Plans have been submitted for 17 new affordable homes on a brownfield site in Westquarter, Falkirk. Developer C&S Group and SB Architects have come forward with designs for 2 & 3-storey housing and 3-storey apartment blocks which they say "sympathetically infills a wasteland s

Housebuilder Avant Homes will deliver 167 homes at a new £57 million development in Robroyston after receiving planning approval from Glasgow City Council. The 17-acre site is located just off Daffodil Place, which the housebuilder purchased in February 2022.

A Highland care home operator has resubmitted plans for new affordable housing for key workers in Inverness. The project forms part of a multi-million-pound care hub in the city which comprises a 58-bed care home, currently under construction, which will then be followed by a later living village on

People and communities across Caithness are set to benefit from a new £3.75 million community fund created by ScottishPower Renewables’ Halsary windfarm. The 30MW, 15 turbine Halsary windfarm – which came into operation in July 2021 – generates enough clean energy for the equ

Network Rail has submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project. It is the latest milestone in the development and delivery of the project that will reconnect the local community to the mainline rail net

Next up in Scottish Construction Now's Q&A is Dr Mila Duncheva, business development manager UK & Ireland at Stora Enso Building Solutions and chair of the BE Change Makers. How did you get started in the industry?

Renewable energy company Drax has kick-started a £2 million refurbishment of the historic Tongland hydroelectric power station in the south of Scotland. Tongland power station, near Kirkcudbright, is part of the Galloway Hydro Scheme which was developed in the 1930s. The scheme has six power s

Mechanical and electrical subcontractor Castle Building Services has completed the first stage of a £60 million education facility in Winchburgh, West Lothian. The development is part of West Lothian Council’s biggest-ever investment in education which includes the construction of two se

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

Former Bauer Media sales chief Jak Carlin has been added to the board of an energy sector education centre. Mr Carlin brings a wealth of marketing and business development experience to the advisory role with The Energy Training Academy CIC having spent eight years at Radio Forth, while he latterly