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How can we fund social infrastructure through land value capture? Prof Mark Stephens talks through some of the options from his new research. All advanced economies face challenges of paying for social infrastructure including affordable housing and schools, as well as the challenge of paying for ma
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The Big Ben conservation project reached a major milestone this week when the final piece of the 98 metre high scaffolding was slotted into place. The achievement was marked by a rooftop ‘topping out’ ceremony, a centuries old tradition celebrating the highest point of building work being comple
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Susan Wilson is architectural manager at Mactaggart & Mickel Homes Dundee’s new V&A Museum, set to open in September, is an architectural gem. The bold design has drawn worldwide acclaim and there’s no doubt this iconic building will be a huge draw for Scotland - and an elegant feather i
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The project to build what will be world’s longest span suspension bridge once complete has reached financial close.
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Shares in shopfitting and interiors group Havelock Europa have been suspended as the company seeks urgent funding to avoid collapse. The company told investors trading in its shares on the Alternative Investment Market had been suspended with immediate effect pending clarification of the group’s f
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SELECT MD Darrell Matthews Representative organisations’ specialist Darrell Matthews has been appointed by SELECT, as its new managing director, replacing Newell McGuiness at the campaigning trade body.
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Connor Skea Pacific Building joiner Connor Skea has been named Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice of the Year at Glasgow Clyde College.
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The future of more than 300 staff at troubled interior solutions provider Havelock Europa has been secured after the business was bought out of administration by turnaround specialist Rcapital. Toby Underwood and Graham Frost of PwC were appointed joint administrators of the Kirkcaldy-based firm tod
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Kim Floyd The Gordon Archibald Medal has been awarded to a very well-liked and respected member of CHAP Group.
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More than 1,100 new homes are to be built in Manchester and Glasgow after Maslow Capital completed a record-breaking £100 million of new facilities across four deals in June. The specialist real estate financier will fund a total of four schemes, which will see the delivery of over 1,100 new reside
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The decision of Build UK to publicise the payment performance of its leading member companies has caused consternation among the construction sector. Figures published by the trade body revealed that not one of its top 24 contractor members pays supply chain invoices within an average of 30 days.
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A legal dispute has emerged between a top Scottish architect and a Russian architecture firm over the design of a skyscraper near St Petersburg. Tony Kettle, the founder of Scottish firm the Kettle Collective, has been accused by Moscow-based firm Gorproject of claiming design authorship over the La
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Eilidh Henderson The RIAS/Saint-Gobain Emerging Architect Award recognises the crucial role architects play in delivering a better world and encourages the great architects of the future at the outset of their careers. This year, the award went to Eilidh Henderson of Page\Park Architects for her ins
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Alison Keillor and Bruce Dickson BAM Construction has welcomed its first surveying apprentice following the launch of Skills Development Scotland’s Graduate Level Apprenticeship in Construction and the Build Environment.
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(from left) Back Row: Paul Thomson, apprentice plumber; Ian Dickson, Lord Dean of the Guild; Lord Provost; Graham Paterson; Deacon Convenor Dr Alistair Dorward and Jonny Donnelly, heating and ventilation engineerFront Row: Martin McGarvie, machine operator RSBi; Ashley Brodie, electrician; Shareece
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