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Housebuilder Avant Homes has promoted Scott Varley to the newly created role of area managing director for Scotland and north east England. Scott first joined Avant Homes in 2006 as regional land manager for the group’s Yorkshire business, before taking up the post of land director in 2010. In

A B-listed empty office building in Glasgow city centre could be restored back to use as a 149-bed hotel with a three-storey extension.

A project to replace Castlebrae High School in Edinburgh reached an important milestone this week as contract close was achieved. Contract close occurs when parties reach agreement on all the documentation required to progress with the main construction works. Although advance works began on site in

Chris Johnson has been appointed by Balfour Beatty to the newly-created leadership role of chief technology officer. Balfour Beatty said the role will support its growing focus on technology and innovation as a strategic imperative for the infrastructure and construction industry, as well as support

Trade bodies from across the construction sector have been reacting to the Conservatives winning an overall majority after yesterday’s UK General Election.

A disused garage site in East Kilbride town centre has been earmarked for the development of 28 new flats.

Edinburgh Napier University has received a funding gift from Trimble to establish a state-of-the-art technology lab for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC).

Law firm Harper Macleod launched its ‘HM Construction Club’ this week, the first of a series of quarterly seminars scheduled to take place throughout the next year. The seminar on Wednesday evening included presentations from three highly-regarded lawyers in the construction industry.

Sarah-Jane Laing has been appointed as chief executive of Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) as the rural business organisation enters the most challenging era in its 110-year history. Starting out at the organisation fifteen years ago as housing strategy officer before moving to the role of hea

In a guest blog for RTPI Scotland, Jennifer Russell discusses her role as town planning manager at the University of Glasgow.

Housebuilder CALA Group has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (HFHGB) to take a team of 11 employees to India to build a safe home for a vulnerable family. The ‘Build 2020’ team, which is made up of CALA Group employees from across the UK, will travel to the Pondiche

The damage caused in the movie Home Alone would have cost almost £9,000 to fix, according to research. According to Mr Carl Goulding from MyBuilder.com, Kevin McCallister's 4,250ft, three-storey Winnetka, Illinois home featured in the film would have racked up nearly £9,000 worth of repa

A plan to deliver a £45 million concert hall in Edinburgh's New Town has been put on hold as developers explore alternative sites for the project.

Montrose-based principal contractor Pert Bruce Construction has appointed two new members to the board of directors. Laura Reid and Ronnie Lochrie have been promoted with immediate effect with Laura taking up the role of procurement director while Ronnie assumes the role of surveying director.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has appointed Clark Contracts to its new collaborative construction framework, the first government-led agreement which can be used by the whole public sector. The framework can be used by both Central Government and Wider Public Sector Organisations including minister