A milestone has been reached on the new primary school at Montgomerie Park in Irvine after North Ayrshire Council granted planning approval for the Passivhaus building. The new primary school will comprise 12 classrooms, early learning facilities, a gymnasium incorporating flexible performance areas
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The Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar is planning the highest green building in the world, a 28-storey apartment tower designed in hybrid timber technology. Named Burj Zanzibar - “burj” meaning tower in Arabic - the spectacular high-rise is designed to reach 96 metres in height.
Lord Willie Haughey has said that his ambitious plans to spend more than £1 billion on building 11,000 affordable homes in Scotland are on hold due to increased construction costs and the new freeze on rents. The business tycoon unveiled his housing project last year after
Cruden Building has provided a helping hand to a school in Port Glasgow. Working closely with Craigmarloch School, Cruden’s community benefits team donated and installed a new external play trail to provide pupils with a high quality and safe outdoor area in which they can learn and play. This
Work has been completed and tenants have begun moving into a development of new council flats which are part of a programme building 2,000 new council houses across Aberdeen. The development at Auchmill near Bucksburn is one of nine sites across the city where Aberdeen City Council is building new c
A former lighthouse building with a historic connection to author Robert Louis Stevenson has gone up for sale for £149,000. The Lighthouse Engine House is adjacent to Noss Head Lighthouse and was home to Alan Stevenson, the engineer who oversaw the construction the lighthouse in the 1800s &mda
Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has completed the the final phase of the 74 affordable homes development at Sinclair Avenue, marking a major milestone in the Goathill project. The Goathill project is an ambitious development bringing together, on an eight-hectare plot, 74 affordable homes (inclu
Staff at building services firm William Montgomery & Sons have raised more than £1,900 for specialist charity Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland) by taking part in the Zipslide the Clyde challenge. A total of 17 members of staff from the family-run Glasgow business were amon
A proposed solar farm on the grounds of an A-listed building in Kippen, nine miles west of Stirling, has been approved by councillors. The 315 sq m development, consisting of 78 solar panels, will be installed on a field at Dun Eaglais on Station Road, the Stirling Observer reports.
Recent visitors to FORE Partnership’s Cadworks in Glasgow City Centre will have seen the building’s latest addition – a bright green telephone box in the entrance foyer. The telephone box, entitled ‘Call Your Mother’, is an installation by Force of Nature that was creat
Fife Council's environment and building services celebrated the Apprentice of the Year Awards 2022 in the Rothes Halls recently. The awards are a celebration of excellence, application, dedication and endeavour of council apprentices, covering all traditional construction, mechanical and horticultur
Construction has now started on the final phase of 18 homes at The Grange in the West End of Aberdeen. Dandara Aberdeen is building the last four and five-bedroom homes at the development on Hazledene Drive.
Cruden Building Scotland has further strengthened its commitment to job provision and skills development by welcoming a total of 27 new apprentices and trainees. Supporting the next generation of construction professionals, the company has taken on a number of young apprentices, including ten joiner
Glasgow-based building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) has appointed Andrew Halliday as a commercial director. Founded in 2016, Arc-Tech specialises in the delivery of mechanical, electrical, and renewable service installations to support residential and commercial construction.
Residents living in Moray’s 18 conservation areas are being offered financial support to repair or install traditional windows. Moray Council’s Windows Repair and Replacement Grant Scheme, funded by the Scottish Government’s Place Based Investment Programme, offers a grant of up to


