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An artist's impression of the BMX Centre to be built at Knightswood Construction work is underway on a new £3.7 million Olympic standard BMX track being built in Glasgow ahead of the 2018 European Championships.

The winning Bowling Basin team with Kevin Stewart MSP, minister for local government and housing (centre) West Dunbartonshire Council has won two coveted awards at a Scottish Government event celebrating excellence in planning.

(from left) Martin Brennan, Provost of Inverclyde; Fiona Maguire, chief executive of Riverside Inverclyde; and Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, Mr Guy Clark Riverside Inverclyde, the organisation charged with the economic regeneration of Inverclyde, celebrated not only the completion

Ayr high rise flats set for post-Grenfell improvement works South Ayrshire Council is set to undertake improvement works at the Riverside High Flats in Ayr following recommendations in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

https://vimeo.com/239763594 Architects and designers in the US were invited to design, build and donate functional and one-of-a-kind outdoor dwellings for cats as part of an animal awareness initiative.

Malcolm Fraser More than 150 of Scotland’s leading architects have launched an unprecedented attack on the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), accusing it of being financially inept and a “secretive and autocratic” organisation.

Plans to build almost 1,200 private flats and student rooms on land that once housed a Glasgow department store have been approved by councillors. Proposals to develop the site of the former Goldberg’s department store, which has been left largely derelict since the closure of the store in 1990, i

Councillor Marie McGurk and Sanctuary’s Gillian Lavety Renfrewshire Council has unveiled a five-year plan to deliver more than 1000 high-quality, affordable homes across the region over the next five years.

Fugro Geoservices Ltd has been awarded a £1.3 million contract to undertake ground investigations for a stretch of the route of the A9 dualling project. The Glen Garry to Crubenmore section stretches for over 12 miles.

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has completed work on a stunning care home for visually impaired older people and an activity centre for veterans with sight loss. The £12 million project was undertaken on behalf of Scotland’s largest sight loss charity, Royal Blind, and its sister charity for visually impaire

Dundee City Council has granted planning permission for the city’s newest community centre. The new Menzieshill Community Centre, packed with adaptable, community friendly features, will be built in front of the existing community facilities in Orleans Place, to the south of Charleston Drive.

A Glasgow based demolition contractor has been fined after a worker fell to their death from a mezzanine deck during a demolition project in Edinburgh. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how, on 15 January 2015, an employee of Walker Demo Limited died 10 days after he fell while dismantling a mezzanine d

Shona McCusker Shona McCusker looks at two recent cases highlighting the difficulties in practice with payment and pay less notices.

Pete Redfern Taylor Wimpey has delivered a confident trading statement for the second half of its financial year with sales growing and further growth expected next year.

The Scotland Build expo, taking place at the SEC Glasgow (22nd & 23rd November) is FREE TO ATTEND and will be like a Who's Who of the construction, architecture, property and engineering industries. Attendees include Balfour Beatty, Kier Construction, Scottish Government, Robertson Group, Transp