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Glasgow City Council has outlined the ongoing success of the regeneration of Central Govan, with investment of around £90 million since 2006, and plans for the area's future. The investment has seen new homes, business and community space in Govan as well as more attractive streets, shops and publi

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the abolition of a cap on what local authorities in England can borrow to build houses. In her keynote speech to the Conservative party conference yesterday, Mrs May said the move shows her commitment to help fix the housing crisis.

The new homes in Dougrie Drive A development by Glasgow Housing Association of 130 homes for social rent in Castlemilk has been hailed as the best in Scotland.

Arc-Tech rounds off successful debut into student housing sector in Stirling Mechanical and electrical services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has added to its reputation for reliability by successfully delivering the £1.7 million building services element of the overall construction contract f

Willmott Dixon has teamed up with robotics firm Eksobionics to trial a high-tech exoskeleton vest to protect supply chain partners working on a new school development in Cardiff. Willmott Dixon is the first company in the construction industry to trial ‘Eksovest’ – an upper body exoskeleton ve

Brunton Design has received formal instruction from its client to make an application for planning approval for its mixed-use development on Dundee’s Marketgait. Under the plans for the prominent city centre location, the £6 million development will deliver 43 residential units as well a

Six men have been jailed for more than 30 years over a solar panels scam that defrauded 1,500 vulnerable customers out of £17 million. Brothers David Diaz and Ludovic Black from Glasgow targeted elderly, retired and vulnerable people who were “manipulated” into buying panels on the false promis

A formal planning application has been submitted for a £158 million wind farm at Glenshero in the Highlands. SIMEC, part of the GFG Alliance, said its proposal follows a year of environmental and technical studies and extensive public consultation.

Property developer London & Scottish Investments has been fast out of the traps to start work on converting a former greyhound track at North End Park in Cowdenbeath into a state of the art retail estate which will create 110 new jobs. The £8.5 million development will see Lidl and B&M set

The foundation stone for the £68 million Barony Campus in Cumnock has been laid by Deputy First Minister John Swinney. Being delivered by Morrison Construction, the innovative and ambitious community learning project will offer unparalleled educational, sporting, social, enterprise and leisure oppo

A multi-million-pound proposal to provide significant investment within five cross-border local authority areas has formally been submitted to UK and Scottish governments. The Borderlands Deal’s proposals, which support a wide range of innovative projects, comprises four place-based projects and s

Harbour Gateway at Edinburgh's Western Harbour Hart Builders has been shortlisted for a trio of awards at the Scottish Procurement Awards.

The Caithness-Moray Electricity Network Reinforcement project The search is on to find Scotland’s standout built projects which are having a significant positive impact on their local communities following the opening of entries for the RICS Awards 2019, Scotland.

Christiana Ekpete, health and work support case manager, and Kenny Forman, health improvement practitioner, with Robertson subcontractors Robertson has pledged its support to a new service that will help promote workplace wellbeing in the construction industry.

Glencommon Double award success for Aberdeenshire housebuilding duo