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Chartered building surveyor Whitecross Building Consultancy has appointed Kevin Miller as project manager as part of its continued business expansion. Whitecross, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is a thriving building consultancy advising clients throughout the UK from offices in Gl

SPIE UK has secured an eight-week contract with Scotland TranServ to upgrade the lighting system in the M8 Charing Cross Underpass. 

Barratt Homes is recruiting 19 new apprentices this year as part of its ongoing commitment to tackling the skills shortage in the construction industry.

Investment in Scottish commercial property remained resilient despite a dip in volumes amid political and macro-economic challenges, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent real estate consultancy found that £2.074 billion worth of deals concluded in 2019. This was 10.38%

A “world-leading” Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) is planned for Aberdeen to accelerate the delivery of net zero solutions and secure a strong economic future built on offshore wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), alongside oil and gas.

The 99th and 100th facilities to have been refurbished or replaced through the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future programme will be officially opened later this week.

SELECT has reminded its members to have their say and take part in an industry-wide consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction. Managing director Alan Wilson said that every member business should make their views known to the Scottish Government discussion before it closes on 25 Mar

Housing minister Kevin Stewart has called for urgent action to resolve an issue which has seen homeowners unable to sell or re-mortgage their homes following the publication of cladding advice from the UK Government.

Work has officially completed on a project to bring much-needed quality and affordable social housing to Elgin.

A trio of high-rise flats will be demolished in Airdrie to make way for new housing, signalling the first major step in North Lanarkshire Council’s ambitious regeneration plans. The three blocks of eight-storey towers at Holehills in Airdrie - Cheviot, Merrick and Pentland courts which held 13

Two well-known organisations are now over £7,400 better off following a hugely successful year-long fundraising drive by Morrison Construction.

Miller Homes has raised over half a million pounds for people living in poverty worldwide in support of its corporate charity partner Habitat for Humanity Great Britain.

The restoration of the iconic Botanic Garden Garage in Glasgow’s West End, on which Hardies Property & Construction Consultants acted as project manager and quantity surveyor for Arnold Clark Automobiles, has been named as a finalist in the Regeneration Project of the Year at the Scottish

Researchers investigating the potential for the long-term habitation on the Moon have agreed to extend the scope of their existing study.

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a painter working at Aberdeen’s new exhibition centre.