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A group set up to investigate where appropriate regulation could support and stimulate the district heating market in Scotland has published its first report. Set up by the Scottish Government in 2014, the Special Working Group (SWG) looked at the current regulatory environment and has made recommen

Plans have been revealed for a new jail at Milton of Leys in Inverness. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has notified Highland Council of its plan to potentially submit a formal planning application for an area of land in the Braes of Balvonie area. The proposed site is next to homes built for Scot

Morrison Construction has teamed up with the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) to develop an engineering project for pupils inspired by the Queensferry Crossing. The Go Forth! challenge, created by SCDI’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs (YESC) Scotland, will see over 300 schoo

Kingdom completes new £8m Guardbridge housing development The Fife community of Guardbridge is celebrating more good news with the completion by Kingdom Housing Association of its latest new housing development delivering 66 new homes to the village.

Homeowners in Scotland are the least likely in Britain to pursue major home improvements such as adding extensions or conservatories, the Herald has reported. A report looking at national planning application trends found that Scotland was the only part of Britain where the number of households seek

We’ve teamed up with the organisers of The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show to give away 50 pairs of tickets.

A new civic heart will be created at the former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, after plans to redevelop the site were given the go ahead by councillors. The centrepiece of the development – which will include housing, retail and leisure outlets, and a health quarter – will be the refurbis

Plans have been revealed to transform one of Aberdeen’s most historic buildings into a 50-bedroom boutique hotel. Developers CAF Properties want to transform the 18th century Woolmanhill Hospital into a hotel and residential complex including 27 serviced apartments, 32 residential apartments and 1

McLaughlin & Harvey (McL&H) has broken ground on a South Anchorage storage and workshop facility at the Forth Road Bridge for infrastructure specialists Amey. Amey, which is currently on site maintaining the Forth Road Bridge, was commissioned by Transport Scotland to appoint the Glasgow off

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.