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A sprinkling of precious metal embedded in paving stones is adding an artistic flourish to a newly refurbished city square. The new public artwork - a meandering trail of thousands of bronze drips - has been unveiled in Edinburgh’s Bristo Square to mark the area’s redevelopment.

From new contacts to Pictish discoveries, here are the stories which caught the attention of Scottish Construction Now readers throughout 2017

Murchison House Kier Construction Scotland has been awarded a £7.7 million contract by the University of Edinburgh to carry out the transformation of the Grade B-listed Murchison House.

Architectural practice Sheppard Robson has received planning permission for the refurbishment and extension of Burghfield House in Dornoch for The North Highland College UHI. The redevelopment will create a single Dornoch campus for the North Highland College UHI's hospitality and professional cooke

Police Scotland has confirmed it is making enquiries into allegations of financial irregularities at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). The announcement follows a tumultuous period for the RIAS during which it has been accused of being “secretive and autocratic” from many

The Carnegie Library and Galleries in Dunfermline The value of recently completed community-based buildings such as schools and health centres delivered by the Scotland-wide hub programme on behalf of Scotland’s public sector has topped £1 billion, new figures have shown.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools.

The Scottish Government is unlikely to meet its target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 without reforms to housing procurement, according to a survey of Scotland’s building companies. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of the Scottish Bu

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter Communities secretary Angela Constance has pledged to learn any possible lessons from the publication of an interim report into UK building regulations and fire safety following the Grenfell Tower fire.

Chairman Sandy Adam, housing minister Kevin Stewart, CEO Innes Smith and group partnership director Tom Leggeat at an affordable housing development in Muirhouse Housebuilder Springfield Properties is making good progress with the five new village style developments it is creating across Scotland an

The Garment Factory office development in Glasgow city centre has achieved practical completion following an extensive refurbishment project undertaken by Castleforge Partners. A category ‘B’ listed building located at the corner of Ingram Street and Montrose Street in the Merchant City Central

Young Decorator of the Year Lisa Murphy at work Glasgow-based City Building is ending the year on a high following a flurry of awards recognising the construction firm’s unique approach to corporate responsibility and diversity.

Surface repair specialist Plastic Surgeon has renewed its contract with Kier Group as it continues to help save unnecessary waste from landfill. Having worked in partnership for the last 12 years on a variety of projects carried out throughout the UK, Plastic Surgeon has assisted Kier in the handove

Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre has received a grant of £4.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to go towards its transformational redevelopment project. The project will result in the conservation, repair and expansion of one of Scotland’s oldest, and much loved, working theatres. It will

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with property industry charity LandAid to launch a campaign to deliver more bed spaces for homeless people in Scotland during winter. As part of RICS’s 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign known as Pledge150 will see RICS - a