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Persimmon Homes has lodged plans to North Ayrshire Council for the creation of 191 homes in Beith. Detailed proposals detail the planned build on a former agricultural site near Kings Road that would comprise a total of 16 two-bedroomed homes and the same amount of four-bedroomed propertie
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Robertson Construction Tayside has commenced works on James Thompson House, a new £26 million Grade A office development for Dundee City Council. Minister for local government empowerment and planning Joe FitzPatrick MSP and Dundee City Council leader John Alexander attended the start of work
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Fife Council has endorsed long-term plans to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and switch to climate friendly heating systems across the region.
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A major milestone in the evolution of Scotland’s energy transition sector has been reached as the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) is set to reopen the former Weatherford Evaluation Centre, located within Aberdeen Energy Park at Bridge of Don.
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Scottish company Aurora Energy Services is tackling a skills shortage in renewable energy by training military service leavers who will be “site ready” to take up posts in the wind sector. Delivered at Aurora’s Renewable Energy Training Centre in Inverness - the largest facility of
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The campaign to save Ellisland Farm, the Dumfriesshire home where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne, Tam o' Shanter and almost a third of his life's work, has taken a major step forward after Dumfries and Galloway Council approved plans by conservation architects Collective Architecture to restore a
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Work has started to identify options for the long-term regeneration of three community-owned buildings as Midsteeple Quarter begins the next phase of its mission to breathe new life into Dumfries High Street. Dumfries architecture firm Robert Potter and Partners has been commissioned by the communit
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Mactaggart & Mickel has marked the close of its 100th year by announcing it has reached its ambitious £100,000 fundraising target, achieved through the generosity of colleagues and supporters across the UK, together with significant contributions from The Mickel Fund and Mac Mic Foundation
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Michelle Forbes, a senior project manager with Thomson Gray who specialises in the bereavement sector, tells SCN why the firm is uniquely positioned to support owners and operators of crematoria and cemeteries. The UK’s bereavement sector is one of the critical but often overlooked elements of
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Sitka spruce grown for commercial timber production on the Cowal peninsula has come full circle, returning as the material for Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) Glenbranter office extension.
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The Chartered Institute of Building has teamed up with a men’s health charity to encourage more men working in the construction industry to be aware of their prostate cancer risk and share what they can do about it.
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Planning consent has been granted for the Bingally 400/132kV substation – a key element of SSEN Transmission’s proposed upgrade of the Beauly to Denny overhead line.
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A new tool has been launched that translates housing energy data into region-specific workforce insights to support local authorities and delivery partners in planning retrofit programmes. As retrofit activity accelerates across the UK in response to rising energy bills, fuel poverty and statutory n
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Plans are being submitted to restore Ellisland Farm near Dumfries, the only home ever designed and built by Robert Burns, with new images revealing a deliberately quiet and sensitive approach to conservation. The before-and-after images show how modern visitor facilities can be introduced without al
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New affordable homes are on the way for the Loch Lomondside village of Balmaha, after Rural Stirling Housing Association started work on building 20 homes and two plots for self-builders. The development costing around £5.8 million is due for completion around next spring.
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