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Advocate’s Close The regeneration of Advocate’s Close in Edinburgh has received the coveted Project of the Year Award at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Scotland Awards 2015.

Integrated solar at the Athletes Village - Glasgow Nine housing projects across the UK, from the Athlete Village in Glasgow to eco-homes near Bristol, will be competing for the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) prestigious planning awards this year.

Experts from the Welsh School of Architecture have designed and built the UK's first purpose-built, low-cost energy smart house, capable of exporting more energy to the national electricity grid than it uses. The house, designed by Professor Phil Jones and his team based at the Welsh School of Archi

Gordon Liney has been appointed as commercial director of Breedon Aggregates’ Scottish business. The UK’s largest independent aggregates business said the new senior role for Mr Liney, who will report to Breedon Scotland chief executive Alan Mackenzie, reflects Breedon’s continuing growth nort

Shepherd Engineering Services has secured a multi-million pound contract to deliver Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) services to the new £1.4 billion Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The two-year project will see Shepherd deliver MEP systems for the replacement roa

Colin Joyce CMS Window Systems has boosted its business development team to support its growth in the new build housing sector with the appointment of Colin Joyce.

Nicola Sturgeon First minister Nicola Sturgeon has laid out plans for a “root and branch review of the planning system” as she unveiled her government’s legislative programme for the last session of the Scottish Parliament before the 2016 elections.

Ian Gibson Robertson has been awarded a Gold Medal from the UK’s leading safety charity.

The Athletes Village is a successful example of off-site construction Many new homes of the future could be built in factories and delivered to site ready to be assembled if clarity and more detailed understanding on total costings confirm that the approach is competitive, a new report has concluded

Ewan McDonald A former construction management student at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has played a key role in the university’s newest addition to its multi-million pound campus development.

Crieff councillors Ann Cowan and Rhona Brock have paid a site visit to inspect progress on a £2 million redevelopment on the site of the long-abandoned Crown Hotel which will provide fourteen new homes for social rent by the end of the year. The hotel, in the centre of Crieff, had lain unused and d

Organisers of the BIM Convention, which is being held at the Glasgow City Hotel on Thursday 22 October 2015, are delighted to announced that leading international Building Services Company TUV SUD Wallace Whittle, will be the Main Sponsor for the event. TÜV SÜD Wallace Whittle are international aw

Edinburgh Napier University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its internationally acclaimed work in timber engineering, sustainable construction and wood science. The prestigious award recognises the global impact of the University’s research into construction innovations and re

Doug Soutar Work is due to start on a new £20 million hatchery in Glenmoriston which will help to put 14 million in demand Scottish Salmon into the food chain per year.

Reid Cunningham BAM Construct UK has set up a new energy subsidiary within its facilities management division.