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A new suite of documents that will enable all public bodies to achieve ambitious net zero carbon targets on their construction projects has been published today.   Scotland’s public bodies now have access to a suite of Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard documents (the Standard

The entire haulage fleet of Advance Construction Scotland is now powered by green biofuel as part of its commitment towards a net zero future.

Business activity across the UK construction sector gained speed in October but growth remained much softer than the 24-year high seen in June, according to UK Construction PMI data released today.

Clark Contracts has welcomed its appointment to the Scottish Procurement Alliance’s Public Building and Infrastructure Framework (PB3).

A network of International Centres of Excellence for High-Performance Buildings has been launched to signal a global commitment to the sustainable and energy efficient development of buildings in an initiative led by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). International representa

International real estate advisor Savills has advised Burger King on a new drive-thru at Pittsburgh Retail Park in Dunfermline.

Plans have been submitted for a narrow block of ten apartments on a brownfield gap site in Glasgow's West End. HJV Consultants has enlisted Elder & Cannon Architects to draw up plans for the seven-storey building at Kelbourne Street.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: The Chester Hotel

SFHA chief executive Sally Thomas spoke at an official COP26 UN System Side Event yesterday to discuss how to decarbonise homes in an inclusive and affordable way. In her contribution to our #COP26SCN feature, she highlights how the housing sector is already working on this.

In another in our COP26SCN series of spotlights on how the housing sector is doing its bit to tackle climate change, Scottish Construction Now examines the efforts of Linstone Housing with its hugely-popular eco-friendly Car Club. The aim is to free tenants of the burden of car ownership and hire ve

West Dunbartonshire Council has invested £82.8 million in new affordable housing over the past seven years. The investment – which has created 467 new homes over 11 developments – makes the council the largest social housing developer in the area.

The process of planning and paying to build renewable energy schemes in Scotland needs to be simpler and less costly to better tackle the climate challenge, according to a senior lawyer who is advising on a number of schemes across the country, as well as acting for landowners. Susan Law, a partner

The old Haghill Primary School site in Glasgow’s East End is to be transformed into affordable housing after councillors approved the sale of the land to Milnbank Housing Association. Glasgow City Council had already started demolition of the crumbling B-listed building in Marwi

A property developer plans to add to the regeneration of Aberdeen city centre with the acquisition of 181 Union Street.

The first tranche of land designated exclusively for employment uses within the Blindwells development in East Lothian has been released.