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A new briefing paper has detailed the significant contribution that sustainability standard BREEAM has given to the global carbon reduction in buildings. Published during global climate change conference COP21, the paper also gives details of how BREEAM has evolved since the standard was created 25

A disused landmark building is to be transformed by the University of Edinburgh as part of a major development. The A-listed Surgical Hospital in the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will be sensitively restored and bring together different strands of the University’s cutting-edge activities fr

A housebuilder is calling on political parties to increase the provision of retirement housing to meet the needs of Scotland’s ageing population. McCarthy & Stone said encouraging specialised retirement housing for homeowners would result in a triple win for government by improving the lives o

Trade body Homes for Scotland has announced the shortlist for its industry awards as the organisation prepares for its largest ever celebration of the sector’s achievements. Featuring refreshed and refocused categories which reflect what Homes for Scotland’s wide-ranging membership do first and

Figures for new house building in Perth and Kinross released today has highlighted the area's position as one of the fastest growing regions in Scotland. The news has been welcomed as a key indicator of economic growth in the area.

(from left) Chris Chivers, president, CIOB; Neil Kelly and Ian Gracie, chair, CIOB Scotland Head of construction at MacRoberts LLP, Neil Kelly, has been presented with a top award from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

A £1.67 million project to revamp Glasgow’s Tontine building into a high-tech space for up to 300 entrepreneurs has become the first project to be completed in the city under the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region Deal. Project to inject £53.6m into the Glasgow city region economy, the new centr

Ayrshire Housing and the Energy Agency are hosting a free CPD event next month to highlight some of the latest work in energy efficiency and air quality. Building managers and designers, and policy makers are frequently disappointed by the gap between design intentions and experienced performance wh

A building merchant sales manager who embezzled more than £73,000 from his former employer has been jailed for a year. Jonathan Green was a sales manager at Grahams Building Merchants in Dundee when he gave his personal bank account details to two clients who were under the impression they were set

All 305 of Scotland’s historic, traditional thatched buildings have been recorded for the very first time as part of a unique 18-month field work project. Published today, A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland is a full-colour photographic survey of every thatched building across the country,

Ross Brown Independent Scottish law firm BTO Solicitors LLP has urged the Scottish building industry to take business succession seriously and to start considering options at an earlier stage.

A wealthy property developer who was caught roaming nude across hilltops has been labelled the new “naked rambler”, The Herald has reported. Paul Edney, 56, is known to clients as group managing director of Dollar-based bespoke home builders Hillfoot Homes, which develops and markets properties

(from left) GHA chair, Bernadette Hewitt, Christopher Conn, apprentice joiner at City Building, City Building managing director, Graham Paterson, Nicole Woodburn, apprentice joiner at City Building, and Morag Johnston, executive director of financial services for Glasgow City Council A new £3.7 bil

(from left) Ian Plender, Amie Owen and Roddy Morrison from CBRE Property consultancy CBRE has announced the appointment of Ian Plender to its National Building Consultancy team.

Work on what will be the next major building to complete in Edinburgh’s Exchange District is now underway. The foundations and groundwork phase of the project at 2 Semple Street is reaching completion and developer GSS Developments Ltd is working toward a May 2018 delivery.