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Taking part in recent weeks in the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival with traditional skills demonstrations, NFRC Scotland is this year celebrating ten years of an extensive programme of construction skills events, helping to show off traditional roofing skills and the careers available in the

Civil engineering and building contractor Farrans Construction has partnered with Action Mental Health and Dan Long Associates to launch an innovative internal training course which seeks to tackle mental health conversations head-on. Saturday 10th September is World Suicide Prevention Day 2022 and,

Hotel group Accor has cancelled plans to transform Glasgow's Ashfield House into an 89-room hostel. Planning permission for the B-listed hostel on Sauchiehall Street was originally granted, subject to conditions, by Glasgow City Council in June 2019.

Aberdeen City Council has approved a finalised plan for the future of the city’s school estate for the next ten years and beyond. The Education Operational Delivery Committee agreed the recommendations that emphasise a focus on improving existing schools before considering building new schools

A supermarket is defending its decision to ban people wearing ‘construction workwear’ from its in-store eating area.

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A new housing development has been proposed at the site of the former Freshlink Meat Factory in Glasgow. Under plans developed by Carson & Partners with landowner Bradley Mitchell, 17 Old Shettleston Road will be redeveloped to provide 300 homes and retail facilities.

Changes to vehicular and pedestrian access in and around the site of a new residential development at Wallyford have been agreed by East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee. A total of 87 houses are to be built by Dandara, as part of the wider continuing new development at Wall

A brownfield site in Govanhill could be brought back into use under new plans lodged for 12 apartments for social rent. Morris & Spottiswood and Mast Architects propose to deliver a tenement-style block of flats between garages and an existing block of tenements at 17 South Annandale S

The cost of living crisis and the searing hot weather experienced in July have been cited as the cause of a second consecutive decrease in monthly construction output. Following the 1.4% decrease in June 2022, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today that monthly construction output d

The City of Edinburgh Council has lodged plans for its Liberton Community Campus to replace the existing high school and deliver new sports facilities, workspaces for council and Police Scotland staff as well as a GP surgery, public library and café. In order to respond to the needs of the lo

Almost £5 million has been invested in 65 projects that will improve school buildings for staff and pupils across the Kingdom of Fife over the summer. Fife Council's spokesperson for building services Cllr Judy Hamilton welcomed the news saying it's important that staff and pupils work and lea

New artist impressions have been released to mark the second stage of consultation on the future of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow. The city centre shopping centre's owner Landsec plans to demolish the shopping centre and create an office-led, mixed-use urban neighbourhood and is inviting t

A parking spot in San Francisco has been put up for sale for $90,000 (£77,000). The spot at a condo complex at 88 Townsend in San Francisco's South Beach neighbourhood is located near Oracle Park, NBC Bay Area reports.

With over 65s set to account for a quarter of our population in 20 years, Steven Simpson from Cruden Homes believes we need to plan ahead to shape the future of housing to meet this growing mature market. In just 20 years from now, a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 or over. That&rs