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Sarah-Jane Laing has been appointed as chief executive of Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) as the rural business organisation enters the most challenging era in its 110-year history. Starting out at the organisation fifteen years ago as housing strategy officer before moving to the role of hea

In a guest blog for RTPI Scotland, Jennifer Russell discusses her role as town planning manager at the University of Glasgow.

Housebuilder CALA Group has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (HFHGB) to take a team of 11 employees to India to build a safe home for a vulnerable family. The ‘Build 2020’ team, which is made up of CALA Group employees from across the UK, will travel to the Pondiche

The damage caused in the movie Home Alone would have cost almost £9,000 to fix, according to research. According to Mr Carl Goulding from MyBuilder.com, Kevin McCallister's 4,250ft, three-storey Winnetka, Illinois home featured in the film would have racked up nearly £9,000 worth of repa

A plan to deliver a £45 million concert hall in Edinburgh's New Town has been put on hold as developers explore alternative sites for the project.

Montrose-based principal contractor Pert Bruce Construction has appointed two new members to the board of directors. Laura Reid and Ronnie Lochrie have been promoted with immediate effect with Laura taking up the role of procurement director while Ronnie assumes the role of surveying director.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has appointed Clark Contracts to its new collaborative construction framework, the first government-led agreement which can be used by the whole public sector. The framework can be used by both Central Government and Wider Public Sector Organisations including minister

Balfour Beatty is on track to deliver another year of profitable managed growth with profit predicted to be slightly ahead of expectations, the group said today. In a trading update covering the period to 11 December 2019, the contractor said full-year group revenue is expected to be up 5% on 2018&r

The outcome of an arbitration case over a motorway project has seen Costain issue a new £20 million profit warning.

Construction consultancy Thomson Gray has been appointed by Health Facilities Scotland to carry out Phases 11 to 13 of the physical condition surveys of NHS hospitals, health centres, and other properties throughout Scotland over the next three years.

Amey has announced the appointment of Amanda Fisher as acting CEO. Ms Fisher is the current managing director of the facilities management, defence and justice (FMDJ) business at Amey and will replace Andy Milner, who is leaving the company after a long career and almost four years in the role of ch

An initial assessment of the fire, smoke and water damage to Peebles High School has taken place and an associated property plan is being developed, which includes long term considerations, the local authority has revealed.

Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) has awarded FES FM a prestigious Planned, Cyclical and Response Maintenance and Void Works Contract for a five-year period from 1 April 2020 following a competitive tender process. John Maciver, director of operations, HHP / Dena Macleod, chie

Councillors have approved plans in principle for a development of 48 new homes on an area of open space next to the Clydeside Expressway in Partick.

Morton Fraser’s Jonathan Seddon determines the pros and cons of a modular approach to delivering homes compared to traditional building. The use of the pre-fab (or modular) building is by no means a new concept in the UK. Historically, it came to the forefront of construction following the Sec