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A developer in England has applied for planning permission to build an experimental house that could rise on jacks above flood waters If tests are successful the house could provide a model that would enable housebuilding on thousands of sites across the UK which at present cannot be developed becau

Ann Nisbet Studio's 'Newhouse of Auchengree' - photograph by Susan Castillo A zinc clad house in rural North Ayrshire has been selected as the winner of this year’s Supreme Award by the Glasgow Institute of Architects.

The architects behind the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick have been appointed to lead work on developing outline proposals for a new National Marine Centre. Simpson & Brown Architects worked on the original Scottish Seabird Centre building which became a very popular landmark when it op

Scotch whisky firm Chivas Brothers has revealed plans to build a new £40 million bottling facility in Dumbarton. The company will close its operations in Paisley and relocate all employees to the new Kilmalid site over the next three years.

Galashiels-based housebuilding and contracting business Murray & Burrell Limited has ceased trading with the loss of 38 jobs. Thomson Cooper partner Richard Gardiner has been appointed as administrator.

Fife-based shopfitting company Havelock Europa is to cut more jobs from its workforce in Kirkcaldy. Just a year after 50 jobs were lost amid assurances that it would help secure the long-term viability of the company and its workforce, reports have suggested that up to 25 further posts could be cut.

Monica Houston Grant Thornton is calling for clarification over how a new Apprenticeship Levy (AL) will operate in Scotland.

(back row from left) Drew Grant - project manager, Scott Gardner – trainee quantity surveyor, Alan Shaw - site foreman, Bernie McLaughlan - site manager, Donald MacKay - site manager (front row from left) Dawn Ewing - site administrator, Patrycja Linka - trainee site manager Robert Gordon Universi

Ogilvie begins work on new Grangemouth school Children and young people with additional support needs in the Falkirk area will benefit from a modern new facility thanks to the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future building programme.

A church has been forced to remove a huge 12ft wooden cross – because it forgot to apply for planning consent. The Scotsman reports that the cross was fixed last month to the outside of the Grade B-listed Gilfillan Memorial Church, in Dundee, which was built in 1887.

Moray Council has approved plans for Springfield Properties to build 2,500 new homes, two schools and Moray Sports Foundations’ new sports centre on the south side of Elgin in a long-term project worth half a billion pounds. The housebuilder has worked with the council over the last year to design

Graham Whitters, Mark McHenry, Daynah Hill, Alan Law and practice principal Stephen McGhee LMA Architects has announced a number of promotions to key positions from within its existing studio team.

A typical home by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and CALA Homes (West) have submitted a detailed planning application to East Renfrewshire Council for 645 new homes at Maidenhill in Newton Mearns.

Battlefield Road's Nightingale wings will be retained as part of the project A local design team has been appointed to create a housing vision for Glasgow’s former Victoria Infirmary.