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Whiteburn Projects is to host its second public consultation for new homes at Viewforth in Kirkcaldy. The project developer is preparing to deliver around 100 new homes, offering a mix of three- and four-bedroom new homes as well as two-bedroom apartments through the conversion of the original C-lis

Housing developer Gladman Developments Limited has sought planning permission for a £9.8 million housing development near Kingseat.

Colin Lavety, Barton Willmore's planning director and Paul McGuire, commercial manager at Morris & Spottiswood, have raised over £5,000 for two Scottish charities by undertaking a 22.6-mile swim, covering the length of Loch Lomond. Colin Lavety raised over £2,700 and swam for Accord

A man was killed at a South Lanarkshire construction site after his boss crushed him with a digger he was not trained to use.

Rightmove has revealed that UK house prices have decreased for the first September since 2010 as the usual autumn rebound failed to transpire.

A solid gold toilet worth £4.8 million has been stolen from Blenheim Palace. Two days after the artwork went on display at the Duke of Marlborough's country home, burglars broke into the palace and ripped it from the wall, leaving in their wake “significant damage and flooding”.

The Scottish Government has called-in plans for a major mixed-use business-led development near Edinburgh Airport due to concerns over the impact the development would have on transport.

A major new payment and mental health survey has been launched by 27 bodies in the UK construction industry to understand how poor payment practices are impacting mental health and business wellbeing.

Planning and development consultancy Turley has expanded the team at its Edinburgh office with two new additions from WYG. Lisa Russell joins as associate director and brings over 15 years’ experience in securing energy, retail, residential and commercial planning permissions. She has also hel

hub South West’s tenth Building for Growth programme, where ambitious local businesses learn how to grow in a sustainable manner by building the skills and internal capacity to take on increasing volumes of business, is now under way.

MacRoberts head of construction Neil Kelly looks at the implications of the Scottish Appeal Court's decision in relation to last year's decision on collateral warranties in the context of time bar of a defects claim. At the end of last year a judge in the Court of Session reached what many regarded

Kier Regional Building Scotland is celebrating after being awarded an industry-leading ‘Gold Award’ for health and safety by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) at a ceremony in Glasgow yesterday. The RoSPA award scheme is the largest and longest-running of its kind

McTaggart Construction has won the ‘Industry and Young People Innovation Award’ at the seventh annual Inspiring City Awards 2019, organised in partnership with The Herald and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.

More than £4.5 million has been invested to improve high rise flats in Fife since the Grenfell disaster in 2017, the local authority has revealed.

In the lead up to Scottish Housing Day next week, Ed Monaghan, group CEO at Mactaggart & Mickel, highlights the importance of creating communities in its work. Mactaggart & Mickel is an award-winning, family-run housebuilder and developer. We build quality homes for private sale across the c