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A two-tier commercial market has emerged in Aberdeen, where "rents and terms are holding up for ‘best in class’ buildings, but functionally or locationally obsolete buildings are struggling", according to Savills. The comments reflect activity in the last year with Savills recording

Kier Group has appointed Jamie McKechnie as managing director of Kier Places, its housing maintenance and facilities management business. Jamie McKechnie will take up his new role from 3rd April following the departure of Mark Whittaker who is leaving Kier to take up a role elsewhere in the industry

With Scot­land and the rest of the UK con­tin­u­ally miss­ing house­build­ing tar­gets, Fraser Mitchell, part­ner in Shep­herd and Wed­der­burn's Prop­erty and In­fra­struc­ture team, asks: what are the road­blocks to build­ing?

Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator.

A report that highlights the barriers and constraints to town centre living and identifies some good practice case studies has been published today. ‘Town Centre Living – more homes at the heart of great places’  was produced by the Scottish Futures Trust with input from

Cala Homes (West) is due to host its second phase of community consultation events for its new site in Cathcart.

Lismore Community Trust has appointed Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group, to take forward the design and subsequently produce and submit a planning application for two affordable modular homes on the Isle of Lismore.

A Cardonald neighbourhood is set to benefit from transformed greenspace and improved resilience to flood risk, with construction work to deliver these benefits now underway.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant:  Knight Property Group.

The monthly Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) column continues with Jocelyne Fleming reflecting on her visit to Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Construction. Ensuring the Scottish construction industry has a steady supply of labour with the necessary skills continues

Inverness’ first distillery in 130 years has officially opened, reconnecting the Highland capital with its proud but lost whisky and brewing history. Powered by a low-carbon sustainability centre on-site, the £7.5 million Uile-bheist distillery and brewery on River Ness is expected to at

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland challenged the pupils in Newton Farm and Maidenhill to design signs that could be installed beside new show homes near the schools to encourage drivers to slow down. Three winning designs - created by Pippa Lindsay (P6) from Newton Farm Primary, Leo Dunsmuir, (P5) fr

Mhairi Donaghy, associate director at Scottish Futures Trust, highlights a new report out today that looks at why town centre living (TCL) is important and the reasons investment has been limited.  Scottish society was built around towns and villages. From the traditional clan system to to

Plans have been submitted to replace the golf course at Craig Tara Holiday Park in Ayrshire with additional caravans.

Work is now underway to build the new Leven station as part of the £116 million Scottish Government funded Levenmouth Rail Link project.