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A proposal for 46 new high quality homes for social rent will be going into planning on behalf of Eildon Housing Association this week. The site of the former Borders College on Melrose Road, Galashiels has been lying vacant for many years and as a result of the poor condition, will have to be demol

Sandy and James Easdale have heralded the decision to increase the number of houses planned at the £250 million redevelopment of IBM Greenock as transformational for the region. At a planning meeting held by Inverclyde Council yesterday afternoon, councillors voted in favour of lifting the exi

As schools, colleges, employers, career advisers and students prepare to come together next week to celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week, international property and construction firm Thomas & Adamson (T&A) is encouraging businesses to follow in its footsteps and embrace apprenticeship prog

Plans to progress with a new leisure centre in Perthshire's largest town were confirmed yesterday as councillors pledged to press ahead with a replacement Blairgowrie Recreation Centre. However, plans to replace Perth Leisure Pool and Dewars Centre with the much-vaunted PH20 centre are on hold as co

Revised plans for parts of the historic former Jenners department store in Edinburgh, which suffered from a fire in January, have been lodged. The plans by David Chipperfield Architects include changes to the Rose Street façade, the internal stair, and bridge link. Danish retail billionaire o

Ferguson Planning Ltd is celebrating its 10th anniversary and continued growth as an independent planning and development consultancy. As it enters its tenth year in business, the firm’s loyal client base and planning approvals on both large and small projects across Scotland and the UK have e

Works will begin next week as Loreburn Housing Association gets the first stage of a flagship development for Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway underway. The first phase of housing will see 35 ‘extra care’ units being built. The scheme design features bungalows around a centralised communi

Home builder Persimmon has partnered with Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association to deliver new affordable homes in Kirkintilloch Twenty-one high-quality, affordable new homes will help local people in housing need, following the completion of a project involving Persimmon West Scotland and Sanctuar

LS Contracts has welcomed a six-figure funding sum from UKSE to help the firm accelerate its green credentials as it continues to work with contractors, delivering sustainable buildings across Scotland. Headquartered in Bellshill, the firm has enjoyed steady growth since it was established in 2017 a

Redpath Construction founder Jim Pritchard tells Margaret Taylor for SCN's Construction Leaders feature that good timing and the ability to adapt have paid off for the company. It was fortuitous for Jim Pritchard that, when as an employee he had become frustrated with under-performance in the indust

Aberdeen City Council has taken ownership of the new £17 million Countesswells School following completion of building work a month ahead of schedule. The keys to the new school were handed over on Wednesday 1 March by contractor Morrison Construction Building North East which delivered the pr

Transforming how we build homes through industrialisation and transitioning to net zero carbon homes, will be the focus at this week’s NHBC Building for Tomorrow conference in Edinburgh. Stewart Dalgarno, director of innovation and sustainability at Stewart Milne Group and project director of

Multi-disciplinary M&E business A. Alexander Group has promoted David Hart to operations manager, a newly created post for the company. Previously contracts manager, David has been with the business for more than two years and held a number of senior roles within the industry including Training

Edwin James Group has beaten its target of expanding apprenticeships to 15% of the workforce and has announced new commitments to supporting young people in their career choices. In 2021, apprentices accounted for 10% of the workforce, and the organisation committed to increasing this to 15% within

Construction firm Morris & Spottiswood has appointed Stephanie Braithwaite as social value lead. To build on the delivery of the social value strategy, this newly created role will ensure increased collaboration with customers and communities, with the aim of developing more targeted outcomes ac