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The crimes of cowboy builders are well publicised, but a new study has found that rogue traders may well be out-numbered by rogue customers. Customers having a cavalier attitude towards tradesmen’s safety and wellbeing is common, as are attempts to belittle their expertise, but the worst behaviour
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Four site managers at Miller Homes in Scotland are celebrating after receiving a Quality Award in the NHBC’s annual Pride in the Job Awards. The awards, which are now in their 40th year, recognise the commitment and dedication of site managers in attaining consistently high standards in the de
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North-East property firm Fotheringham Homes has scooped the prestigious Show Home of the Year award at the Scottish Home Awards for the Esk design at their Parklands development in the charming village of Marykirk in Aberdeenshire.
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Marshall Construction has announced the creation of nine new apprenticeships for various roles within the business. The firm's long-standing history of bringing through new trade apprentices into the industry has continued this year with the hiring of six new trade apprentices and three new technica
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In the fifth in the Scottish Land Commission's ‘Land &’ blog series, senior policy officer David Stewart explores why land for housing matters for much more than homes – it has an impact on the economy, the environment, and the wellbeing of everyone in Scotland. Land for housin
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Glampitect, the Scottish glamping site design consultancy, is celebrating hitting £1 million of sales just two years after forming. The firm was set up in the autumn of 2019 by Calum MacLeod and Alisdair Young and has enjoyed strong growth under the pair’s guidance.
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The AIM Group may be one of Scotland’s newest construction businesses on paper but the wealth of experience in their dedicated and dynamic team offers over 75 years' worth of tried and trusted professionalism, both commercially and operationally, enabling strong growth of the business since it
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More details on the next Edinburgh Home Demonstrator (EHD) pilot project in the Greendykes area of Edinburgh have been revealed after the project was approved by city planners.
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As the doors and sash windows close on the 11th Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival, organisers at the Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum hailed it a great success.
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Plans for new homes at Derby Street in Dundee Councillors urged to approve plans for 163 homes in Dundee
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The City of Edinburgh Council has revealed its new City Plan 2030 which will address climate change, affordability, providing more homes and jobs and how people move around.
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A site manager at Taylor Wimpey's East Renfrewshire development has won a top award for quality house building. Organised by the National House Building Council (NHBC), the prestigious Pride in the Job Awards 2024 crowned David McClure of Taylor Wimpey West Scotland a Regional Award winner for
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The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is launching a range of resources designed to help construction clients achieve better project outcomes and create more value.
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A partnership between academia and industry is aiming to produce an easy and intelligent way of capturing the performance of modern buildings. The system aims to provide vital information on how much the buildings cost to run, how much energy they consume, how little they damage the environment, and
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The taskforce assembled to take forward the paused project to redevelop Ardrossan Harbour has met to discuss the next steps for the planned upgrade of the facility.
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