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Scotframe has become one of the first timber frame specialists in the UK to secure the prestigious NHBC Accepts mark for its Valutherm PLUS build system. This pioneering ‘closed’ panel system - available only from Scotframe - can be used to efficiently construct all types of housing &nda

Edinburgh-based real estate consultants ESPC has revealed the top selling areas in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders throughout 2020.

Work to build a new all-weather pitch at Carrick Academy will start soon.

The installations of seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall that enabled children on either side to play together has won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year award, run by London's Design Museum. Designed by architectural studio Rael San Fratello, the three pink seesaws straddl

Renfrewshire-based construction business City Gate Construction (CGC) has kicked off the new year by launching its new offering installing electric charging points. CGC’s new eco-friendly liveried vehicle was rolled out this week to mark the announcement.

A 52-year-old construction worker was killed after an accident while working on a building site in Dumfries & Galloway yesterday. Police were alerted that a man had been struck by a falling mast at Hallmeadow Place at around 9.45am.

The former Royal High School on Calton Hill is to return to the open market after the City of Edinburgh Council cancelled a long-term legal agreement to redevelop the A-listed building.

More than 4,000 digital files stolen from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in a cyber attack over Christmas have now been illegally published online after the public body rejected a ransom demand.

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Scotland Street School is set to become a place of learning again, after Glasgow City Council officials have asked councillors to approve a £2.8 million plan to safeguard the building. Council planners are asking councillors to approve the proposal to meet

Emtec Property Services has been awarded the refurbishment and conversion of a former Kilmarnock church into a new state of the art climbing facility.

Plans have been submitted to Dundee City Council to convert the former Dundee College of Commerce building into student halls.

The Scottish Government has voiced its support for plans to erect a new building in Tobermory. Argyll and Bute councillors went against planners’ advice and approved the development, despite concerns over a possible flood risk.

As an organisation with challenge engrained in our business culture, we are used to taking ourselves out of our comfort zones, however, 2020 still packed quite a punch. We are weathering the storm, part in thanks to taking the decision four years ago to embark on a business coaching programme. 

Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has helped breathe new life into a popular Govan landmark thanks to a bespoke Building Services solution.

Closer working between Dundee City Council and Scottish Water to manage surface water drainage is helping to unlock potential development sites, the local authority's city development committee will hear next week. Both bodies have committed to work together with developers to find innovative ways o