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An innovative new housing development is giving people in Dundee the chance to benefit from life enhancing and money saving features which could become common place in affordable housing in the near future. The 21 innovative homes, which offer free broadband and access to the UK’s first non-profit

Plans lodged for five new Dundee homes A planning application for five houses on the site of a former nursery has been lodged with Dundee City Council.

Justin Timberlake’s Can’t Stop the Feeling is the focus of an uplifting, foot-tapping video made to raise money for The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. Launching on July 27, the film was made for hospice supporters, property management company Speirs Gumley, and features staff from their

A drop in private and public housebuilding has contributed to a slowdown in Scottish the construction sector as a whole, according to new research published today. The latest UK Construction Market Survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reported that growth in construction wor

Plans have been unveiled to renovate the Royal Bank of Scotland’s former home on Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square into luxury serviced apartments, restaurants, bars, retail outlets and a gym. The former banking hall will be transformed into a 200-cover bar and restaurant while city restaurant Bon Vi

A housing association pursuing a claim for damages against a sub-contractor has successfully applied to rectify a contract following a dispute about the identification of the company which granted it a warranty. Albyn Housing Society Limited entered into a contract with Rok Building Ltd in 2009 for

Carbon60 are delighted to announce that it has moved to a new office in Pacific Quay, Glasgow, adjacent to the Science Centre and BBC Scotland's new headquarters. The firm said the move reinforces its commitment to continued investment within Scotland and supporting the recruitment needs of the cons

NHS upgrades boost Lanarkshire’s construction trainees Work to expand and refurbish the first of seven operating theatres at Monklands Hospital has helped three young ladies build towards their dream jobs in the construction industry.

The Spanish Treasury has deployed spy planes to catch tax cheats carrying out unregistered building work. Mallorcan newspaper Ultima Hora reports that the Spanish government is flying light aircraft over the country to take aerial photographs of properties where building work has been carried out an

Tarmac has acquired 11 of the 14 readymix concrete sites which were made available as part of Breedon Aggregates’ takeover of Hope Construction Materials. A proposal by Breedon to offload 14 sites to remedy competition concerns arising from its £336 million acquisition was accepted by the Competi

The University of Glasgow has appointed Savills as its strategic investment and development advisor on a new five year contract. The instruction will see the transformation of the existing 70 acre (28 hectare) campus in the west end of Glasgow into a world class teaching and learning hub.

Work to transform a tired 1960s office block in Edinburgh’s West End gets underway this week. The refurbishment of Randolph House in Charlotte Lane will create more than 9,000 sq ft of contemporary, bright, open-plan office accommodation extending over three floors.

The former Victoria Infirmary site in Glasgow is to be redeveloped into new homes after the site was sold to the Sanctuary Group. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said it was impressed with the not-for-profit care provider’s vision for the 9.5 acre site which was selected following a “robu

Construction Scotland and Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) are to host their second joint conference on Tuesday 13 September 2016 at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, bringing together hundreds of the industry’s key influencers and decision makers from construction businesses of all sizes

A group of young people from North Lanarkshire have completed a Get Into Construction training scheme operated by the Prince’s Trust and New College Lanarkshire. They completed four weeks of practical and theory work at the College’s Motherwell Campus before going out on work placement in the co