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The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has revealed the 23 projects which have been shortlisted for its 2016 awards. The shortlist includes two projects by Reiach and Hall – a health centre in East Kilbride and the City of Glasgow College’s Riverside Campus which it completed w

Crosslane Student Developments is working in partnership with Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF) to deliver a 237 bed purpose-built student accommodation development, which is under construction at Lutton Place, Edinburgh. The freehold of the site was acquired from the City of Edinburgh Coun

Plans to build 600 homes between Bridge of Allan and Causewayhead have been refused by Stirling Council. Proposals submitted by Graham’s The Family Dairy, which included plans for 600 homes and a new primary school at Airthrey Kerse, were rejected by councillors by 12 votes to eight (with two abst

Robertson has secured a third contract to develop an Audi Garage in Dundee, on the back of successfully delivering two car showrooms for John Clark Motor Group (JCMG) in Aberdeen, which is due for completion this month, March 2016. The first contract which Robertson secured with the Motor Group was

Charlie Nicholas and Jim Duffy with Cube staff and tenants at the launch of Cube’s £40m investment plans for its homes Cube Housing Association launches £40m home transformation campaign

A demolition firm tore down the wrong house - and blamed the error on Google Maps. Lindsay Diaz, who owns a flat in Rowlett, Texas, pulled into her driveway to find her home was no more than a pile of rubble after workers went to Calypso Drive instead of Causteau Drive, one street away.

Plans for a new £150 million mixed use development that will create a new town centre, with housing, retail, leisure and business facilities at Blackdog have been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council. If successful the development will create 600 new homes, including 150 affordable homes, to accommoda

Proposals have been submitted to Moray Council for the first phase of a development which will eventually bring 1,500 new homes to Findrassie on the northern edge of Elgin. Jointly submitted by Pitgaveny and Robertson Homes, the Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) represents the first phase of an a

Scottish ministers have granted consent for the construction and operation of a gas fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant at BP Kinneil Terminal in Grangemouth. The Kinneil Terminal is adjacent to the Grangemouth petrochemical complex and processes approximately 40 per cent of the North Sea crud

The Learning and Teaching Hub set for the Gilmorehill Campus Global professional services consultancy WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has been appointed by the University of Glasgow to work on a new state-of-the-art Learning and Teaching Hub on its Gilmorehill Campus in the West End.

Link Park Fusion Assets is to begin construction of a 20,000 sqft speculative industrial building at Link Park, Newhouse in North Lanarkshire following an award of £1 million from the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.

Plans for a brand new Community Hub in Bearsden took a significant step forward this week as the partners involved in the £3 million project achieved financial close. The landmark agreement was reached between East Dunbartonshire Council, development partner hub West Scotland and contractor CCG.

Robertson Homes managing director John Murphy shows Cllr Lesley Laird, Fife Council’s deputy leader, around the new Business Hub Robertson Homes has started work on a £1.5 million office project to convert a former student lodge into a business hub in the heart of St Andrews.

Alex Neil More than 8,000 households have now received support to own their own home through the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, social justice secretary Alex Neil has announced.

Redpath to transform Blackfriars church in Edinburgh Redpath Construction has been appointed as main contractor by Stone Acre on a project to transform Blackfriars Presbyterian Church just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.