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A state-of-the-art fully electric gritter will join the fleet of vehicles that will help keep Scotland moving this winter.

Gary Milne, technical & design director for Stewart Milne Homes Central Scotland, has been appointed to the board of Homes for Scotland (HFS). In this role, Milne will represent the housebuilder and join 20 other leading industry professionals, where he will help to support and inform the agenda

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has today hailed a “strong” set of financial results amid an “uncertain political and economic landscape”. The fourth-generation family-owned company, founded in 1925, reported a £2.4 million rise in turnover for the year to 30 April

Scottish Construction Now reached a record audience last month with registered subscribers to the daily newsletter reaching 9,016 and individual users of the website soaring to a record 88,908. Twitter followers also rose to 5,669. SCN editor Kieran Findlay said: “SCN continues to go from

South Lanarkshire Council and hub South West Scotland have appointed Morgan Sindall Construction to deliver three early years nursery schemes worth a combined by £7.5 million. The main contractor will deliver three new single-storey buildings at Newton Brae, Cambuslang; Kirkmuirhill, on Thornt

Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) has announced plans for a major capital project to upgrade its Lumsden workshop spaces and site in collaboration with Collective Architecture. Photo: Erika Stevenson

Agile Energy has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) for an energy park which includes a state-of-the-art energy recovery facility (ERF) in Inverurie.

AFL Architects has been appointed to perform a design and operational review of Aberdeen FC's new stadium as the club targets elite status from UEFA.

Halliday Fraser Munro is developing the industry’s next generation of talent by supporting a major event aimed at encouraging young people to consider careers in construction and architecture. David Halliday, managing director of Halliday Fraser Munro

Sandy Gilmour MRICS is to join Rettie & Co. as an associate director in the land & development team. Bringing over twenty years’ experience in the Scottish market, Mr Gilmour will join the firm from Graham & Sibbald after most recently heading up its national in

Stephen Long, associate director of education at Scottish Futures Trust, has been announced as keynote speaker in the second of a series of discussion events entitled ‘Lifelong Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom’. The Big Conversation series, organised and hosted by BDP to mar

In a new report for Common Weal, former chief statistician Jim Cuthbert examines the newly developed 'Mutual Investment Model' that the Scottish Government has adopted for at least some future public infrastructure projects.

Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced a new three-year deal with commercial law firm Burness Paull LLP for sponsorship of its flagship Annual Lunch. The event, which attracted some 1,100 senior representatives in 2019, is the largest such industry gathering and is followed by an awards ceremony sho

The historic Edmonstone walled garden in Edinburgh has been given a new lease of life, becoming the centrepiece of an innovative new Hillcrest development of 47 affordable homes.

Eleven social landlords are to benefit from Scottish Government grants to install technology like underfloor heating, ground source heat pumps and solar panels.