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Asbestos removal contractors can now rate the performance and behaviour of site operatives with the launch of a new app. The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) said its Asbestos Labour Feedback App (ALFA) is the first of its kind in the industry.

Kee Safety, a leading global supplier of fall protection solutions and safety railing systems, has announced an exciting new venture that sees four of its Scottish-based businesses merge into one premier fall protection company.

The Scottish Government has pledged to increase investment in infrastructure year on year so that by the end of the next Parliament it will be £1.5 billion higher than last year.

CALA Homes (North) and Meldrum House Estate have been granted permission to create a collection of homes within the grounds of the hotel and golf club. Aberdeenshire Council has given the go-ahead for the development of 36 new homes, adding to the previously approved redevel

Proposals to remove rules supporting sustainable development in Scotland would harm renewable energy deployment and the country’s efforts to tackle the climate emergency, according to Scottish Renewables.

Housebuilder Barratt Development is looking ahead with "cautious optimism" and renewing its focus on medium-term targets after revealing it took a £74.3 million hit on COVID-19-related costs. The company said pre-tax profit had fallen by 46% to £492m for the year to 30th June 2

Italian-British architect and pioneer figure of high-tech architecture Richard Rogers has retired from the practice he founded 43 years ago. The Centre Pompidou in Paris was designed by Richard Rogers with Renzo Piano. Image courtesy of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

As the new Queensferry High School (QHS) welcomes its first influx of pupils, international design practice Ryder Architecture has outlined the building's low carbon qualities.

Work to provide more affordable homes for rent has started across Dumfries and Galloway as part of an £11 million project.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has just completed its 107 new homes development at Glenshellach in Oban. The last houses handed over in ACHA’s new build development at Glenshellach

TÜV SÜD UK has become one of the first MEP consultancies in the UK to be awarded the ISO 19650 accreditation for its Building Information Modelling (BIM) service.

Rural Housing Scotland has called for a restructuring of funding set up to deliver more homes for rural communities after new data revealed just 68 new homes were built under initiatives that promised more than 500.

ECD Architects has been appointed to join ng homes’ framework for the next four years. Based in North Glasgow, ng homes provides approximately 5500 high quality homes for people in the region and is a responsible and progressive community organisation.

New guidance for developers on connecting to or creating district heating systems in Dundee could be set for consultation.

A huge mural that has been painted on the gable-end of a Hillcrest Homes tenement block in Dundee’s Stobswell is one of the city’s biggest and most colourful artworks. Hillcrest chief executive Angela Linton, deputy chief executive Fiona Morrison, housing officer Ben Gibson and tenant pa