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Gordon Nelson The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has applauded Scotland’s trail blazing efforts to prioritise the energy efficiency of existing buildings.

A man who stole two bags of cement in Nigeria was given seven strokes of the cane in open court as his punishment. The sentence was handed down to Naziti Ibrahim by a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday, June 11, 2015.

The building restoration phase of the £2.9 million Verdant Works High Mill Open Gallery Project is nearing completion.

Plans for an £8.1 million new school in Dundee have been recommended for approval. Dundee City Council’s city development committee will be asked to approve a tender submission by Willmott Dixon Construction Limited for the new project to replace Sidlaw View Primary and Jessie Porter nursery.

Paul Doyle Bachy Soletanche has secured a major contract to install piles for the new Shieldhall Tunnel project in Glasgow.

Professor Robin Webster (c) Malcolm Cochrane Professor Robin Webster OBE FRIAS was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) at the annual RIAS Awards Dinner in Edinburgh on Wednesday night.

Plans for the multi-million pound City Deal regeneration project in West Dunbartonshire could take another step forward this week.

Clydebank's iconic Titan Crane is to remain open to visitors by appointment while the £22m new leisure centre is built nearby at Queens Quay, it has been announced.

Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has started preparatory work to replace the Ruthven Road bridge on the outskirts of Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park for The Highland Council. The single-track road bridge spans the River Spey linking the B970 and the communities beyond

Graham Construction has been appointed the main contractor to demolish or redevelop a range of primary and secondary schools in Dumfries. Plans for investment of £100 million which will affect almost every school in Dumfries have been revealed to the public.

Appleton Tower, part of the University of Edinburgh’s central estate, is to undergo a major upgrade to improve the appearance and environmental performance of the building. The refurbishment works will see CCG (Scotland) Ltd undertake over-cladding of the tower to improve the buildings’ environm

By Jonathan Henson, Savills head of rural in Scotland The Land Reform Bill, published in the Scottish Parliament this week, is a punctuation point in landownership history, with the proposed Bill being a starting point for further reforms. It establishes a Land Commission whose remit is to deliver a

Morris & Spottiswood has been fined £200,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a steel frame at a building site in Glasgow. Daniel Hurley, then aged 31, died after a 1.6 tonne steel frame fell on top of him at the site in Murano Street, Maryhill, in October 2009.

Work has started on a £7.5 million project to build a new primary school in Armadale after West Lothian Council appointed a contractor to the project. Ogilvie Construction is to deliver the new facility which will include eight new classrooms and two general-purpose rooms as well as a gym and dinin

John Forster The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on permitted development rights – a waiving of planning permission if certain requirements are fulfilled – for commercial non-domestic rooftop solar.