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New plans have been submitted by developers to demolish part of the Oak Mall in Greenock and build 123 new flats. The proposal was originally refused by planners earlier this year due to uncertainty surrounding the use of the prominent gap site which would be created.

Housebuilder Campion Homes has dispelled harsh trading conditions as the firm seeks to expand its reach and pursue a mixed tenure strategy.

Architecture and Design Scotland’s (A&DS) director of place, Diarmaid Lawlor, will join Scottish Futures Trust at the start of 2020. Mr Lawlor has worked at Architecture and Design Scotland since 2008 and has during this time led on key work including urbanism, place and a particular focus

Ambitious new proposals for one of Edinburgh’s largest development projects for more than a decade have been unveiled.

Development company Vastint Hospitality has secured planning permission for a new hotel on the banks of the River Ness.

Aberdeenshire-based painting and decorating specialist Bespoke Decorators is planning to expand into Dundee and Tayside after a successful first year in business. The company, which specialises in all aspects of painting and decorating, has ramped up recruitment to grow its team from four to 14 with

Elderpark Housing has announced the appointment of Mears as its new repairs contractor. The announcement follows a successful tender exercise with the firm earlier this year.

Ambassador Homes has announced that it will bring townhouse living to the market in Pollokshaws with the development of 17 homes on the site of a former laundry at Wellmeadow Road. The developer has said that the development will feature a selection of bespoke three and four-bedroom townhouses desig

Charlie Drysdale, project development manager, heat and distributed energy at SSE Enterprise, discusses the issue of heat networks, which is a subject central to the Scottish decarbonisation agenda. Scotland has legislated to become a net-zero carbon society by 2045, with an interim target of 7

Hub South East, development partner to public sector bodies in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Borders, this week presented an early Christmas present to the Grassmarket Community Project, handing over £20,000 thanks to a Charity Golf Day held earlier this year. Hub's Contractors, Morrison Co

Interserve Construction offices and sites held a global safety stand down at 11am today.

Scotland’s top plumbing apprentices completed a near-sweep at last week’s WorldSkills UK competition, with two of the four award winners up for selection to contest for international glory in China in 2021. Moray College student Connor Cruden, of Garry Cowie Plumbing and Heating, receive

Around 1,000 S1–S6 pupils and parents took part in a career carousel event in Kilmarnock Academy, supported by GRAHAM – the construction company delivering early years centres in Stewarton, Cumnock and Kilmaurs as part of the East Ayrshire Early Years Expansion Programme.

A construction boss has become an unlikely social media hit after taking over his teenage daughter's social media accounts as a punishment.

An office building in Glasgow’s South Side is to be converted into flats under new plans lodged by Yeoman McAllister Architects.