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The long-awaited vision for a village centre at Wester Inch is taking shape, with work now under way on five new retail units designed to bring new shops and services to the Bathgate community. Kirsteen Sullivan MP joined Persimmon Homes regional managing director James MacKay at the site to tour th

Senior managers across the construction sector do not have the awareness, knowledge or organisational support needed to effectively manage silica dust, according to a major new study funded through the Chartered Institute of Building's (CIOB) Paul Dockerill Award.

A £4.6 million project to improve the reliability, resilience and long-term performance of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) will get underway next month.

East Lothian Council has published officer assessments of a list of potential development sites as it looks to identify land for 6,650 houses during the period of the next Local Development Plan (LDP2).

Advance Construction has hailed its inaugural Advance Construction Experience as a huge success after more than 36,000 people attended the free, family-focused event at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum over the weekend of 8 and 9 August.

Scotland’s affordable housing ambitions face significant delivery challenges unless underlying pressures across the housing and construction sectors are addressed, new research by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) has indicated.

Fife Council said it is making significant progress on two council housing projects that will deliver more than 100 properties for local families. Members of the council’s cabinet committee yesterday welcomed news that work has restarted at the Lochgelly Road development in Lumphinnans, where

Any UK built environment strategy must address deep systematic failures relating to competence, compliance, accountability and professional competence, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has said. The UK Government is currently consulting on its forthcoming strategy for industr

New research issued by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has revealed that workers are becoming less willing to travel long distances for employment, highlighting the need to develop localised workforces to support local employers. 

One of the UK's largest housebuilders has urged the government to take action on housing access amid concerns that persistent industry pressures are clouding the near-term outlook.

House prices in Scotland have continued rising, according to the balance of respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, however, only marginally so. A net balance of five per cent of respondents in Scotland report that house prices rose in the

A new housing development on the Isle of Harris was officially opened this week by first minister John Swinney. The 12-home development at Lèana an t-Sruith, Leverburgh, was completed in November 2025 for Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) by Alex Murray Construction Limited.

Keepmoat is to increase the delivery of homes at one of the largest regeneration projects in the UK following a strategic re-plan and planning approval from Glasgow City Council.

Residents are being invited to find out more about proposals for new council housing in Kirkcaldy at a drop-in information event next week.

Former teachers, award-winning waiters and a mother of two are among the Scots from all walks of life who are swapping their old careers for a future in construction as Persimmon Homes recruits a record 50 apprentices to help tackle the nation's housing shortage. The housebuilder has welcomed 13 new