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Inco Contracts has strengthened its presence in Scotland, with the launch of a new office on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Liquidators have overseen the sale of Fife architectural practice Allan Corfield Architects Ltd (ACA) and its sister company Allan Corfield Structures Ltd (ACS) to DJI Architecture. Founded in Dunfermline in 2009, ACA is a specialist in the self‑build and custom‑build sector, while ACS was estab

BAM UK & Ireland has appointed Mike King from Robertson Construction Group as its new regional director for Scotland. King will join BAM on 17 September, bringing almost 30 years of experience spanning engineering, project management, operational delivery and senior leadership.

Plans have been submitted to Glasgow City Council for the first major step in bringing the Springburn Winter Gardens back into public use, more than four decades after the much-loved Victorian glasshouse closed its doors. The Springburn Winter Gardens Trust (SWGT) has lodged applications for Plannin

Aberdeen Investments has proposed to investors combining its abrdn Real Estate Fund (aREF) and the abrdn Real Estate Feeder Fund with the abrdn Global Real Estate Fund (GREF) to create a flagship global hybrid real estate fund with more than £700 million in assets under management. The proposa

Unite Students has celebrated the ‘topping out’ milestone in the development of its new £126 million Alexander Quay property in Glasgow.

Two Icelandic architects, Arnhildur Pálmadóttir and her son Arnar Skarphéðinsson, have proposed building future cities out of lava. The idea came after Iceland's 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption produced massive amounts of molten rock. They describe lava as "molten concret

Two of Scotland’s best-known legal names are coming together for this year’s Scottish Construction Summit, with Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) and Axiom Advocates confirmed as joint legal sponsors of the event, which moves this year to the SEC Campus in Glasgow. The decision to co-spon

Work is now underway this month on a programme of investment at Grangemouth Town Hall aimed at protecting the historic building and helping ensure it can continue to serve local people for years to come.  The works form part of a £2 million Falkirk Council investment programme supporting

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Keith Bishop as a legal director in its Edinburgh construction team. A highly experienced construction lawyer, Keith is dual qualified in Scotland and England and Wales, and has advised on both contentious and transactional construction matters thro

Project management, cost management and MEP services specialist Contollo Group has added to its senior team with the appointment of Matthew Mackey FRICS as director. Mackey joins Contollo following nearly three decades in senior commercial leadership roles across the UK and Australia, bringing deep

Detailed planning permission has been granted for Tech Terrace, a major new development at the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Renfrewshire.  Adjacent to Glasgow Airport, AMIDS is Scotland’s home of advanced manufacturing and innovation and provides a positi

A Glasgow construction firm is targeting £10 million turnover within the next two years as it prepares to grow its workforce and scale its operations across Scotland and the North of England. VQ Contracts, based in Hillington, expects turnover to reach a record £8.5m this year, up from &

The Scottish Housing Summit will bring together housing associations, local authorities, developers and industry bodies for a day dedicated to the issues shaping housing delivery in Scotland. Running alongside the Scottish Construction Summit, the co-located format also opens up valuable crossover w

Luminary Homes has said it is on track to complete the first phase of a housing development rescued from administration.