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More than £3.5 million has been spent improving schools in Dundee during 2024/25, with another £2.1m proposed for 2025/26, the local authority has revealed. Dundee City Council's Children, Families and Communities Committee will consider the latest review of the service estate at i
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Lindsays has appointed Michael Kitson as a director in its commercial property team in Edinburgh. With 14 years of experience, most recently with BTO, Mr Kitson has considerable experience in advising a range of clients across the private and public sectors, supporting developers, contractors,
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Property development company S Harrison has appointed Clark Contracts to build a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in the historic surroundings of Canongate, just behind Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
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The Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) is calling for more businesses and organisations in the sector to commit to its Quality Charter, as it marks its second anniversary in early February. CQIC is a Scottish campaign between the public sector and construction industry working und
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The North Edinburgh Community Festival (NECF), one of the city’s most anticipated family-friendly events, has received a £2,000 donation from Cruden Homes and the City of Edinburgh Council, to help deliver its biggest and most inclusive festival yet. Taking place on Saturday, 17 Ma
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A nationwide search is on for the most promising apprentices and trainees in the construction plant industry who, in the eyes of their employers, are likely to become tomorrow’s leaders of the sector.
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The property market in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders remained buoyant during the last quarter of 2024, defying the typical seasonal slowdown.
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Aberfeldy-based Cross Civils & Construction Services has purchased a new Develon DA30-7 articulated dump truck (ADT).
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Prisoners have a right to conjugal visits that cannot be refused on the basis of inadequate facilities, Italy's top court has ruled. The Supreme Court of Cassation last month ruled in favour of an anonymous 34-year-old prisoner who was denied private time with his wife on the basis that the structur
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Argyll and Bute Council will meet in February to consider options and make a final decision on a preferred site to build a new school campus on Mull.
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On January 1st, 2025, Justin Sullivan FRICS became the 143rd President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Justin is the founder and CEO of Adair, which has provided expert construction consultancy services globally for over thirty years.
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Steven Tolson FRICS, chair of the Housing and Place Delivery Forum (HPDF), reflects on the work of the Forum and the challenges that remain for planners and developers in Scotland. The HPDF came to an end in December 2024, but the evidence it has generated will continue to inform housing and plannin
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Wemyss and March Estates, together with land-promoter Socially Conscious Capital, has been named by The King’s Foundation as the 2024 winner of its prestigious, UK-wide 'Landowner Award' for its visionary approach to development at Longniddry in East Lothian.
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Creativity, problem-solving and teamwork helped 40 budding engineers and future project managers from six local high schools rise to the Big Design Challenge.
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The Highland Council has agreed the proposed location for a Community Point of Service Delivery (POD) development in Dingwall and to allocate £150,000 from the approved capital programme towards the flood mitigation work being carried out for the River Peffery in Dingwall, as part of a first
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