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Tarmac is partnering with Solutions for the Planet (S4TP) for a seventh successive year to help promote sustainability, science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) careers in schools.

A series of proposed alterations to Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow will cause “irrevocably damages", according to the original architect.

The construction of the University of Glasgow’s new James McCune Smith Learning Hub has generated more than £135 million in social value, according to a new report by lead contractor Multiplex. Giving undergraduate and postgraduate students access to state-of-the-art learning spaces

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has awarded Casey Construction the £3.6 million contract to extend and refurbish St Andrews Primary School. Councillors previously agreed to include the project within the current capital programme.

Construction work is under way on the multi-million pound Allander Leisure and Day Care Centre. East Dunbartonshire Council is redeveloping the current Bearsden site as part of a £42.5 million investment - including a new, state-of-the-art sports and leisure complex, as well as a support centr

International, independent real estate consultancy Hollis has expanded its environmental consultancy team with the appointment of Pamela Hall as an associate in Edinburgh.   Hall is responsible for advising clients on the environmental as well as health and safety risks and opportunities a

Scotland's built environment professional bodies have issued a joint statement calling on new ways of working that embed resilience into how our places function and develop over time.

Integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business RSK Group Ltd has added three more UK businesses to the group. CR Civil Engineering Ltd, the Enviresearch group and E.D.P. Health, Safety and Environment Consultants Ltd (EDP) become RSK’s 12th, 13th, and 14th acqu

The innovation consortium set up to transform the housebuilding sector has today published its second-year progress report showing encouraging results and key learnings for the sector.

Persimmon and Perth & Kinross Council have been given two weeks to respond to an official complaint to a Scottish Government Reporter regarding sewage concerns one of the housebuilder's planned developments in Kinross. Earlier this year, reporter David Buylla said he is minded to

Large housing developments should contain ‘mobility hubs’ for transport as a condition of planning consent to improve the environment and reduce congestion, ministers have been told.

Plans have been submitted by JM Architects for a block of 16 flats on brownfield land at Dalmeny near South Queensferry.

Property group Savills has upgraded its 2021 UK house price forecasts, predicting a 3% rise in Scottish house prices in 2021. The firm predicted that average UK house prices will rise by 4% over the year, with a 21.1% growth from 2021-25. Prices in Scotland will increase by 22.8% by 2025, it added.

Award winning builder, broadcaster, and construction mental health advocate Andy Stevens hopes to raise much needed funds for the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity by embarking on a unique build project dubbed ‘Perfect 10’. The Perfect 10 project aims to be the first ever build wh

Major resurfacing works costing more than £400,000 are to take place on Stewartfield Way in East Kilbride.