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Scottish home improvement specialist CR Smith has reinforced its commitment to Scotland’s social housing sector after a period of ongoing growth in orders from local authorities and housing associations over the last four years.

SSEN Distribution has chosen four firms for £300 million of work to install a new network of pylons across the north of Scotland over five years.

Plans have been unveiled for 35 new houses on the site of a former Angus poultry processing plant. 

Cala Homes' plans for the construction of 158 homes on land near Hillbrae Way in Newmachar have been approved, as reported by The Press and Journal. 

A major housing development in Monkton has reached completion after five years of construction, delivering 286 new homes alongside significant investment, skills opportunities and heritage preservation for the local area.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has received planning permission for a new development of housing consisting of 37 new homes in Dalintober, Campbeltown.

Scotland should consider embedding an independent oversight group alongside the More Homes Scotland (MHS) agency to support long-term housing delivery, according to a new paper published by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

House prices in Scotland have continued rising, according to the balance of respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, indeed at a firmer rate than in the previous survey. Surveyors are also more optimistic about the short-term outlook than t

Design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe has marked the topping out of Mantle Yard, a 604-bed Purpose-Built Student Accommodation development on Baltic Street in Leith.

A small town in Quebec has become the first municipality in Canada to formally recognise trees as living beings with rights of their own.

GRAHAM, the UK and Ireland construction and infrastructure group, has reported a sharp rise in profitability for the year ended 31 March 2026, alongside a raft of major contract wins spanning education, healthcare, housing and infrastructure. Group revenue rose 16% to £1.23 billion, up from &p

Glasgow-based electrical contractor BGL Contracts Limited has entered administration, resulting in the loss of all 40 jobs after facing mounting financial pressures. The firm, which has operated for almost 20 years, appointed Interpath managing directors Alistair McAlinden and Geoff Jacobs as joint

A Hamilton-based company has been fined after a worker died when a series of wall panels collapsed and ejected him from a scissor lift.

The organisers of the Scottish Construction Summit are delighted to announce that Steven Boyd MBE, CEng, FIMechE, FICE will deliver the keynote address at this year's event. Steven brings a wealth of experience from a distinguished executive career spanning major projects and the management of large

Plans have been submitted for a key clean energy project to support the transmission of renewable energy across the Isle of Lewis.