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Construction and property consultants Summers-Inman has promoted Michael Pollock to head of building surveying (Scotland) as it targets expansion into new sectors. Based at the firm’s Scottish headquarters in Edinburgh, Mr Pollock’s promotion to director will see him focus on managi

Argyll and Bute Council planning officers have approved plans to build eight new apartments at the former council office outside Helensburgh. Callum Williamson Ltd submitted plans to redevelop Blairvadach House, at Shandon. The plans will see three apartments on the ground floor, two apartments on a

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is asking members of the public to share their views on Cumbernauld Town Centre after the organisation was asked to consider designating the building as a listed building.

The former Jenners department store on Princes Street is to be given a new lease of life as a 96-bedroom hotel after the plans were approved by the City of Edinburgh Council. David Chipperfield Architects is behind the transformation of the Category A-listed building into a boutique hotel, toge

More than 150 third year pupils in Renfrewshire got to grips with traditional building skills at a career-building event held outside Paisley Town Hall. Building on Paisley’s historic environment, the event hopes to encourage more young people to get into traditional building crafts as part of

An upcoming BBC documentary is set to examine the causes of building collapse.

A new early learning and childcare building at Hilton Primary School in Inverness has been completed and handed over to the school by Morgan Sindall. With a capacity for 129 children, the purpose-built facility provides four new ELC classrooms with free flow access to outdoor space, inclusive of a n

Castle Building Services has announced the appointment of David Mathieson as senior quantity surveyor. Originally from Paisley, Mr Mathieson previously held the position of senior quantity surveyor at Arc-Tech Scotland for nearly five years.

Workplace design and management consultancy, Space Solutions has undertaken a contract for the University of Glasgow to relocate its research centre. Delivered by the SPACE Move & Change Management team, the relocation saw academic and research staff from around 15 campus and city locations move

Cruden Building has been appointed to three separate multi-million-pound procurement frameworks to address local housing challenges across Scotland. Each of the frameworks work in partnership with public sector bodies to deliver high quality affordable and sustainable housing with a focus on bringin

A reclaiming motion by a local authority challenging the refusal of its counterclaim against an adjudicator’s decision that a Final Certificate of an amount due to a building contractor was not conclusive has been refused by a 2:1 decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. D McLaughl

A celebration to mark the completion of the first Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal building was held at the iconic Japanese Gardens at Cowden. The gardens, located in the picturesque rolling hills of Clackmannanshire, received £750,000 of UK Government City Region Deal funding to

Planning approval has been secured to refurbish and extend a Glasgow city centre office block. Proposals to double the size of the office building at 150 St Vincent Street were submitted for planning last year by Clearbell Property Partners IV, a fund managed by Clearbell Capital LLP. 

Materials provider Travis Perkins has launched an escrow agreement with Close Brothers Property Finance to support SME housebuilders.

A general building contractor from California has explained why things actually may go bump in the night, lights flicker, and doors mysteriously open in an article aiming to debunk the common myths that surround haunted houses.