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Colaren Homes beat off stiff competition to win Development of the Year 2018 in the 11-50 units North category for its Kirkton Heights development in Fraserburgh. The announcement was made at the Premier Guarantee Excellence Awards which celebrates the best developments covered by Premier Guarantee

The UK residential land market is reflecting the shape of the housing market, as values fall in central London but continue to rise in other regions, with Scotland the standout performer, according to international real estate adviser Savills. Across the UK, greenfield and urban land values have gro

By Rodney Whyte, partner and property and planning specialist at legal firm Pinsent Masons As a specialist in land acquisition and housebuilding, it was encouraging to note that revenue from the Land and Building Transaction Tax (LBTT) in the last full financial year rose by 12.8% to £546 mill

Building works have commenced on a new housing development set in the beautiful Perthshire countryside. 

China has unveiled the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. Dubbed the 'umbilical cord', the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge stretches 34 miles (55 kilometres) across the Pearl River Delta. The bridge is the fifth longest in the world and is 20 times longer than

The University of Edinburgh has submitted plans for a new School of Engineering within its King’s Buildings campus in the south of the city.

A marine engineering company plans to establish a new technology park on a derelict site in West Dunbartonshire in bid to bring marine manufacturing back to the Upper Clyde. Glasgow-based Malin Group, which is working with Scottish Enterprise, has commissioned an economic impact assessment on t

Scottish Greens have welcomed changes to the Scottish Government’s planning bill which they say will help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis by making land for housebuilding more affordable, however housebuilders have called the measures “premature”. Housing spokesperson Andy W

The remote Slochd summit on the A9 will be included in the latest ground investigation contract for the A9 Dualling programme awarded today. The second highest point on the A9 at over 1,300 feet above sea level is part of the challenging 15 mile Dalraddy to Slochd stretch of the route.

Morrison Construction has secured a position on three frameworks for Scottish Water Horizon, the commercial arm of Scottish Water. The estimated value of the framework is up to £45 million over the two-year term with the opportunity for an additional two-year extension.

The Forth Replacement Crossing projectand Glasgow’s Shieldhall Tunnel have both been recognised at this year’s Saltire Infrastructure Awards. The annual awards recognise excellence and innovation in civil engineering and celebrate its contribution to quality of life.

Ground Developments Ltd has confirmed the expansion of its geotechnical team with the appointment of Dr Ian Murray. On completion of a Civil Engineering Masters at Strathclyde University and a PHD working under the supervision of Professor Alessandro Tarantino, Ian has amassed years of expertise aro

Work on site to replace the main expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge is set to commence next month. The project will see all of the bridge’s main expansion joints replaced over the course of the next twelve months, starting with joints in the east footpath.

The ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit is continuing to have a negative effect on the UK commercial market with more companies looking to relocate, according to surveyors. The Q3 2018 UK Commercial Property Market survey from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) found that while the

RICS chief executive, Sean Tompkins, and incoming RICS president, Chris Brooke FRICS, will take part in Social Bite’s Sleep in the Park as part of RICS’ Pledge 150 campaign. The RICS Pledge 150 initiative, launched January 2018 to celebrate the professional organisation’s 150th ann