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Perth and Kinross delivers new council homes for Auchterarder Perth & Kinross Council's multi-million pound programme of social housing construction has taken another major step forward with the completion of a new development in Castlemains, Auchterarder.

Hector MacAulay Balfour Beatty has today announced that Hector MacAulay has been appointed as managing director for its regional construction and civil engineering business in Scotland and Ireland.

The latest graduate destination figures demonstrate that the labour market for building and architecture graduates is enjoying a vigorous recovery, despite being one of the sectors worst hit by the recession. Architecture and building graduates enjoyed higher than average employment rates with 85.1

Hannah Heaton, originally from Fife, has become the first ever recipient of ‘The Derek Mickel Architecture Scholarship’.

Crichton Campus, Dumfries. A masterplan has been unveiled outlining potential developments on the site of a former psychiatric hospital in Dumfries.

Planned expansion of Roswell, Midlothian. Hamilton-based developer Banks Property expects to submit a planning application for a new 100-home residential development in the historic leafy village of Rosewell, Midlothian early next year.

A restoration project worth more than £22,000 has been completed to transform the iconic Merchants House in Glasgow back to its former glory in order to welcome more visitors through its doors. Glasgow construction firm City Building has been highly-praised for its work to transform an historic par

Peveril Securities is on the verge of submitting plans for a mixed use scheme at Edinburgh’s Kings Stables Road.

(left to right) – David Kirkwood, Jack Sinclair, Dylan McTaggart, Gary Murray and Ross Hickman with the team at Fortune Works. A team of apprentice joiners from Glasgow construction company City Building have been putting their skills to good use to support a Drumchapel-based initiative that provi

‘Global construction market to grow by $8 trillion by 2030’

Architects Foster + Partners New York’s design for a modular habitat on Mars has been shortlisted amongst 30 finalists for NASA-organised 3D Printed Habitat Challenge.

150-bed Pollok care home plan surfaces Glasgow City Council has submitted plans for a 150 bed residential care home and day care centre in Pollok, offering a range of facilities including sensory and treatment rooms.

Queen's Cross Housing Association is to spend £13 million to carry out major internal and external improvements to 314 of its properties. Housebuilding specialist, Keepmoat, will carry out work at the Cedar Court mutli-storey flats, which will include insulated external cladding, new energy efficie

Jewitt & Wilkie Architects and Spectrum Properties have drawn up plans for the residential conversion and extension of the B-listed former Strathclyde Public School and nearby print works at Dalmarnock, Glasgow, which latterly served as the Strathclyde Business Centre. Sharing a public square op

David Murray Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray has been in talks over the future of two closure-threatened steel plants in Scotland.