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Highland Council has appointed Malcolm Macleod as executive chief officer - infrastructure and environment and Mark Rodgers as executive chief officer - property and housing. The new appointments are part of the council's redesign programme.

The new building regulations can ensure Scotland leads the way in delivering safe, compliant construction projects but they don’t come without their challenges, says Heather Holbrook. At the start of October, Scotland ushered in a new wave of building regulations, aimed at improving the safety

Baird Lumsden, the rural property specialist arm of DM Hall, has appointed Jennifer Campbell as its new head of estate agency. Jennifer graduated with a first-class honours degree from Heriot-Watt University and has worked in rural and city property sales for many years, providing expertise on all a

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has continued its drive to invest in young talent and future-proofing the business with the launch of a new Apprenticeship Academy with Ayrshire College. The team has worked with lecturers at Ayrshire College to create a bespoke training course that will enhance the SQA q

Scotland’s offshore wind sector would increase eightfold under “bold plans” put forward by a new group – building enough capacity to power every household in Scotland twice over.

South Ayrshire Council has officially opened its latest affordable housing development, which was delivered by Cruden Building. Neighbours Louise and Joan love their new homes

A building firm has been ordered to demolish a newly-built £250,000 home. The Press & Journal reports that Aberdeenshire Council’s planners moved in after discovering the detached four-bedroom house had been built without permission on an estate near Banff.

A Dundee-based scaffolding company has lost its licence to operate commercial vehicles after it was found to have gained an unfair competitive advantage over other businesses.

A company which claims to have possessed a number of industrial units in a business park for more than 20 years has been granted a full hearing in an action against a property developer who was allegedly seeking to take over possession of the land.

ENGIE has won a long-term contract to develop and operate a new low carbon decentralised energy scheme at the £1 billion mixed-use Edinburgh St James project.

Edinburgh-based contactor J Smart has said that its underlying profit is unlikely to improve this year due to a decrease in demand for contracting and new private housing work. The Scotsman reported that J Smart told investors that it was "difficult to make an informed forecast for the outcome of th

Linwood-based Malcolm Group has reported an increase in turnover and a fall in profits. The logistics and construction services business said its annual results were "robust" against the backdrop of the Beast from the East weather phenomenon experienced last year.

Building consultancy practice Whitecross has announced the appointment of senior building surveyor Paul Shanahan. With more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry and having worked with clients across a range of sectors, Paul is skilled in numerous areas including feasibi

Two of Britain’s largest contractors have combined to assist a pioneering study into flexible working on construction sites.

Montrose building firm MCK Construction Ltd has been presented with a new Isuzu D-Max Utah Pick Up after beating hundreds of builders across the UK to scoop the overall Master Builder Award in the prestigious Federation of Master Builders’ (FMB) 2019 Master Builder Awards The Master Builder Aw