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Ann Allen Scottish Ministers have announced the appointment of the new chair of the Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) Board following a recruitment process.

A new interactive map showing some examples of Scottish Government investment in infrastructure projects since 2007 has been launched by cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity Michael Matheson. It comes after the Programme for Government set out a commitment to invest an ad

Construction on the new £14.1 million shared campus for Hayshead and St Thomas RC primary schools and an early years facility in Arbroath officially commenced today. The new campus is being constructed on the playing fields at the current Hayshead Primary School, an approach which allows both Haysh

Kathleen McAnea The construction industry needs change. Solutions need to be embraced. Off-site manufacturing is a solution. Kathleen McAnea explains how attitudes which hinder this solution can be overcome.

Scotland continues to outperform the rest of the UK in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, but successful strategies for energy and waste mask a lack of progress in other parts of the Scottish economy, a new report has concluded. The Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) 2018 Progress Report to t

Plant dealer Scot JCB has launched a new depot in Edinburgh that is more than six times the size of its predecessor. Located in Sighthill, approximately five miles west of the city centre and a quarter of a mile from existing Scot JCB depot, the brand new facility follows a massive investment by the

Work on the Cadworks office building in Glasgow began in March Investment into Scotland’s commercial real estate in 2018 is expected to top last year’s total of £2 billion, according to the latest data from Savills, with investment volumes of £1.74bn already transacted, and £265 million curre

Kevin Reid Independent chartered surveying firm DM Hall has recruited seasoned building surveyor Kevin Reid to its Aberdeen office as an associate.

Eddie Robertson, Morrison Construction’s managing director for Central Scotland with Fiona McMillan, fundraising engagement manager at CLIC Sargent Morrison Construction cycles hundreds of miles to raise thousands for charity

A bone which could belong to a mammoth has been discovered at a construction site in Cape Coral, Florida. The bone, possibly a fossilised tusk, is “about 12,000 years old at the least,” David Carr, an archaeologist and executive director at the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy in Fort L

Plans to demolish a key element of Aberdeen’s historic Grade A-listed Broadford Works complex to make way for a £100 million ‘urban village’ have been approved by the city’s planning development management committee. Councillors approved recommendations from planners for the demolition of t

Two Falkirk councillors have been charged by police following an investigation into planning concerns at the local authority. John McLuckie, depute convener of Falkirk Council’s planning committee, and planning committee member, James Kerr, were charged on Wednesday along with a third man.

Bryan Wilson Property developer London & Scottish Investments (L&SI) has unveiled plans to create around 100 new jobs in Barrhead by transforming the derelict Nestle dog food factory site in Glasgow Road into a state of the art retail park.

Two Scottish land and environment bodies have set their sights on finding ways to bring derelict and vacant land equivalent to twice the size of Dundee back into productive use. The Scottish Land Commission and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have today launched their innovative pa

Councillor Sandra Macdonald at the site of a new affordable housing development Aberdeen City Council has agreed funding plans for hundreds of affordable housing over the next five years and has also mapped out priorities and actions on housing supply, homelessness, housing support and fuel poverty.