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A team of architecture students from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has created an innovative project to support the restoration of the Bon Accord Baths. The third-year students have created eight innovative ideas to reuse and br

Families in Linlithgow have faced their fears and braved ghosts, ghouls and monsters to raise funds for a local primary school. Parents and volunteers from Linlithgow Primary School transformed Shoemakers Lane into terrifying trail of cobwebs, skeletons and mystical creatures for the town’s an

Bancon Group has today unveiled a new service that will see the firm provide a comprehensive turn-key solution for retrofitting. The retrofit offering, a key strategic focus of Bancon Group, will be spearheaded by Ray Turner, partnerships director. The new business stream has been established specif

Brewster Brothers, a company that recycles the byproducts from the construction, demolition and excavation industries, has won this year’s VIBES Circular Scotland award. The awards are a partnership between the Scottish Government, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Energy Saving

National charity Sight Scotland and property developer S Harrison Developments have jointly submitted a planning application to redevelop the site of the charity’s former HQ on Gillespie Crescent in Edinburgh, into student homes. The funds released by the sale of the site will enable Sight Sco

Twenty-seven high-quality new homes will help local people in housing need, following the completion of a project involving Persimmon North Scotland and Kingdom Housing Association. The mixture of properties form part of Persimmon North Scotland’s Carnegie Fauld development and have now been t

North Ayrshire Council has appointed Morgan Sindall to complete the design of the new Ardrossan Community Campus. The site is currently undergoing extensive remediation and construction of the new campus will not begin until this is completed next year.

The contract to undertake the Lerwick Lanes Masterplan has been awarded to Edinburgh-based company 7N Architects. This contract award by Shetland Islands Council follows a tender exercise which attracted significant interest from local and mainland-based companies.

Persimmon Homes East Scotland welcomed housing minister Paul McLennan MSP to The Earls development in East Lothian where he was given an update on the site’s progress and met with some of the young workers starting out their career in the construction industry. The Earls, which is delivering 1

The many challenges facing the plant-hire industry at a time of ongoing political and economic uncertainty were discussed at the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Annual Conference held on 9th November. This was the CPA’s eighth annual Conference and the best attended yet with

Bancon Homes has acquired a new site in Aberdeen to create 63 new homes. Located off Forrit Brae on the hillside between Newhills and Craibstone, the two, three and four-bedroom high-specification homes will be created as part of the company’s new Kinion Heights Development, which has already

Independent housebuilder AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has strengthened its team with the appointment of Liz Hamilton as senior land and planning manager. The Glasgow-based housing developer delivers high quality and energy-efficient affordable homes across Scotland and also builds luxury properties for t

McTaggart Construction has made two major appointments to support its net zero ambitions. Industry leader Ross Hammell returns to the Scottish family-owned business as CSR manager with responsibility for sustainability and social value.

To mark the first day of the Learning Places Scotland conference, Michael Ross tells SCN how Scotland's hub partnership model is helping to address key issues in the sector. In an ever-changing world, one constant remains - the power of education. It is the foundation upon which the future of o

A Highland cottage once owned by disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile could finally be demolished under fresh plans to replace the building with a new home. Allt-Na-Reigh near Ballachullish in Glencoe has been subjected to continued vandalism despite also being the previous home of mount