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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.

Around two thirds of social landlords in Scotland have insufficient in-house skills and capacity to deliver an expanded programme of new affordable housing beyond what they currently have planned, a new survey has revealed. According to the poll, this includes one third who say they have no or insuf

Illustrations showing variety of colours utilised in the communal areas of a single housing development Innovative design solutions could play a crucial role in helping to ensure that Scotland’s existing housing stock is equipped to meet the changing needs and expectations of a rapidly ageing popu

Virgin Media and Scottish Property Federation partner to deliver ultrafast broadband Virgin Media and the Scottish Property Federation have today announced a partnership to increase the delivery of ultrafast broadband services to new homes and businesses across Scotland.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Morris Leslie Ltd

After legal challenges stretching back to over a year, St Andrews finally looks set to get a new secondary school, but not at the expected location. In a surprise announcement at yesterday’s meeting of Fife Council, council leader David Ross revealed that a deal with St Andrews University was

The Stornoway Port Authority (SPA) has unveiled a £66 million draft masterplan outlining a 20-year vision for the development of Stornoway Harbour. The draft masterplan includes a proposal to create a £50m deepwater engineering base at Arnish, as well as the redevelopment of the Goat Island boatya

Steve Radley The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is to treble the number of construction employers that are surveyed as part of its compulsory Levy Order Consensus process.

Artist's impression of the Donside Hydro scheme Councillors have agreed to offer support to a pioneering community-owned energy project in Aberdeen.

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.

Scotland is ideally placed to become a global leader in the generation of electricity from renewable sources, according to new research from Savills. Savills Energy and Savills Research have combined to produce innovative analysis charting the growth and performance of the onshore wind sector in Abe

(from left) Michael Conroy (UCATT training), John Noble (Aberdeen City Council building services business development manager), Jamie Hepburn MSP, Mark Fordyce, John Dunbar, Scot Myles, Raymond Sim, Roger Chamberlain, James Aitken and Councillor Neil Cooney UCATT and Unite the Union invited Jamie He

Adam Ezzamel, project director for the EOWDC at Vattenfall (left) with chief executive at Aberdeen Harbour Board, Colin Parker Vattenfall to move to offshore wind farm support base in Aberdeen Harbour

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