Housing will be given its own ministerial office after new first minister Humza Yousaf completed the appointment of his ministerial team. Consisting of 10 cabinet secretaries, including the first minister, the Scottish cabinet will be supported by 18 junior ministers, with Paul McLennan aw
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A planning application for a new whisky storage warehouse scheme at Bandeath Industrial Estate, Throsk, has been submitted to Stirling Council by Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD).
Scotland's Earth and environment-focused science centre Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh is practising what it preaches by investing in a programme of upgrades to its Stratosphere - a giant curved roof that covers the entrance and events space - to reduce the popular attraction’s carbon footprint. A
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More details on the next Edinburgh Home Demonstrator (EHD) pilot project in the Greendykes area of Edinburgh have been revealed after the project was approved by city planners.
Multi-million-pound investment plans to benefit council homes, tenants and communities across the area were approved at North Lanarkshire Council's recent Housing Committee.
Thomas & Adamson senior partner Alastair Wallace has called for a "rapid response" attitude to mental health issues in the construction industry. With mental health an increasing concern for employers, and recent figures showing a rise in suicide among building staff, Alastair Wallace believes t
Ayrshire-based Compliance LEV, a rapidly expanding Scottish air quality specialist, is to open a major new facility and create more local jobs in order to meet burgeoning demand for its services and to deal with unprecedented levels of new business. The firm, which specialises in Local Exhaust Venti
Renfrewshire Council could look towards housebuilders developing the Dargavel Village project to help fund a projected £69 million bill to rectify a new school being built to only a third of the required capacity. Last November, it was revealed that the brand new £18m Dargavel Prima
Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit more than 300 homes in Dumfries. Work has begun this week on a £1.5 million upgrade of the four-in-a-block sandstone flats at the town’s Sandside Estate, which were constructed in the 1930s.
Property owners seek cover as inflation prompts surge in requests for reinstatement cost assessments
Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has seen a rise in the number of property owners seeking cover as rampant inflation prompts a surge in the volume of requests it receives for reinstatement cost assessments. With inflation being a hot topic in the national conversation with rising cost
Caroline Maciver and Lynda Ross from Burness Paull round up the developers that have signed up for the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord and what the commitments entail. Eight large developers have signed letters to Scottish Ministers expressing their support for the Scottish Gover
Indeglas has been recognised at the Finishes and Interiors 2023 Contractors Awards for the second year running.
Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson (T&A) is helping revitalise a community football centre with the creation of a carbon neutral, state-of-the-art youth facility in Edinburgh.
Renewable energy apprentices now number a quarter of all heating engineer trainees as the race to install more air and ground source heating systems steps up. In the latest intake at Forth Valley College’s Renewables and Energy Efficiency Training Centre, a quarter of the class of 16 apprentic


