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Urban Union is celebrating after its Laurieston development has won the Excellence in Regeneration Award at the CIH Scotland Excellence Awards. The £140 million revitalisation project at Laurieston Living was commended for its informed design process, which took into consideration financi

Police have discovered a massive cannabis farm under a former theatre that was built in 1897. Detectives uncovered the illegal operation after finding a skilfully built 70ft tunnel at a nearby house in Deptford, southeast London.

Dundee building services company McGill has unveiled plans to open an Aberdeen depot and made an appointment to its board of directors. McGill won deals for smoke detector contracts with Aberdeen-based Langstane and Castlehill housing associations worth £1.6m and also has a contract to re

Significant progress has been made on major infrastructure projects with affordable homes, transport links and schools delivered in the past six months, according to a series of new reports. The reports highlight the £160 million electrification of the railway line from Glasgow to Edinburgh vi

Glasgow City Council has approved a plan which aims to potentially bring around £500 million of investment into the building of new affordable homes and improving the quality and condition of existing housing in the city.

NHS Lothian and East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership have this week taken possession of the remainder of the newly completed East Lothian Community Hospital building in Haddington ahead of patients moving in over the next couple of months.

A building development expert with a strong track record in the public and education sector has been appointed as head of construction for the University of Edinburgh. 

Redpath Construction has today launched its new website.

Iain Alexander, a senior site manager at Taylor Wimpey’s Benthall Farm development in East Kilbride, has been named Scottish champion in this year’s NHBC annual Pride in the Job Awards. Out of 16,000 entries, Iain won the Large Builder category in the Scottish round of these prestigious

Mark Foley, project manager for CALA Homes (East), who oversaw the creation of Scotland’s most upmarket collection of new apartments will represent his profession north of the border at a prestigious UK awards ceremony. Mr Foley is responsible for the ongoing build at the developer’s fla

Renfrewshire Council and its housing association partners are on target to deliver more than 1,000 affordable homes by 2021, according to the latest Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) report. The report highlights more than 300 affordable homes have been built since 2016 at developments in Lin

Sir Alex Ferguson marked the official opening of Aberdeen Football Club’s new community sports hub, training facilities and football academy yesterday. The legendary football manager, who steered the club through its most successful period, was the guest of honour at the ribbon-cutting ceremon

A new report warned that wind farms risk losing vital planning permission unless a political ban on their access to the energy market is lifted.

A major new procurement agreement which will help shape public sector construction has been awarded by the UK Government.

hub West Scotland client NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has won the Health Facilities Scotland Design Excellence award again this year for the £17 million New Gorbals Health and Care Centre. The judges were unanimous in their praise mentioning the high-quality materials and interiors and consid