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Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) celebrated the Accelerate to Zero Awards with 200 stakeholders from across the built environment and construction sectors last week. During the ceremony held at Platform in central Glasgow, businesses, individuals and organisations were celebr

Local graduate Megan Scott has returned home to Glasgow where she has joined Persimmon West Scotland’s commercial team. Originally from Bishopbriggs, Megan graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2022 and initially moved to the Midlands to participate in Persimmon’s highly regarded g

McLaughlin & Harvey has reported a turnover of £870.4 million and a profit before tax of £12m for the year ended 30 June 2024. The Northern Ireland-headquartered business, whose principal activities are building and civil engineering contracting, property development, the operation o

With a prime focus on net zero goals, Scotland Excel – the national centre for procurement expertise – is driving innovation in public sector contracts by promoting sustainability, skills development and social value within the country’s vital construction sector.

The Construction Leadership Forum’s Sustainable Pricing Sub-working Group has welcomed moves to introduce a new Graduated Pricing Mechanism (GPM) to remove the incentive on suppliers to submit unsustainable low prices in order to compete with other low tenders. In an effort to redress what the

A special barrier that will be built to protect rare bats from the HS2 project will cost around £100 million, it has been revealed.

Plans for the next phase of a 600-home new community in the heart of Glasgow’s Port Dundas area have now been submitted. Bigg Regeneration, a joint venture between purpose-led B Corp developer, igloo, and Scottish Canals, is behind the Dundashill development.

Housing developments in Aberdeen and Arbroath that were stalled after the collapse of Stewart Milne are now set to be completed. Milestone Developments, a construction company owned by married couple Stuart and Nicola Jackson, has secured a deal with administrators Teneo to complete one project, whi

A short film has been launched giving a unique insight into ambitious plans to transform the historic Govan Graving Docks on the River Clyde.

A rural housing project previously branded as "truly transformative" has been completed at Upper Achintore in Fort William, bringing to fruition a nationwide ambition to help grow and sustain rural communities in the Highlands.

New statistics into planning application decisions illustrate a planning service which is under-resourced and ill-equipped to deal with Scotland’s escalating housing emergency, according to sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS). The figures covering the period for the financial year 2023/2024 s

Connect Modular is celebrating a successful evening at the CIH Scotland Housing Awards 2024 where it secured two prestigious awards for its recently completed affordable housing development in Shortlees, Kilmarnock.

Cala Homes has been given the green light to deliver a new housing development that it claimed will transform the northern entrance to Aberdeen.

The parent company of Civic Engineers, which has an office in Glasgow, has acquired mechanical, electrical and public health building services and sustainable energy design consultants, Watt Energy & Consulting Engineers. The North West-based consultancy, led by Dan Watt, works on public an

The contractor responsible for the design and construction of the A9 Dualling: Tomatin to Moy project is running a programme of ‘Meet the Contractor’ events in November for local residents to learn about the major construction works scheduled to begin in Spring 2025.