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A student housing project planned for Glasgow’s High Street is set to be even taller than originally proposed. Revised plans submitted by ADF Architects and Structured House Group show the Merchant Point project to be extended beyond the 12-storey plan lodged to Glasgow City Council earlier this y

Sally Cabrini Interserve has appointed United Utilities director Sally Cabrini to help restructure the business and reverse its fortunes.

A build to rent project is underway at Edinburgh's Fountainbridge Investors into Scotland’s Build to Rent (BTR) sector have been urged to ensure that schemes have operational management factored in from the earliest stages of development.

Restalrig Councillors have agreed to designate Restalrig as Edinburgh’s 50th conservation area to protect its historical and architectural significance.

Proposals for the former Gleaner Oil site The former Gleaner Oil site in Ardrishaig is one step closer to being brought back to life as a waterfront community and businesses hub after Argyll and Bute Council agreed funding from its Tarbert and Lochgilphead Regeneration Fund.

Mark Drakeford The devolved government of Wales has announced it is to use project bank accounts (PBAs) from 1st January 2018 on all building projects over £2 million procured by government bodies.

A new advisory network, aimed at giving all areas of the construction industry a voice, has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Construction Industry Advisory Network (CONIAN) is a newly formed stakeholder network, bringing together a wider representation of organisations and

Forfar Community Campus officially opens Forfar Community Campus was officially declared open on Friday marking the formal conclusion of an ambitious and exciting multi-million pound project that brings the town’s Academy and its community together.

Vehicles displaying licence plates from the Canadian province of Alberta are no longer welcome on new job sites for neighbouring Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure. On Dec. 6, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the license plate-based ban to match a similar rule in Albert

RIAS President Stewart Henderson The charity regulator has launched an investigation into the finances and governance of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), according to reports.

A specialist windfarm contractor from Sutherland has been revealed among a list of 28 Scottish firms that have been “named and shamed” today for underpaying their staff. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today named 260 employers across the country for failing

David Ritche Window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systems has taken the latest step on its growth strategy path with the appointment of a new chief operating officer (COO).

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a “comprehensive study” into domestic heat networks to ensure households are getting a good deal. Heat networks - systems that heat multiple homes from one central source – currently supply about half a million UK homes through about 17,

Output in the UK construction sector has contracted for the sixth consecutive three-month period, falling by 1.4% in October, new figures have revealed. Output in the Construction Industry statistics, released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that the three-month on three-mon

George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes, outside another development in Inverness Proposals for 767 new homes in Inverness look set to be granted planning permission by councillors next week.