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Collective Architecture has unveiled designs for a proposed new build community centre in Glasgow as a planning application is submitted by Possilpark People’s Trust.

US private equity group Lone Star has launched a £630 million takeover bid for McCarthy & Stone with the retirement homes specialist's board recommending that shareholders accept the offer.

The winner of the Scottish Construction Now subscription competition has been revealed.

Argyll and Bute Council has recommended that the Scottish Government takes forward the first of 11 options to address landslide issues at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful following a consultation by Transport Scotland.

Glasgow City Council was yesterday given an update on the progress of the Sighthill Transformational Regeneration Area (TRA) which noted the achievement of key milestones and looked forward to future projects within the TRA.

A new state of the art Water Treatment Works (WTW) that was delivered by sea to a Harris beach has entered service. The news marks the completion of a £4.5 million investment by Scottish Water to provide a single, improved water supply for the island’s westernmost communities of Gobhaig,

Scientists at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have successfully pinpointed fragments of coronavirus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA) in local waste water samples across the country.

Glasgow City Council has accepted a further £2.705 million from the Scottish Government's Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) for five community-focused regeneration projects in the city. The RCGF is a Scottish Government budget, developed in partnership with COSLA and local autho

Plans are being drawn up for the creation of 180 new homes and luxury log cabins at Prestonhill quarry in Inverkeithing. The plans are being led by developers DDR (UK) Ltd. There are few details about the plans, other than it is likely to comprise of 135 newbuild homes and 45 housing association pro

Trade association SELECT has cautiously welcomed a proposed one-year delay to new rules on domestic smoke alarms – but says Holyrood needs to roll out a major awareness campaign on the rules in the meantime. The campaigning body for the electrotechnical sector says it understands why

Chartered surveyors DM Hall said the post-lockdown property boom has been “like a dam burst ” as pent-up demand has seen a surge of interest from prospective buyers. Alan Gordon, senior partner, said the property market has proved to be extremely resilient and has “behaved very wel

Glasgow City Council has approved the acceptance of up to £21.3 million of funding from Sustrans - as part of the 'Places for Everyone' programme - for the Avenues Plus project, which will see the existing Avenues programme extended to connect the city centre to surrounding neighbourhoods.

A Glasgow-based architect and designer has been selected to create the prizes at the Scottish Album of the Year Awards 2020 (SAY Awards).

The Scottish Government’s pledge to create thousands of renewables jobs is "in tatters" after the collapse of a deal between BiFab and EDF over the manufacture of jackets for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm.

A Strategic Development Framework (SDF) that will guide the development of Glasgow city centre over the next 30 years has been approved today by the local authority.