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UK housebuilder Keepmoat now has 60 Mental Health First Aiders who have been trained across the business, spanning both office-based teams and on-site staff. Delivered in partnership with the Lighthouse Charity, the training equips employees with the skills and confidence to recognise the signs of m

A combination of a rise in demand for premium, highly amenitised Grade A office space and a shortfall in supply in many markets has led to double digit percentage increases in fit-out costs over the past year in major global cities, including Edinburgh and Glasgow, according to a new report by Turne

Plans to transform Coatbridge through a £19.5 million regeneration programme have been approved by the UK Government, marking a major milestone for the town’s future.  Coatbridge has been allocated £19.5m over a 10-year period as part of the UK Government’s Pride in Plac

A new series of webinars has been launched to equip the construction industry with essential skills for timber development.

The Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire housing market showed broad stability in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest Aberdeen Housing Market Report published by the Centre for Real Estate Research (CRER) at the University of Aberdeen Business School, using data supplied by ASPC.

The Highland Council has confirmed revised proposals for three major Masterplan Consent Areas (MCAs) across the region, with all sites scaled back following public engagement.

Around 900 senior leaders and representatives from across the Scottish home building sector are meeting in Edinburgh today for Homes for Scotland’s (HFS) Annual Lunch & Awards 2026 – the first such industry gathering since last week’s Holyrood election. With Scotland now in the

Persimmon Homes has withdrawn its planning application for the proposed expansion to the north of Cupar.

A new development of 17 affordable homes is set to be delivered in Banchory by Grampian Housing Association and Cala Homes. The official start of work on the homes at Cala’s Raemoir Park site was marked in a ceremony attended by the Deputy Provost of Aberdeenshire, Councillor Ron McKail.

McTaggart Construction has officially opened Willox Park, a new development of 17 age-friendly and wheelchair-accessible homes in Dumbarton, delivered in partnership with West Dunbartonshire Council.

Five years after Scotland’s first large‑scale water‑source heat pump went live at Queens Quay, the district heat network designed and delivered by Vital Energi is now supplying hundreds of homes across Clydebank.

A Materials Scientist who has spent two decades incorporating recycled materials into the construction process in order to reduce waste and reduce carbon has heaped praise on teenage sisters who have used the tragedy of war as the catalyst for a new method of turning rubble into bricks.

MEP engineering consultancy Wallace Whittle has bolstered its services with the acquisition of utilities infrastructure consultancy firm Petrie Buchanan. Founded in 2002, Petrie Buchanan is well established across the UK and provides multi-utility infrastructure design and management to housebuilder

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has delivered a three-day programme of activities during Futurebuild and UK Construction Week 2026 in London. Across the three-day event, the innovation centre contributed to ten events, including workshops, programme launches, roundtables, si

Aberdeen City Council has chartered progress on a number of construction projects, including part of its £150 million commitment towards the City Centre and Beach Master Plan (CCBMP). The council’s Finance and Resources Committee yesterday agreed to updates on the current CCBMP projects,