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Build-to-rent and student accommodation developer Watkin Jones is actively seeking sites to add to its recent acquisition of a development site in Edinburgh and is making "good progress" with the launch of an affordable homes pilot. Since its previous update in January, the firm has s
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Rivers flowing through Scotland’s towns and cities and the greenspaces between our buildings can act as vital low carbon heat sources to help to achieve its climate targets, according to new research.
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The Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme has partnered with experts at Heriot-Watt University to help protect those working on the essential and complex restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
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The construction sector should prepare for the possibility of sustained price pressures, according to Turner & Townsend’s latest UK Market Intelligence Report.
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Ogilvie Construction has started work on a £17 million project to build new homes and a care facility for Midlothian Council in Dalkeith.
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Cabinet secretary for finance, Kate Forbes MSP, and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister for the cabinet office, Michael Gove MP, joined Opportunity North East chairman, Sir Ian Wood KT GBE, and Aberdeen City Region Deal partners and main contractor Robertson Construction yesterday for
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The business case supporting the development of a flagship food & drink innovation hub in East Lothian has been given the green light by officials, unlocking £40 million City Region Deal funding for Edinburgh Innovation Park. The full business case was passed by Edinburgh and South East Sc
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An innovative online tool has been launched to provide the construction industry with greater clarity and understanding of future public sector construction projects to be delivered across Scotland.
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New legislation to be introduced in England and Wales will give homeowners twice as long to claim compensation for dangerous cladding or poor workmanship in light of the Grenfell tragedy. The Building Safety Bill, to be published today, will create a clear pathway for how residential buildings shoul
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Integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business RSK Group has acquired Glasgow-based specialist geotechnical contractor TechnikGS. TechnikGS provides mini piling, micro piling and quality geotechnical solutions for foundation and ground engineering problems.
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New plans have been unveiled to create a walkway on the banks of an East Renfrewshire reservoir following a soar in visitors numbers and a change in the way people use the area. East Renfrewshire Council said its revised £19.5 million upgrade will redevelop Aurs Road to create improved wa
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Harris-based family business Norserv Facilities Management has expanded to encourage more people to visit the island and boost the local economy thanks to a £90,000 funding package from Bank of Scotland.
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Calton Hill City Observatory in Scotland’s capital has been nominated for an AJ Architecture Award this week. The design by HarrisonStevens, the Edinburgh-based landscape architects and urban designers, Calton Hill City Observatory has been nominated in the Landscape and Public Realm category
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The Cruden Group will purchase electricity which always comes exclusively from renewable sources after it signed a three-year enhanced green energy supply contract with ScottishPower.
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The managing director of Scotland’s largest construction trade association SELECT took to the airwaves last week to tell thousands of tradespeople across the UK that retentions “disproportionately penalise small businesses” in the construction industry.
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