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View from the corner of West George Street and Holland Street Architects have submitted plans to transform an abandoned office tower in Glasgow city centre into modern accommodation for hundreds of students.

hub South West Scotland has confirmed that it has reached contract close on the £32.5 million Marr College project in collaboration with South Ayrshire Council. The project will see Kier Construction deliver an innovative comprehensive refurbishment, modernisation and expansion programme to the Tro

Alan Ferguson A powerful alliance of over 50 civic organisations is calling on the Scottish Government to end the blight of Scotland’s draughty, unhealthy homes by 2025.

The professional body for all of Scotland’s architects is asking the public to nominate their favourite Scottish buildings from the last 100 years. The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching the initiative to mark the centenary of its founding, next year.

Alex Goodfellow Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, has been appointed as director of the Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI).

(from left) Gary McGregor, group managing director, CCG; Lynne Donnelly, chief executive, WSHA; Jackie McIntosh, group manager, Glasgow City Council, housing investment & regeneration and Councillor Greg Hepburn New £2.4m social housing development for East Glasgow

Richard Howson Carillion has signed contracts, secured preferred bidder positions and been awarded frameworks, worth some £1.7 billion, since 30 June 2015.

The last standing reminder of Edinburgh’s rubber mill is to be transformed into a printmaking facility after a grant of £4.5 million was secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Renowned for being the birthplace of the Wellington boot, the modern motor car tyre, and the first ever traffic co

A proposal for the UK’s first patented prefabricated timber frame party wall system is one of the first six innovation projects to be approved by Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) Technical Advisory Group of industry and academic experts. The new party wall system is the brainchil

Glasgow's skyline changed forever yesterday with the demolition of the last of the Red Road flats, although not everything went to plan. Two of the six iconic Red Road towers remained partially standing due to an unforeseen difficulty.

Allan Callaghan Construction output figures for August fell 4.3 per cent against the previous month and marked the biggest year on year decline since May 2013, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The Energy Saving Trust with funding from the Scottish Government and in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme are organising a series of free to attend tendering workshops to help SME contractors and suppliers become more successful at writing winning tender submissions. Date and Loca

Councillor Andrew Burns The Scottish Cities Alliance has issued a call to investors to tap in to the growth potential of Scotland’s cities ahead of MIPIM UK, the largest gathering of the country’s most powerful property players which takes place in London from 21 – 23 October 2015.

Utility works start ahead of new AWPR River Don Crossing A new River Don Crossing, part of the construction Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty scheme, is taking a major step forward with the dismantling of four nearby electricity towers.

Some of Britain's biggest construction firms could have to pay out tens of millions of pounds in damages after admitting that they defamed workers and infringed their rights. Eight high-profile contractors made an ‘amended defence’ of their role in blacklisting at a High Court hearing in London