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Members of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have elected Jan Etchells as their new national president. The appointment, which came at the virtual AGM on September 18, sees Ms Etchells from Syntonic Kitchen Technicians Limited begin her two-year term as FMB president at a challe

hub South West has recorded another "outstanding" performance in the year to 31 March 2020 with more than half a billion pounds of projects in construction and developments. As one of the five Scottish hub territories, hub South West brings a wide range of public sector bodies, including h

BAM Construction has appointed Mark Nicol as its new commercial director. The construction firm, currently behind major healthcare schemes in Greenock and Clydebank, as well as some of Scotland’s largest speculative office developments at Capital Square in Edinburgh and Atlantic Square i

Demolition work is under way in the east end of St Andrews to prepare the ground for new state-of-the-art student accommodation. The University of St Andrews has submitted revised plans to provide 748 student beds at Albany Park to ease pressure on the town’s housing stock.

A number of Aberdeen-based businesses have collectively raised and donated £30,000 to a local charity, following the cancellation of the annual CALA Homes business lunch event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The London Electric Vehicle Company's (LEVC) real-world testing and trial phase for VN5, its new electric van, has signed up tools and equipment hire company Speedy as a new partner.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: John G Russell (Transport) Limited.

The UK Government's plans to ensure trade can be carried on unhindered in each of the four home nations once the UK severs its ties to the EU will weaken Scottish building standards designed to prevent Grenfell-like disasters, a leading architect has warned. Peter Drummond, a senior member of the Ro

A surge in pent-up demand has enabled the Highlands’ largest housebuilder to take its 150 employees fully off furlough and bring back its local sub-contractors. Tulloch Homes has reported that sales for the past eight weeks are now 28% up on the same time last year.

Work is now under way on the latest new build council housing development planned for the site of the former Belhaven House care home in Wishaw.

Councillors in Aberdeen have approved plans to convert empty floors of a Union Street building into flats. Developer First Flat will deliver seven flats, with a mix of two and three bedrooms, on the upper floors of 156 Union Street, replacing the existing roof to add an extra storey at the

Plans have been submitted for a block of flats in Cathcart in Glasgow's South Side. An application has been submitted to Glasgow City Council seeking permission in principle to build the flats at the junction of Newlands Road and Tankerland Road.

Fraser Mitchell writes about proposed technical changes to Scottish Planning Policy and the relevant Scottish Government consultation. In July, the Scottish Government published a consultation on what it describes as a “technical amendment” to Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). The consulta

The ground has been broken on South Lanarkshire Council’s latest new-build housing site in Cambuslang.

Glasgow-based residential architecture start-up HOKO, is set to begin an ambitious UK expansion plan after securing £400,000 from investors. The funding will allow the technology-enabled architecture platform to begin a major recruitment drive in a struggling sector.