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Historic Environment Scotland’s national Retrofit Centre for Traditional Buildings is to become part of Scotland’s Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills in Camelon, Falkirk.

Martin Flett, founding director of Edinburgh-based Ossian Architects, has been awarded RIAS Accreditation in Conservation Architecture. The accreditation follows assessment of Martin’s experience in the conservation, alteration and adaptation of historic buildings, including listed townhouses,

Linear Group has merged two of its divisions in a move it said will enhance the expert service offering for building owners, managers, contractors and developers. Established in 2020, Linear Building Compliance (LBC) and Linear Fire Safety (LFS) will now operate as one integrated unit under the LBC

Pegasus Group has established its first dedicated design team in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, the five-person team is led by Mike Ward, senior director - design lead, who will help grow Pegasus' design presence across Scotland while supporting clients throughout the wider UK.

UK Government cabinet minister for artificial intelligence, Kanishka Narayan MP, visited the site of the UK’s Next National Supercomputer in Edinburgh, marking progress on the project with a commemorative steel signing. Building work on the site to house what will be the UK’s most powerf

The Scottish Government's chief planner and the national planning improvement champion (NPIC) have written to planning colleagues setting out a new action plan aimed at accelerating the delivery of Local Development Plans (LDPs), warning that the decisions made now will "establish important precede

Airdrie-based firm Aspire Developments Scotland has been selected as this year’s Scotland’s Best Building Contractor in the annual Scottish Home Improvement Awards for the first time. The firm scooped the award during a black-tie gala event in Glasgow’s DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel o

Taylor Wimpey and the Lighthouse Charity are working together to boost access to mental health and wellbeing support for those who work in construction. 

The first phase of the £14 million Great Harbour project in Irvine has been completed and officially celebrated. 

The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has appointed Mel Edwards as training and skills support manager, a new position formed to provide practical support to CPA members within training, skills, recruitment and funding. Edwards, who has more than 35 years of experience in the construction tr

Construction insolvencies rose to 294 in August this year, up 0.7% from 292 in August last year, amid “uncertainty over future pipeline allocation and mobilisation.”

A young joiner from Alloa, who is the first female apprentice joiner at Persimmon Homes in Scotland, has gained support from the Clackmannanshire Council leader and local MSP. Cara MacDougall has received the tools she needs to start her construction career after she met with Clackmannanshire Counci

Glasgow prime office rents could get to £45 per square foot for the first time by the end of the year, as occupiers compete for space in the city centre, new research from Knight Frank has shown.

Pupils and residents in Erskine, Renfrewshire, are now able to access safer walking and cycling routes in their local area, following the delivery of a major pathway improvement project. The Red Smiddy shared pathway project in Erskine got over £1.5 million in funding via the Active Travel Inf

Castle Building Services has delivered the full mechanical, electrical, public health and renewable services for the new Dumfries High School, with the £53 million project creating facilities for more than 930 pupils.