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Kanye West has been ordered to demolish homes he was building on his 300-acre Californian property. The unusual dome structures were reportedly inspired by the planet Tatooine from the ‘Star Wars’ films and were being built as possible low-income housing units or housing for homeless peo

A former Rangers footballer is attempting to stop a businessman building a new house next to his property.

The long-running saga of the delays and spiralling cost of building the Scottish Parliament is the subject of the first episode of a new BBC series re-examining high-profile public scandals.

Development company S Harrison has transformed a historic building in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town into a magnificent new boutique hotel for Malmaison. The work has seen the Grade A listed Buchan House, on the north-west corner of St Andrew Square, where it meets North St David Street, co

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Govanhill Baths Building Preservation Trust

The two private finance initiative (PFI) hospitals that Carillion was building at the time it collapsed are currently due for completion several years late and at vastly increased budgets, a National Audit Office (NAO) investigation has confirmed today.

Alastair McCoan, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank Glasgow, discusses how businesses can avoid being hit with a large dilapidations bill when making an office move. A new year, a new office – it can be an exciting time for any business as it embarks on an expansion, with some stylis

Plans to build the first public non domestic building designed and constructed to Passivhaus standards in Scotland reached an important milestone this week.

With Downing Street reportedly investigating the feasibility of building a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, Scottish secretary Alister Jack has suggested that an all-weather tunnel could be used instead.

The training arm of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced, following discussions with the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), that it is suspending the delivery of End Point Assessments (EPA) for apprentices during the coronavirus pandemic.  EPAs include a pract

Scotland’s home building industry has welcomed comments from finance secretary Kate Forbes on which sectors she anticipates being first back to work once the lockdown is ended. Talking to the BBC earlier this week, Ms Forbes referenced construction and manufacturing need, saying that “..

Final plans for the transformation of the Aberdeen market building and surrounding area will go before councillors on April 30 with a recommendation to approve from local authority planners.

Building services employers are more worried about keeping their workers safe than being sued over project delays, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). The Association said contractors should not feel pressurised into carrying out work during the COVID-19 crisis if it c

Leading engineering services sector bodies BESA and ECA have jointly developed two new guides to help contractors to manage coronavirus-related issues on site. The new guides will be freely available to the wider industry during the current emergency. They provide sector-relevant guidance for engine

Chris McGhee is framework manager for Kier Regional Building Scotland and was part of the team who helped convert the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow into NHS Louisa Jordan. Here, Chris shares his experience on the project and how the construction industry united at a time when the country n