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Work on redeveloping an old Dundee asylum could be delayed until 2017 after the plans were called in by the Scottish Government. Plans were finally approved on December 18 to convert the former Strathmartine Hospital into 222 new homes following years of debate and an initial failed application to r

Inverness and Aberdeen-based off shore giant Global Energy has had its plan to create its own harbour at the entrance to the Cromarty Firth thrown out by the Scottish Government. Global - who own the Nigg Fabrication Yard - had applied for a Harbour Revision Order last year.

Developers building homes in Aberdeen could be made subject to substitute payments more than twice as much than they currently bear for not building affordable homes after proposals to increase “commuted payments” was suggested under the 'Proposed Aberdeen Local Development Plan'. Housing develo

City of Edinburgh Council is set to become the first local authority in Scotland to become a private landlord, if plans currently under consideration go ahead. The local authority is planning to create an arm's-length company called Edinburgh Homes, which will attract private investment to fund new

Architectural practice Keppie Design has been appointed as architect for the new state-of-the-art Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). Aberdeen City Council has recently approved the financial proposals for the development of the new AECC as well as the redevelopment of the site of the

Latest figures from the Post Office’s challenger banking arm, Post Office Money, have revealed that moving house in Scotland now costs, on average, more than £8,000. The data published today by the post office, in collaboration with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), showed th

Trio of Premier Inn extensions start on site Construction works have begun on extensions to the Premier Inns at Glasgow Cambuslang, Aberdeen Portlethan and Aberdeen Bridge of Don.

ACS is proud to have been providing Health & Safety management and support services to the Scottish housing sector for 20 years. In 1994 the first Health & Safety Control Manual was developed for Employers in Voluntary Housing (EVH) and we have been working with EVH and its members since 199

BAM Construction’s regional director Doug Keillor has hailed the timely completion of NHS Tayside’s new CAHMS care unit in Dundee last week. Designed and built by BAM in the grounds of Dudhope House and surrounded by parkland and gardens, the new £5 million facility will provide round the clock

The Edinburgh trams inquiry into why the project took so long and overran its budget could take as long as two years to complete. The inquiry, led by Lord Hardie, will unlikely call witnesses before the autumn which means the report is not expected to be published before well into 2016.

The Stewart Milne Group will be highlighting significant opportunities for tradespeople and subcontractors to work with it on developments across Scotland at an industry event in Inverness on Thursday. The housebuilder and timber systems manufacturer is holding a supplier engagement event in the cit

Historic Scotland’s landmark £8.9 million Engine Shed project in Forthside, Stirling, has taken another step closer to being realised with the appointment of contractor Esh Border Construction. The construction phase will see the transformation of an unused building into a world-leading education

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has announced the five finalists of their Minecraft Competition which was launched in association with International Construction Management Day on 9 March. The five finalists are:

Glasgow Harbour homes go ahead A plan to build hundreds of flats for rent on the banks of the Clyde has been given the go-ahead.

It is well known that asbestos can be a challenging and expensive problem to encounter on site – either in buildings or in the ground – as well as incurring some significant legal liability. However, proper assessment and management of the REAL risks (as opposed to the commonly believed perceive