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Glasgow City Council has given its approval to a £72.84 million investment that will bring hundreds of new affordable homes to the city. The Glasgow Affordable Housing Supply Programme will help to deliver 743 homes towards the council's commitment to build 3,500 affordable homes by May 2017, and c

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the Scottish Government to switch its housing policy from assisting demand towards assisting supply if it is to effectively tackle the housing crisis. In its annual Residential Policy Paper, the RICS highlighted the success of Help to

The development firm owned by Sir David Murray has submitted proposals for the first phase of a £1 billion “Garden District” in Edinburgh. Murray Estates’ plans will see 1500 homes, a new primary school and a network of roads and streets built on land next to Edinburgh Park and the Royal Bank

Scottish Government ministers have provisionally upheld plans to develop a former psychiatric hospital in Dundee into hundreds of new homes. Plans for Strathmartine Hospital in Baldovan, to the north of Dundee, had originally been approved by Angus Council despite strong opposition from neighbouring

The Scottish Government has reached its renewable energy consumption target levels seven years early after a record amount of the country’s electricity was generated from renewables in the first half of 2015. Statistics published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change show a 13.5 per cent

Ayrshire College Kilmarnock Campus achieves 'Outstanding' BREEAM rating A project developed by McLaughlin & Harvey has achieved the highest available BREEAM rating.

A new campaign has been launched to encourage people to consider a career in construction in an effort to fill more than 220,000 new jobs that will be created in the sector. The ‘Go Construct’ initiative comes as research shows four people in five wish they had received more advice and guidance

Oban Airport access improvements project progresses Work on the first of Argyll and Bute Council’s Lorn Arc projects, a business park access scheme at Oban Airport, is going well.

The upward trend in the number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland in 2015 was halted slightly between June and August, according to new figures. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,471 new homes were registered over the quarter compared to 3,543 homes between

Rothesay Pavilion on the Isle of Bute has closed to the public as work begins to transform the building into a cultural centre. Designed by Elder and Cannon, the two-year £8 million refurbishment programme will see major repairs to the Grade-A listed building, a second performance venue and a new t

University of Glasgow’s £23m Centre for Virus Research officially opened A new £23 million facility for virus research has been officially opened at the University of Glasgow.

A glass walkway suspended 180 meters (590 feet) above ground has opened in China. Called Brave Men's Bridge, the recently completed structure spans 984-feet above a sheer drop in China's central Hunan Province.

Construction services company ISG has commenced additional projects in the east of the country for the University of Edinburgh. After successfully completing the first phase of the Ashworth building redevelopment for the School of Biological Sciences, ISG is now commencing the second phase, valued a

A Scottish firm approved by the UK government as green energy advisers has been handed a record fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for making millions of nuisance telephone calls. Cambuslang-based Home Energy & Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELM) received the penalty after makin

South Ayrshire Council has appointed a contractor to complete works on a golf clubhouse after it was forced to terminate the original building contract. 3B Construction Ltd will start work at Belleisle Golf Club House on October 5th with a view to completing the £1.5 million clubhouse in March 2016