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Scotland’s construction-led economic recovery is threatened by a combination of sharply rising prices, disrupted supply chains and a chronic shortage of labour as the consequences of a no-deal Brexit coupled with the impact of the Covid pandemic.

Housebuilder Dandara (East Scotland) has relocated into the heart of the Central Belt as part of its ambitious expansion drive to more than quadruple its annual rate of construction. MD Iain Innes, who joined Dandara last year, has led a recruitment campaign to get a larger team in place ready to ex

The first three months of 2021 saw enquiries with local building firms across the UK increase at their fastest rate in a decade, fuelling significant difficulties with construction material shortages, according to new data from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Scotland. The latest FMB State o

A new housebuilding strategy that guarantees net zero carbon emissions for every new home, while reducing the cost of energy bills, has been launched by architects Anderson Bell + Christie (AB+C).

Real estate investment firm AM alpha has announced it has commenced a major programme of works to transform an office development in a stunning waterfront location in Glasgow’s city centre.

George Martin Builders have taken over the building work at Hillcrest's delayed development on Dundee’s Seagate. A spokesman for Hillcrest confirmed it had “parted ways” with the original developer Seagate Ltd and had retendered work for the 28-home, £3.5 million develop

CALA Homes has submitted a new planning application to Aberdeen City Council for a development in partnership with the charity VSA.

Engineering specialist SES Engineering Services (SES) has announced the completion of its contract with main contractor Multiplex on a prestigious new £90 million learning space for the University of Glasgow.

Glasgow-based building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) has been appointed to a new education contract in West Lothian with works comprising the construction of a new build extension to Pinewood Primary School in Blackburn.

Consulting and engineering services provider Tetra Tech has been appointed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) to provide project management advisory services and infrastructure design consulting at the RAF Lossiemouth air force base for the cutting-ed

Scottish bid and tender specialist AM Bid is on course to report a £1 million turnover for the first time after rebounding strongly from the effects of the national lockdown. Like many businesses, the company faced some challenging times last year, particularly in spring 2020 following the pan

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed energy management professional Mark O’Neill as head of energy in its Glasgow office. With ever-tighter regulations in relation to the energy performance of properties, Mr O’Neill joins the firm’s dedicated nationwide Ene

Scottish Water has reached a major milestone in its £30 million upgrade of water services in the Scottish Borders.

Industry body Homes for Scotland has secured significant political support for its own manifesto call for the delivery of at least 25,000 new homes each year. The backing, ahead of this week’s election, from key Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP candidates was confirmed dur

Tulloch Developments is to begin the first phase of demolition work at the old Anderson High School site at the Knab in Lerwick. Work is set to begin in early May, and take around eighteen weeks to complete. This initial phase will focus on physically separating the existing buildings by removing va