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LAR Housing Trust has completed a tendering process for its £20 million construction framework. The design and build framework, which will last for a four-year term, is split into two lots and generated considerable interest in the sector.

Drum Property Group has once again scooped the ultimate accolade at this year’s Scottish Property Awards, winning the coveted Property Company of the Year award for the second year running. It is the fourth time in the last six years that Drum has won the awards’ major prize, making it t

Scotland’s life sciences hub Edinburgh BioQuarter has unveiled its vision for its planned £750 million investment which aims to create a new vibrant mixed-use neighbourhood, supporting a community of more than 20,000 people.

Network Rail is soon to begin work on a £7.5 million project to refurbish and repaint the North Queensferry approach span to the Forth Bridge. The refurbishment work is being undertaken by Balfour Beatty which has won the contract to deliver a range of vital maintenance projects around the 130

Quantity surveying and commercial management consultancy Soben has strengthened its senior team to focus on group growth. Andrew Gallacher has been promoted to the role of UK & Europe managing director, and Ian Tucker takes the role of operations director – the position previously held by

Southside Housing Association has submitted plans for a 120-flat development in Pollokshields. Set to replace the existing five and six-storey 1960s blocks of flats, the properties would form phases two and three of the masterplan for the St Andrew’s Drive, Shields Road, Maxwell Drive and St J

Hadden Group has appointed Tommy Devlin to the role of general manager for Hadden Homes. Managing director Steven Brady welcomes Tommy Devlin to the business

Fife-based housebuilder Muir Homes has achieved its most successful year of house sales in six years.

Eildon Housing’s plans to deliver more green homes in the Borders moved another step closer this week. The first of three Passivhaus homes at Springfield Place in St Boswells will complete in March and a further ten-home development at Westruther has secured planning permission.

The main phase of construction work to take Edinburgh’s trams to Newhaven will begin on Leith Walk next month.

A council was forced to delay the reopening of Victorian toilets - because urinals were four inches too high.

A company set up to deliver a number of new schools and community centres in North Lanarkshire which sued a construction company over defects in the development of one of the building projects has been granted a court order to enforce an adjudicator’s decision in its favour.

A proposal to transform Granton Waterfront into a new coastal town with 3,500 new homes has been published by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Plans for a new footbridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal near Maryhill have been given the go-ahead.

Scottish timber company BSW Timber has been acquired by Leeds-based private equity firm Endless for an undisclosed sum after more than 170 years of family ownership.