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Fife Council's environment and building services celebrated the Apprentice of the Year Awards 2022 in the Rothes Halls recently. The awards are a celebration of excellence, application, dedication and endeavour of council apprentices, covering all traditional construction, mechanical and horticultur

FES Group has opened new offices in Oban to coincide with 50 years in business for OES. The OES team provides a range of services including:

The final draft of an ambitious 30-year plan to steer development and investment opportunities for Dundee city centre will be launched for consultation this week after Dundee City Council approved the plans. The City Centre Strategic Investment Plan (CCSIP), which sets out a vision for the city cent

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Dr Valerie Vaughan-Dick MBE as its new chief executive. Currently chief operating officer at the Royal College of General Practitioners, Valerie has had an extensive career in transformation, strategic development and delivery.  Sh

A hat-trick of national chains are set to open at DunBear Park in Dunbar. The green light for a Lidl and B&M retail stores, and a Starbucks coffee shop, follow the approval of planning applications, subject to conditions, at the planning committee of East Lothian Council today. The Starbucks cof

Scotland’s Centre of Procurement Expertise for local government was crowned winner of two categories at a national awards ceremony which recognises excellence in public procurement. Scotland Excel’s energy efficiency contractors (EEC) framework and its work in community wealth building,

Plans to create a low carbon community with new homes, a hotel, leisure facilities and public open space at Peel L&P’s Glasgow Waters have been approved. Glasgow City Council yesterday backed a recommendation from city officials that planning permission in principle be granted for the prop

Hamish Trench talks about the recent Scottish Government consultation on the Land Reform Bill and the Scottish Land Commission’s response. Over the last four months, the Scottish Government has been consulting on its proposals for a new Land Reform Bill. This is a key stage towards development

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has acquired Dundee-based quantity surveying firm the John Duguid Partnership. Established in 1929 in Dundee, John M Duguid & Co was initially solely a quantity surveying-based firm. However, the firm was renamed to John Duguid Partnership in 1989,

The NFRC Scottish Roofing Awards luncheon took place on Friday, 28 October, at the Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow, celebrating a selection of the best of roofing, cladding and rainscreen projects in Scotland. This was the return of the event that many had been looking forward to after the awards could

MSPs from all sides of the political spectrum have congratulated SELECT on its recent national awards victory, which saw the trade body recognised for helping its members and the wider industry navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. Scotland’s largest construction trade association has been singled o

Built environment consultancy Arup has won four Institution of Structural Engineers’ Scottish Structural awards. The awards ceremony, held in Glasgow on 27 October, celebrated the best structural projects completed by Scottish design engineers within the last two years.

PMI Developments and Peveril Securities have lodged a proposal of application notice with Glasgow City Council to redevelop a site on the corner of Cambridge Street and Renfrew Street to create an aparthotel. The site at 19-21 Cambridge Street, has been unoccupied for many years.

Councillors have delayed a decision on whether to approve an application for a mixed-use development featuring low carbon homes for a site at 65-97 Ingram Street in Glasgow. Property developer Artisan Real Estate wants to deliver 109 new homes with ground floor commercial space on land which is

Past and current generations of teachers and pupils were invited by Eildon Housing Association to the site of the old Kelso High School to see first-hand how the building is being transformed into 36 extra care elderly apartments. To be known ‘Poynder Apartments, the celebrated art d