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Glasgow's Saunders Centre (RIBA/Andrew Lee) The Saunders Centre, Glasgow, by Page\Park Architects, has been awarded the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2016.

Glasgow-based engineering giant Weir Group has said its profits are expected to fall below market expectations due to weakness in its oil and gas markets, particularly in the Middle East.

The Pilkington Trust and Stewart Milne Group have said they are pleased after the Scottish Government Reporter upheld their appeal in the case of their residential development at Almond Valley in Perth. The ruling has cleared the way for work to begin on the site where up to 1,300 new homes, a new p

Ross Brown Independent Scottish law firm BTO Solicitors LLP has urged the Scottish building industry to take business succession seriously and to start considering options at an earlier stage.

Paisley-vased CGC has completed the task of giving an iconic West Yorkshire building a new lease of life.

Pupils celebrate as Morgan Sindall start work on new school

  Glasgow’s iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed ‘House for an Art Lover’ is transforming from one of Scotland’s most popular tourist attractions into a B&B for an exclusive overnight experience for two – for the first time in the building’s 20-year history.

Jenny Laing Aberdeen City Council’s foray into the international bond market has raised £370 million for major civic building projects in the Granite City.

North-east-based construction firm Stewart Milne Group has cited the effects of the downturn in the North Sea energy industry on the region as the reason for its decision to cut 33 local jobs.

Nicola Barclay Increasing the supply of much needed homes to address Scotland’s housing crisis should be as easy as “ABC”.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to take forward a feasibility study to build 2,000 new council houses in the city by 2022.

Tim Broyd A new golden age of infrastructure – delivering economic growth and better quality of life – is within our grasp if engineers embrace new technology and the mind-set to exploit it.

3D visualisation - section through the Mackintosh Building courtesy of SimVis, The Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art has announced that the Garfield Weston Foundation has made a donation of £500,000 towards The Mackintosh Campus Appeal, which is supporting the development of the GSA�

Jill Armstrong By Jill Armstrong, head of commercial management at Speirs Gumley

Number of empty Aberdeen council homes halved The number of empty council properties in Aberdeen has been halved in the past year.