Retrofitting social housing is often seen as an overwhelming challenge. In this piece, Shirley Evatt, senior associate at Will Rudd Edinburgh, argues that by working smarter and building on shared experience, we can unlock scalable solutions and make real progress toward net zero goals. I often hear
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Plans to build more than 40 new homes on the site of the former Forfar Academy have been pushed back to “later years” by Angus Council.
Barratt Redrow, the UK’s largest housebuilder, saw its shares plunge nearly 10% despite delivering what it described as a “solid performance” for the year to 29 June 2025. The sharp market reaction came as the company revealed a £98 million hit from legacy building safety cos
Following the complete sell-out of the first phase, Muir Homes has now started work on the second phase of 25 private homes at its The Deer Pines development in Stanley, Perthshire.
Three South Lanarkshire projects are to benefit from their share of more than £11 million from the Glasgow City Region’s (GCR) City Deal.
Moray Council will begin construction of a new cemetery in Elgin at the end of July 2025.
A brand-new waterside lodge is about to open at one of Loch Lomond's most popular inns all while creating new jobs and enhancing its green credentials.
Demolition contractors have moved on site to make an area of Kilmarnock safe following a catastrophic fire this week. Six fire engines and two specialist units were sent to the well-developed fire at a four-storey building on King Street around 9pm on Monday.
Following a record-breaking number of nominations for the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Stars of the Future Awards 2025, the winners of the apprentice and trainee awards were announced at a jam-packed awards ceremony hosted at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre nea
The latest Market Report from construction consultancy Gleeds has revealed that almost three quarters of construction professionals in the UK feel the current economic and political climate is negatively impacting contracts. Contract conditions and heightened risk profile were common factors among t
A local campaign is seeking to save a church which inspired Lewis Grassic Gibbon's famous Scottish novel, Sunset Song. The Church of Scotland is trying to find a buyer for Arbuthnott Church in Aberdeenshire, which prominently appears in the novel.
Parts of Scotland have recently experienced record high temperatures, and given dry and hot spells across the whole of the UK happened so early in 2025’s year’s weather cycle, the Institution of Structral Engineers (IStructE) has warned that this could make for an increase in subsidence,
Vanessa Murray, director at The Circle Partnership, warns that behind Scotland’s construction sector's well-documented technical skills shortage lies a deeper, less visible challenge — the loss of female talent and the persistent sidelining of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as a
Craig Thow has been appointed operations director of Robertson Construction Northern, following nine successful years with Robertson Construction Tayside. Craig joined Robertson in 2016 as operations manager and has since played a pivotal role in delivering high-quality projects for public and priva
Plans to build a 19-storey student accommodation block on the site of the former Admiral Bar in Glasgow city centre have been approved, following a successful appeal by developers over delays in the planning process.