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Peter Haggarty FRICS The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland (RICS Scotland) has appointed Peter Haggarty FRICS as its new chairman.

Kingdom Group chief executive Bill Banks with the construction academy trainees A group of twelve Fife trainees are celebrating obtaining their skills certificates from the Fife Works Construction Academy and are now taking up work experience positions on building sites across the region.

Grass is greener for Nucleus at CSG Greenside development Chris Stewart Group (CSG) has agreed terms with Nucleus Financial Limited for its Greenside office development in Edinburgh’s Blenheim Place.

BRE has launched a ground-breaking office refurbishment project that will provide quantified evidence on the benefits of biophilic design on health, well-being and productivity of office occupants. The Biophilic Office project centres on a 650m2 1980s office building on the BRE campus in Watford, wh

Michael Graham Construction, asset management and project investment businesses, Graham, has posted another strong set of year end results for 2016-17.

A masterplan of the Sighthill regenration area Around £280 million has already been spent transforming large areas of vacant derelict land in Glasgow into new housing developments in the past five years, it has emerged.

UK housebuilder Bovis has revealed the provision of a further £3.5 million to deal with customer complaints over flaws in its homes.

Marc Giles Ryden Planning Partner Marc Giles discusses.

The number of high rise flat fires in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in eight years.

Royal Bank of Scotland has backed a £1m retail development in Gretna with a £555,000 cash injection into the project being carried out by property firm Crucible Alba Group.

Businesses and homes have been saved, and new jobs created in Campbeltown with the completion of an ambitious £350,000 buildings restoration project.

£4.3 million to improve coastal access and facilities

Construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall is rolling out a range of work clothing nationwide, specifically designed for women, following trials on a number of its sites in Scotland, London, Leeds and Newcastle.

Brian Gallacher Glasgow-based construction firm Pacific Building has announced results showing sales growth of more than 50 per cent for the second consecutive year.

Neil Robertson (Senior Quantity Surveyor Ogilvie Construction), Fraser Gray (Project Manager Ogilvie Construction), Michael Wiessler (Director of Project Management Motel One), Stewart Edgar (Project Director Ogilvie Construction) and Ben Anderson (Director AFA Ltd)