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Global asset manager Aberdeen Asset Investments has appointed akp to deliver the refurbishment of one of Edinburgh’s most esteemed business addresses, Hobart House. Set to provide an open plan ‘defurbished’ space, akp will be refurbishing windows, installing new ceilings, carrying out extensiv

Digital technology is aiding construction at Bertha Park Digital technology has the potential to transform the construction industry but only if the sector is equipped with the right skills and knowledge, according the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

Colin Hastie Colin Hastie, BIM consultant at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) reveals how BIM can boost the bottom line of a business.

ScottishPower has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from coal and gas generation to wind power, after completing the sale of its traditional generation business to Drax for £702 million. In the last decade ScottishPower has closed all of its coal plants, and w

Saint Gobain's Andrew Rafferty, Steve Chaplin and Rosie Dewar at the event Saint-Gobain brings a world of innovation to Edinburgh College

Image courtesy of Plant Prefab Tech giant Amazon has invested in a home design and prefabrication company with plans to integrate its suite of voice-controlled Alexa devices into affordable easy-to-build houses.

Former Muirfield Contracts chairman John Stodart has been disqualified as a director after he was found to have taken more than £880,000 from the company as it faced financial ruin. More than 280 workers lost their jobs when administrators begun an orderly wind-down of the Dundee building firm in 2

CALA Homes (West) has completed the purchase of the former Jordanhill Campus where the housebuilder is set to create more than 400 homes. Almost £100 million will be invested in the 31-acre site, which is to be known as Jordanhill Park, with the first homes delivered by early 2020.

Glasgow councillor Kenny McLean and Scottish Canals CEO Catherine Topley The widespread regeneration of North Glasgow is set to continue with a 600-strong housing development now underway on the former Diageo distillery site in Port Dundas.

Collective Architecture has submitted planning for the redevelopment of the former Lockerbie Academy site to provide 45 new affordable houses on behalf of Cunninghame Housing Association. Forming a key gateway to the town of Lockerbie, the proposals for the brownfield site consists of a mix of semi-

Ardgowan Distillery has revealed ambitious designs for a new £12 million distillery which is being built on the Ardgowan Estate near Inverkip. The plans showcase the flagship building which has just secured revised planning consent from Inverclyde Council.

Scotland’s NHS is facing a £899 million maintenance backlog bill despite a marginal improvement in property standards, an official report has confirmed. The ‘State of the Estate’ report revealed that the proportion of NHS buildings classified as being in a good condition has improved from 58%

Workers take advantage of a gap in the weather to continue work on the west gable of the Mackintosh Building Work to complete the stabilisation of the west gable of the Mackintosh Building has been delayed due to the recent bad weather.

Angus Council has issued a call for entries as it launched a region-wide search to find the Building of the Decade in its Angus Design Awards 2018. The council wants to hear from building owners and designers about new developments, restoration or conversion work that has been completed between 2008

Building more co-living developments and micro-homes in urban areas top the list of people’s preferred solutions to the housing crisis according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), while building on the greenbelt is the least favoured solution. The FMB asked 2,000 home owne