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Yosof Ewing I read an article in Construction News recently and it contained a statistic that stopped me in my tracks.

IMPACT Scotland has announced an international shortlist of six architect-led teams that will compete to deliver a design for a new world-class concert venue in the heart of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site. The plans are for a 1,000 seat auditorium with rehearsal studios and recording space behind

Roofing, cladding and complete building envelope specialist the Lakesmere Group has appointed Jon Fearn to the role of business development technical manager for its northern operations. Jon brings with him over 30 years’ industry experience and specific knowledge of the aluminium glazing systems

John Forster By John Forster, group chairman, Forster Group

CCG starts work on £9m hospice refurb project CCG has started work on an £9 million hospice refurbishment project in North Lanarkshire.

A private developer of luxury retirement housing is considering banning residents from smoking in the privacy of their own homes – even though they’ve bought the property. Castle Retirement Living (CRL) has justified the proposal at its new flagship scheme, Castle View Windsor, on the grounds of

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Vastint and TDI Corporation Ltd

Infrastructure and support services group Carillion has completed a major refinancing deal worth £112 million. The group secured finance from German bank Schuldschein Market to replace funding arrangements that are due to mature in 2017 and 2018.

Plans have been submitted for the construction of a fixed pontoon platform to accommodate a restaurant building on the River Clyde. Situated under the Finnieston Crane, the project will include a mooring for a number of vessels including a barge.

Crown Copyright @ Historic Environment Scotland A block of flats in Edinburgh made famous by the novel Trainspotting have been awarded Category A listed status.

Plans have been lodged for a £3 million dementia unit situated next to the existing Queen’s House care home in Kelso. Developers claim the 18-bed Murray House facility on Angraflat Road would create about 30 jobs.

Last year’s Tribunal decision in the J3 Building Solutions v HMRC case has thrown open the whole question of what constitutes a building, according to a landed estates and rural accountant. Building new residential from scratch is zero-rated for VAT, whereas refurbishment of an existing residentia

Brenda Jones Association of Women in Property announces new national chairman

Survival Condo founder Larry Hall has designed bunkers for wealthy clients to use to protect themselves in the event of a natural disaster or nuclear wars. Rather than being utilitarian, the spaces which are buried deep underground in an abandoned missile launch base in Kansas in the US, include a s

Work on a major Edinburgh city centre development site has started after property firm Chris Stewart Group secured a £21 million funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland. To be known as The Mint Building, the completed development will comprise c61,000 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation o