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A pre-application consultation is underway into plans for hundreds of homes on the eastern edge of Glasgow. Avant Homes is proposing to develop on a site on greenbelt land south of Lochend Road, beside Easterhouse.

A number of rare and nationally significant discoveries offering a unique glimpse of Ice Age Britain have been made during archaeological investigations at the site of a new town in Devon.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland challenged Primary 5 pupils of St Bridget’s Primary School in Baillieston to design a sign that could be installed near its show homes off Muirhouse Road in Broomhouse to encourage drivers to slow down.

The winners of a design competition created by the homebuilders behind the Maidenhill consortium have now been announced after pupils at St. Ninian’s High School and Mearns Castle High School got to work on a sculpture to welcome visitors and residents to development. CALA Homes (West) and Tay

Fairview International School in Bridge of Allan offered the local community the opportunity to learn about the transformation project of the old historic Royal Hotel that is currently taking place at an event that formed part of the school’s Chinese New Year celebrations. The event offered th

More than 140 homes are to be built in Irvine as part of a new Simplified Planning Zone (SPZ) adopted by North Ayrshire Council.

A public consultation has started to help the process of identifying options for improving transport connections on the A92 from Bridge of Don to Bridge of Dee.

Construction experts across the United Kingdom have painted a positive picture for the industry over the next year with strong levels of activity expected despite mounting concerns around sourcing materials and labour.

Gail Docherty has been appointed as head of the residential conveyancing team at Macdonald Henderson. Ms Docherty has an impressive range of experience in the residential property market, having acted as an advisor to private clients and lending institutions, developers and management companies.

DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of construction litigator Jilly Petrie as a partner in its national professional & commercial risks team, which sits within its global insurance practice. Ms Petrie, who is based in DACB’s Glasgow office, moves from BTO Solicitors where she has

A woman who hired a construction company to build a luxury dog hotel in Aberdeenshire has lost an appeal seeking to reduce a decree ordering her to pay over £40,000 to the company.

Clare Haughey MSP, minister for children and young people has visited the construction site of the Maybole Community Campus as the £50 million site starts to take shape. Work is progressing well, with one of the two all-weather pitches already in place and steelwork appearing on the

Construction professionals are still suffering the “scourge” of a Victorian era payments system that was brought in to stop cowboy railway builders doing a runner, the managing director of electrical trade association SELECT has told national radio. Speaking on the Clive Holland Show on

Edinburgh boiler service repair start-up HeatFix Scotland hopes to create 20 new jobs in the city within the first year of operation. Founded by former Royal Navy helicopter engineer Andrew Lamond, the new boiler repair business launches this month.

A new primary school for East Kilbride has moved another step closer with the approval of a full business case for Jackton Primary School.