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Two major educational construction projects spearheaded by hub South West have been nominated in the Best Education and Higher Education category of the 2020 international Partnership Awards. Cumbernauld Academy & Community Theatre and Ayr’s Queen Margaret Academy will compete alongsi

Loretto Housing Association is building 111 affordable homes on three sites across central Scotland. The new homes – in Cardonald in Glasgow, Bishopton in Renfrewshire, and Falkirk – will all be for social rent, bringing much-needed housing for local people in the three communities.

An in-depth study published by a team led by the University of Glasgow has found that the design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low. The report - Delivering design value: The housing design quality conundrum - which looked at all four UK nations, said n

The public will have a chance to view revised proposals for a new residential development in Cairneyhill, Fife.

Grampian Housing Association chief operating officer Craig Stirrat has shared these images at the handover of new homes in Sandhaven.

An architectural technology graduate representing New College Lanarkshire has won a national competition for digital construction. Pawel Kudosz finished in first place in the Autodesk Digital Construction Challenge 2020. The online competition involved 25 students representing nine institutions acro

Streetscape improvement works have been carried out to provide a more pedestrian-friendly environment leading up to Inverness Castle and Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. 

A pioneering conservation project in Caithness has saved a prehistoric monument from ruin. The ruins of Ousdale Burn Broch, north of Helmsdale, had fallen into further disrepair over the past 130 years.

A joint venture (JV) between industrial developer Chancerygate and property fund Bridges Fund Management has exchanged contracts to acquire a 7.5-acre site in Sighthill, where it intends to speculatively develop a ‘best-in-class’ urban logistics project. Called Grayfield House, the site

Avant Homes has named the successor of Colin Lewis after the chief executive officer announced his intention to retire as of April 30, 2021, in accordance with a succession plan introduced last year. The board of directors said it accepted the news with gratitude for the leading role

A Scottish housebuilder is transforming a former Edinburgh industrial site into 77 new homes, thanks to a £5.8 million funding package from Bank of Scotland.

Scottish-headquartered timber business BSW has acquired the building and supply solutions division of Stoke-on-Trent-based SCA Wood UK, which includes the manufacture and distribution of timber and associated products to the home improvement and builders merchant sectors. The move heralds the beginn

Former colleagues with experience of leading successful affordable housing projects have teamed up to form a new architecture practice in Edinburgh. Architect and managing director Stuart Bishop has officially launched SB Architects, a team comprised of a very experienced group including ex-col

A socially distanced topping-out ceremony has been held to mark a key milestone in the construction of the new £28 million Castlebrae Community Campus in Edinburgh.

Plans for an ambitious £300 million onshore wind farm have been unveiled by Banks Renewables in a scoping report submitted to South Lanarkshire Council.  At 300MW generating capacity, the wind farm would be the UK’s third-largest by electricity generated. 300MW is enough to meet the