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Aberdeen City Council has highlighted rising construction costs plus a shortage of materials and workers after the local authority confirmed it would manage to build only half of its target of 2,000 homes by next year’s deadline.

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland held a small road-naming ceremony last week recognising the courage and sacrifice of Jane Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary and Matron of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, who died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

Proposals have been unveiled for 144 homes at the former Neptune Work site in Ayr. Barratt Homes has lodged a proposal of application notice for the potential development, which has been approved by South Ayrshire Council.

East Lothian Council’s planning committee met remotely yesterday to consider a number of applications including a new secondary school at Wallyford and 105 new houses as part of the greater Wallyford development.

A long-running planning saga regarding the redevelopment of a key development site on Leith Walk looks set for a successful conclusion for Drum Property Group. The company’s latest proposals for Stead’s Place, near the foot of Leith Walk, were today approved by the City of Edin

Work has started on the new primary school to serve the housing developments at Ness Castle and Ness-Side in Inverness.

A £2.3 million project to strengthen and re-paint two bridges in the southside of Glasgow will get underway this month. Network Rail is carrying out the essential improvement works on Queen Mary Avenue and Albert Road, next to Crosshill Station, from June until November. The work is designed t

CALA Homes has bolstered its commitment to its newly launched Sustainability Strategy with the appointment of two sustainability analysts and a partnership with the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC). The arrival of specialist analysts, Oliver Cooney and Ryan Menezies, is part of CALA&rs

hub South West has highlighted its support for SMEs since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since March 2020, the public-private partnership has been promoting recovery and building resilience locally by focusing on the development of SMEs throughout its territory and protecting and promoting appr

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is to gain new powers to monitor the way architects manage their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and have a role in a new recognition system to acknowledge architecture qualifications from around the world.

Scottish construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson has used the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to overhaul its business practices and improve the working environment for staff. Moving into new offices in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, the firm said it has take

East Kilbride construction company Cosmos Projects has expanded to become the Cosmos Projects Group with the creation of two new divisions and the appointment of its first non-executive chairman. Co-founded in 2012 by Chris McNeill, Cosmos Projects has grown year on year to record a £3.3

Sub-contracts over £10,000 to help deliver the first opening road bridge over the River Clyde and transform the waterfront are being made available to local suppliers.

A joint venture company between National Pride UK Community Interest Company and Falcon International Financial Services Limited are inviting the public to provide feedback on proposals to develop an environmentally sensitive Eco-Therapy Wellness Park near Aunchinleck in East Ayrshire.

Trident Building Consultancy has welcomed two new assistant building surveyors to its Edinburgh and Glasgow teams. Stacey Rowntree has joined the Edinburgh team from the Scottish Lime Centre Trust, while Rachel Campbell has rejoined Trident after completing her studies at Glasgow Caledonian Uni