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Full details of a landmark office development at 191 West George Street in Glasgow city centre have been unveiled for the first time as the £5.5 million refurbishment project marks three months to go until completion. Completing in December 2017, the revamp includes the formation of a new double he
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Graham Construction has successfully handed over the £20 million Elgin Place development in Glasgow for iQ Student Accommodation. The purpose-built development, in Bath Street, offers 323 units of single occupancy studio rooms and cluster flat rooms over 14 floors with a large ground floor retail s
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The Turf House on the Isle of Skye. Image credit: Nigel Rigden A new book is being published this month celebrating the many ways in which different timber technologies have been used in residential design and construction over the last 10 years and the technical innovations that are now shaping the
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Roger Campbell Roger Campbell outlines what construction directors should consider when deciding whether to take profits as a salary or dividend.
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Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group and project director of the Social Bite Village In February of this year, Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group, agreed to take on the role of project director for the Social Bite Village in Edinburgh.
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Rural affairs secretary Fergus Ewing has announced a new Innovation Challenge that will encourage the Scottish timber technologies sector to innovate and develop new products and systems for the construction industry. Run as an open competition, the Challenge seeks to drive innovation by offering su
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Housing minister Kevin Stewart has announced £90,000 to support pilot projects to assist people wanting to build their own homes with a new Challenge Fund. Speaking at the closing event of the Festival of Architecture in Edinburgh, Mr Stewart will confirm the new fund will be open for applications
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Councillor Yvonne Allan (left) and Gavin Clark (operations manager for Tayside and Grampian Scottish Natural Heritage) cut turf at the start of the Middlefield Project alongside members of the Middlefiled Project steering group Work has begun on one of seven major urban greenspace projects that have
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An artist’s impression of the proposed linear park – inspired by New York City’s High Line – that could soon grace the top of the revamped Bowling Harbour bridge at the gateway to the Forth & Clyde Canal A new linear park inspired by New York City’s High Line could be set for the weste
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West Dunbartonshire Council is set to remove external window panels on 11 high-rise blocks in Clydebank as the post-Grenfell review of Scotland’s buildings continues to raise questions over the use of cladding in use across the country. The council commissioned an external expert to conduct compre
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To mark Anti-Slavery Day in the UK today, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and Stronger Together will be joined be industry leaders in spearheading a pioneering collaborative initiative to tackle modern slavery in the construction sector. Recent figures released by the International Labour
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CALA Homes is donating £45k to deserving charities and community groups across Scotland, as part of its landmark community bursary scheme.
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Jonathan Hyndman Jonathan Hyndman, partner at Rosling King LLP, discusses the key legal issues that parties to a construction contract must consider when negotiating provisions as to prohibited materials.
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Artists from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design have used the latest technology to bring Dundee’s much-missed Royal Arch back to life for this year’s NEoN Digital Arts festival. Dr Alice Watterson and Dr Kieran Baxter combined their archaeological and animation skills to recreate
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