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Aberdeen City Council has agreed to review its 25-year masterplan to regenerate its city centre due to the impact of Covid-19. Members of the city growth and resources committee approved the move which will consider a framework for economic recovery in the short, medium and long term, and a bas
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Alan Wood has been officially appointed as permanent director of infrastructure services at Aberdeenshire Council. Previously head of finance at the local authority, Mr Wood has been serving in an interim capacity since January. The comprehensive selection process finished yesterday and the app
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As workers begin to return to the workplace, Alasdair Rankin, MD at Aitken Turnbull Architects, pens this exclusive blog for SCN which asks what next for the 'normal' office? For many, the return to the office can’t come soon enough. Well over a year of lockdown and staff unable
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Kier Group has kick-started its proposed £241 million equity raise to help tackle its deficit. The share placing, which is fully underwritten by Numis Securities and Peel Hunt, will be the final part of its turnaround strategy.
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Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced three new appointments to its board following its Annual General Meeting last week. Regional managing director for Keepmoat Homes Beth McNeil and managing director for Bellway Homes West Scotland Fraser Conn join HFS director of policy Fionna Kell as company di
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Construction trade association SELECT has welcomed the new intake of MSPs to the Scottish Parliament and pledged to continue working closely with politicians of all parties to help the country recover and rebuild. The campaigning organisation said that, as one of the country’s bigges
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Work has started on the development of 77 brand new affordable homes for Irvine Housing Association. The new properties in Irvine will form phase two of the successful Tarryholme development, where 87 homes were built in 2019.
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Work is under way to deliver Govan Housing Association's £17 million development in the heart of Govan. The Association is building 92 flats in a striking waterfront development which will transform the look of Govan Cross.
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North Lanarkshire Council's efforts to deliver new build housing boosts for Airdrie and Coatbridge communities has made progress this week. Groundwork is now underway at its largest new council housing site in Holehills, Airdrie, to deliver 150 new homes, 19 of which are the first confirmed Net Zero
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Speaking exclusively to SCN, Lesley McLeod at the Association for Project Safety focuses on mental health issues in the construction industry. Construction focuses on physical accidents and injuries – and of course, there is still a lot to do. But it needs to focus on mental health and w
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Commercial property consultant FG Burnett has unveiled personnel changes within its team based in Aberdeen. Senior building surveyor Iona Foubister has been promoted to associate. Iona joined the company as a graduate building surveyor in 2013 and qualified in 2015. A key player in the building cons
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East Renfrewshire Council has approved an additional investment of £3 million for roads and pavement resurfacing improvements at 73 sites across the region. The programme will be carried out over and above the existing annual roads resurfacing works which were approved by the council in March.
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A planning application has been submitted to upgrade the road connections between Motherwell and Ravenscraig, as part of plans to regenerate the former steelworks site.
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Edinburgh building firm Rollo Developments has been voted Scotland’s Residential Renovation Company of the Year. The company, which specialises in high-end residential properties in Edinburgh and the Lothians, landed the honour at the inaugural Corporate Livewire Scotland Prestige Aw
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