A project manager who oversaw the reinstatement of 22 homes ripped apart by fire damage has been crowned with a coveted construction industry award by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Andrew Deacon, of Linear Design and Consult, was drafted in to help restore the apartments in Glasgow&rsq
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A worker in a prestigious art gallery has sacked and is facing a police investigation for property damage after he secretly put one of his own paintings on public display. The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said the 51-year-old technical employee smuggled the 60cm x 120cm painting into the bu
A hospitality tycoon who bought a £23 million hunting estate next to Balmoral has stepped up his plans to build a mansion on the site.
Fibre cement and fibre gypsum building solutions provider James Hardie has appointed Edward Dunn as channel manager to further support trade partners in the North. Ed has nearly 10 years of account management experience working for large national accounts and independent wholesalers. In his mos
Councillors have given Craig Tara Holiday Park the go-ahead to replace its golf course with almost 140 new caravan pitches.
Cairn Group, the estate agency and letting firm serving Scotland's central belt, has undergone a significant management restructure. The changes see Paul Shields, who has been finance director at Cairn for 17 years, and long-serving sales and investment director Jennifer McGonigle appointe
The Scottish Government's carbon assessment of its flagship £26 billion infrastructure investment plan has failed to provide “concrete evidence” of how it will deliver the emissions cut needed to hit net zero targets, it has been claimed.
Inverness-based contractor Capstone Construction has completed groundworks at a new residential development in the popular Slackbuie area of Inverness.
An Inverclyde councillor has been suspended for one month after he was found guilty of failing to declare an interest in a planning application for a major £350 million housing project at the former IBM Site in Spango Valley, Greenock.
The number of homes coming onto the market for sale in Scotland increased at its strongest rate in three-and-a-half years in March according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.
Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has confirmed that it has concluded a contract with East Lothian Council to deliver 28 affordable homes for social rent, which will form part of its Belhaven Way development in Dunbar.
The tender is live for Scotland Excel’s New Build Residential Framework – the organisation’s largest construction framework that is forecast to be worth £1.5 billion over four years. Companies can now bid to join the second generation framework that will help councils and hou
The construction of a new ferry terminal building in Uig on the Isle of Skye, will be proceeding following a contract award to Robertson Construction Northern. Works are due to commence early summer with a completion in Spring 2025.
One of Persimmon’s first apprentice painters and decorators in Scotland, Frankie O’Dea, was announced as a recipient of the John Mather Award at Ayrshire College last month. The Ayrshire College student took his first steps into the construction industry by enrolling in a course that pre
The Scottish Government has granted development consent to Chleansaid Wind Farm, a proposed 16-turbine wind farm near Lairg.