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Amey and HMP Grampian have celebrated the success of the latest cohort of prisoners to complete industry-recognised construction training, helping participants gain qualifications, build practical skills and prepare for future employment opportunities.

NHBC has appointed Caroline Eyre to the newly created role of head of portfolio management. Caroline will oversee the underwriting portfolio, ensuring risk appetite and strategy are translated into disciplined portfolio decisions.

The National Trust for Scotland has unveiled plans for a new visitor centre at The Hill House in Helensburgh, as part of its plans to secure the long-term future of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's internationally significant masterpiece.   The proposals are part of Mackintosh Illuminated, the conse

UK asset manager for property finance, LendInvest, has made three new appointments to its property development finance team. The portfolio management team has been broadened through the appointments of Matt Freeman as senior portfolio manager, as well as portfolio managers Keisi Morina and Andrew Fe

Plans for Kirkcaldy town centre and waterfront have moved forward following community feedback, with the Growth Mission Fund project’s next stage now underway.

KR Group has been shortlisted for two awards recognising its work on Macduff Marine Aquarium’s redevelopment.  The steel fabrication, cladding and sheet metal specialist, which is based in Newburgh, has been nominated in the Façade Awards UK 2026, in the Best Use of a Rainscreen Sy

A free resource pack designed to help construction workers recognise when a colleague may be struggling, begin a conversation about suicide, and know what action to take next has been introduced by the British Standards Institution (BSI). 

Designs for Falkirk’s new Town Hall will go on public display on 27 October for the first time, giving local residents the opportunity to influence the proposals. 

A CITB report has found regional disparities in construction apprenticeship opportunities, with Scotland having fourfold the amount of construction apprenticeship starts per 1,000 workers as London. 

Glasgow's Argyle line and Central Low Level station will undergo improvement work delivered by Network Rail engineers for two weekends later in October.  On 24 and 25 October, work will go ahead and will also take place on 31 October and 1 November.  

A council-commissioned housing development in Coulsdon, South London, has been awarded the UK's most prestigious architecture award, with St Andrew’s Drive in Glasgow missing out on a housing prize. Designed by Mary Duggan Architects with RUFFArchitects, Lion Green Road won this year's Stirlin

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland volunteers recently volunteered at the Community Woods and Garden in Polbeth and West Calder.  The volunteering arrives at a time when work is getting underway at Limefield Grove, which is the most recent development of Taylor Wimpey East Scotland in the local area.

More than 50 new South Lanarkshire Council homes have been completed at Landsdale in East Kilbride, and tenants have started to move in.

A house shaped like a UFO in Idyllwild, California, known as the ‘Donaldson Futuro,’ has now gone on the market for $1.495 million. 

Nearly nine in ten construction professionals say labour shortages are having a negative effect on projects, the most recent Market Report from the international property and construction consultancy Gleeds has found.  Skills shortages are having either a moderate or severe effect on project de