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A long running case against seven large construction companies who blacklisted workers has been settled with a £1.9 million compensation agreement.

Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL) has agreed a new contract with Bellway Homes to sell land to the housebuilder for 93 new homes. The deal marks the beginning of the second phase of housebuilding at Winchburgh, which will deliver a further 1,000 private and affordable homes by 2025.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has confirmed the appointment of its new chief executive following the retirement of Chris Blythe OBE. Caroline Gumble, currently chief operating officer for Make UK, will take up the post in August.

An international architectural competition has been launched which covets ideas for the adaptive reuse of the Egyptian Halls in Glasgow.

The UK Government has backed a multi-million pound deal that will see Japan’s biggest housebuilder move into the UK housing market with immediate effect.

Independent kitchen designer Kitchens International has created a new stand-alone division to meet a growing demand for its commercial interiors.

Within the past week news appeared of an English District Council that had issued its first ever Civil Penalty to a landlord under the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) Regulations 2015 for failing to meet the required energy efficiency standard in their property.

The NHBC Foundation has published a guide that helps site managers oversee the many commissioning activities that are important to a smooth build programme and delivering high quality homes for home buyers.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has paid tribute to its former president Graham Manly OBE, who died last week. Graham Manly OBE

Property consultancy Galbraith has appointed nine graduate surveyors following its expansion into Northern England and publication of buoyant financial results. The new recruits will join the firm’s offices in Stirling, Edinburgh, Perth, Castle Douglas, Hexham, Cupar and Inverness, boosting th

Eight weeks of ground investigations are to get under way on Monday at the A90/A937 Laurencekirk Junction.

A series of love letters written more than a hundred years ago have been discovered by construction workers in the rubble of an old staircase.

Transformational plans to further enhance teaching and learning spaces at the University of Aberdeen have further progressed with the beginning of work on a new £35 million Science Teaching Hub. A wide portfolio of major regeneration and development projects with a combined cost of almost &pou

Developers behind proposals for a £50 million mixed-used transformation of Leith Walk have been dealt a major blow after the University of Edinburgh ended its involvement in the student flats element of the project. Drum Property Group plans to remove the red sandstone buildings and industrial

A state-of-the art veterinary referrals hospital totalling 30,000 sq ft is to be built at Livingston Trade Park after integrated veterinary services provider CVS Group bought a 1.2 acre plot at the site. The listed company has been granted planning permission by West Lothian Council to build a veter