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Leading architects, designers and builders are to partner with researchers at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to develop a specific Scottish approach to Passivhaus. The Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU) at GSA, together with John Gilbert Architects, Stewart & Shields an

CALA Homes (West) and Taylor Wimpey West Scotland have released the first homes for sale at the new Maidenhill community in Newton Mearns. Maidenhill will see 834 new homes created in the affluent town of Newton Mearns, as well as a new primary school, surrounded by plenty of green space for familie

Denmark has started building a 70km (43-mile) fence along its border with Germany in an effort to control the migration of wild boar, the BBC has reported. African swine fever has been found in two dead wild boar in Belgium and has led to fears that Denmark's huge pig industry could be threatened.

Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from its specialist property investment team to partnership positions. Colin Anderson joined Maven in 2014 to further grow Maven’s property investment business, having previously spent 11 years in the c

Livingston Designer Outlet has announced plans to undertake a full refurbishment and rebrand with a £7 million investment from its owners. The multi-million pound investment in the centre, managed by retail asset management specialists Realm Ltd, will transform the shopping destination to crea

Three new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh will open to the public tomorrow, completing a 15-year £80 million redevelopment. The transformation returns one of the finest Victorian buildings in Britain to its former glory, creating vibrant new public spaces and revealin

Glasgow-based multi-disciplined consultancy practice NIXON has expanded its growth plans with launch of an in-house civil and structural engineering team. The consultancy practice began in 2012 as Nixon Consultants, and has rapidly expanded its operation as a quantity surveying and project managemen

Interserve has announced the departure of executive director Dougie Sutherland a week after a shareholder demanded the removal of a number of Board members. Mr Sutherland, who was managing director of the company’s development division, will be leaving the executive team on February 28 and ste

Highland Council has submitted a planning application to construct a new centralised waste management facility in Inverness. The Materials Recovery Facility, which recovers recyclates and produces Refuse Derived Fuel, forms part of the council’s preferred interim arrangements for meeting the r

Almond Housing Association Limited (AHA), working in partnership with Inveralmond Community High School, has built a careers event around the housing trade. Housing Officers and other staff from AHA, a registered charity and social landlord based in Livingston, were on hand to talk to young people a

The Scottish Government’s budget plan which provides more than £5 billion of capital investment to “grow and modernise” infrastructure has been formally approved by the Scottish Parliament. Finance secretary Derek Mackay said the 2019-20 Scottish Budget provides £42.5bn

Murray Estates Ltd, along with its development partners Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Barratt Homes West Scotland, has confirmed that plans for the second phase of its multi-million pound development at Torrance Park in Holytown, have taken a significant step forward with the submission of a detai

More than half of housebuilders south of the border increased the rate at which they built new homes over the last year and predict a further rise over the next 12 months, according to a new survey published this week.

Architecture practice Hawkins\Brown has launched a dedicated Scottish studio this week, expanding its presence in the UK beyond existing studios in London and Manchester. The firm will celebrate the opening of Studio Scotland with a launch party and exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh

Students from the University of Edinburgh are helping Robertson Group embrace change within the construction industry. Nine students are responding to a data-led challenge set by the infrastructure group which looks at ways to reduce waste in the construction industry – identified as a priorit