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Paul Simpson Foundation contractor Aarsleff Ground Engineering has announced the appointment of Paul Simpson as business stream manager for the northern region and Scotland.

Energy demand in new homes could be halved if more focus is put on the shape and form of housing being built, the latest report from the NHBC Foundation has found. The current Building Regulations methodology used to demonstrate energy/carbon compliance does not give credit for the energy efficiency

Clark Contracts' fit-out of the new Glasgow office of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Construction, refurbishment and maintenance contractor Clark Contracts has won £25 million of new orders in the last six months.

Paul Chandler Wates Group has appointed Paul Chandler as group managing director of its construction group.

Infrastructure group Robertson has completed work on a major element of the £30 million ‘Heart of the Campus’ project at Glasgow Caledonian University. Robertson Central carried out £20m of construction works which has created a new main entrance which will serve as a gateway to the University

Gavin Paton Burness Paull partner, Gavin Paton, on why the imminent introduction of Project Bank Accounts could provide more certainty and stability.

The first artists’ impressions of the new Burrell Collection have been unveiled just days after the Glasgow art gallery and museum closed its doors to enable work to begin on the £66 million refurbishment. Designed by John McAslan and Partners and Event Communications, the blueprints reveal plans

Proposals for a new community hub in Aberdeen took a step forward this week after the plans were backed by residents in Tillydrone. The modern community facility would be built on the site of an existing shopping centre on Hayton Road.

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Construction union UCATT has raised concerns over a decision by two major Scottish infrastructure projects not to reappoint union convenors. The two consortia building the new Queensferry Crossing and the Aberdeen West Peripheral Route (AWPR) schemes have rejected the idea of replacing union conveno

Livingston-based contractor, Maxi Construction Limited, has been awarded a £2.2 million contract for alteration and extension works to the Grade A listed Panmure House for Edinburgh Business School. Once a residence of economist Adam Smith, Panmure House will be refurbished to provide flexible acco

Glasgow's Saunders Centre (RIBA/Andrew Lee) The Saunders Centre, Glasgow, by Page\Park Architects, has been awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2016.

Plans have been submitted for the conversion of the listed BHS store at 64 Princes Street, Edinburgh, into a hotel, revamped retail space and restaurants.

Battlefield Road's Nightingale wings will be retained as part of the project A local design team has been appointed to create a housing vision for Glasgow’s former Victoria Infirmary.