The complexity and attention to detail required to restore the Mackintosh Library at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) was highlighted yesterday as work on the project began in earnest. Specialist stonemasons have begun the process of removing the stone piers between the windows on the west wall of th
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Edinburgh's Old Town A conservation charity has warned Edinburgh’s world heritage site status is at serious threat after it found that nearly three quarters of the buildings in the historic city centre are in need of repair.
Plans to invest £163 million into building almost 1,200 affordable homes in the Scottish Borders have been approved by councillors. However, it came with a warning that the construction sector would have to be worked with closely in order to see the plans delivered.
Construction activity hit a nine-month high in November but average cost burdens rose sharply, with the rate of inflation the steepest since April 2011. The Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI ticked-up to 52.8 in November from 52.6 in October.
Tulloch Homes, the housebuilder which has a controlling interest in the three stands at Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, has offered to gift them to the club in a deal worth over £6 million. Tulloch’s relationship with the club began in 2001 and it built the north and
Fresh proposals have been unveiled for a £20 million revitalisation of Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen to coincide with a public engagement exercise. A key element of the Aberdeen City Centre Masterplan (CCMP) project, the Union Terrace Gardens (UTG) designs have been drawn up by landscape d
A long term improvement in the energy efficiency of housing stock coupled with a substantial drop in the price of domestic fuel has seen a drop in Scotland’s fuel poverty rates, though campaigners have warned that the job is far from over. The latest Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) from the
The Scottish Government has announced changes to Modern Apprenticeships will it said provide more flexibility for employers, including those in the public sector, while also widening access for rural communities, people with disabilities and experience of care. The measures were announced today by m
The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre at Polmadie Construction and engineering workers at Interserve were turned away from a Glasgow recycling plant yesterday after the contractor was axed from its work on the site.
Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has secured three new contracts to deliver soil modification and earthworks packages that will facilitate new-build housing for three major housebuilders to construct their new homes across Scotland. The firm has pioneered the use of soil modification techniques for use
Scott Webb from UKSE (left) and Stockwell Ltd’s Chris Stockwell A Cumbernauld-based staircase manufacturing company is stepping up its operation after receiving a five-figure investment from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE).
Scotland’s first national framework to offer demolition services to all local authorities has been launched. Worth £16 million a year, the new Scotland Excel framework will help councils deliver planned demolitions as part of regeneration and improvement work and also respond quickly to dangerous
Small housing developers in Scotland perceive a very high degree of uncertainty in whether permission for small developments will be granted, new research has found. A study by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) found that its members regularly use phrases like “lottery” and “hit or miss
Jeremy Blackburn The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has praised the Scottish Government for “taking the lead” in providing the reassurance needed to tackle the country’s chronic housing shortage and infrastructure deficit.
Plans for a new additional secondary school in Musselburgh have been approved at a meeting of East Lothian Council. Designed by JM Architects, the new school will be built in Wallyford and will take pupils from the Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School and Wallyford Primary School catchment areas.


