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Work is underway to enhance facilities at Glencoe Mountain after the operator secured £38,400 investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) towards the project costs. Glencore Mountain Limited (GML) said the HIE funding will help meet the costs of acquiring plant and equipme

The stars behind Scotland’s built environment took centre stage at a glittering ceremony in Glasgow last week. Construction industry leaders from around the country came together at the annual Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Scotland Awards.

Trade unions, built environment bodies and energy companies have combined to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans to change some of the UK Government's key green policies, including proposals to water down housing energy efficiency standards and a weakening of targets to phase out gas b

The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI have recorded an average property price in Scotland of £192,000 for July 2023, denoting a 0.1% increase from the previous year. Compared with the preceding month, house prices experienced a 1.1% increase on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whil

Elgin-based housebuilder Springfield Properties has seen its share price take a hit after it suspended its dividend payments amid significant financial and housing market challenges. Despite having delivered the firm's "highest level of annual completions and revenue", with total revenue growing 29%

Ahead of a panel discussion event next week, Rachel Munro, examines why for housebuilders, planners and local authorities, heat networks promise to increasingly be a hot topic in the months and years to come. It need not be overstated that Scotland doesn’t have the best weather and despit

Work is progressing at the £48 million Millport Flood Protection Scheme on the Isle of Cumbrae. Construction works started in the spring and the recent focus has been on installing the onshore flood walls.

Dalkeith-based social enterprise, the Energy Training Academy (ETA), specialising in offering high-quality training in the gas and renewables sector, has secured a £300,000 investment from the Catalyst Fund. The ETA was launched earlier this year by seasoned entrepreneurs Andrew Lamond an

Rearo MD Graham Mercer argues that the commissioning of some landmark commercial projects could provide a lifeline to developers and contractors affected by a recent decline in housebuilding activity. The construction industry has always been a reliable indicator of the performance of the wider econ

Sustainable resource management specialist Brewster Brothers has become the first in the UK to achieve an Environmental Product Declaration for its recycled aggregates. The intention of such declarations (EPDs) is to be able to report and compare independently verified data about the environmental p

A new block of student flats will be built in Aberdeen city centre after councillors gave £60 million investment plans the green light. Levelling Up Real Estate will create a 383-bed development on the derelict site of a former John Street pool hall, which has lain empty for a decade.

Aviemore-based civil and environmental engineering contractor McGowan Environmental Engineering has appointed Donald Forsyth as non-executive director. As well as previously chairing the Highlands & Islands branch of the Institute of Directors, Forsyth is a vastly experienced Chartered Accountan

Glencoe Folk Museum is to close at the end of October to begin construction work on its long-anticipated redevelopment project. Designers Mather & Co and Peter Drummond Architects are working together on the expansion, which will include converting a byre outbuilding into a community gallery, cr

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has concluded a contract with Home Group Scotland to deliver 71 affordable homes for social rent, which will form part of its developments of new homes at West Craigs, Maybury and Lauder Grove, Ratho Station. A range of affordable two-bedroom apartments and two and three-

Scottish Construction Now is pleased to publish in full a response to our readers' survey and planning series by Ian Aikman, chair of Heads of Planning Scotland. As chair of Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS), I felt compelled to write to you after reading your recent editorial in Scottish Constructi