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Queen's Cross Housing Association is to spend £13 million to carry out major internal and external improvements to 314 of its properties. Housebuilding specialist, Keepmoat, will carry out work at the Cedar Court mutli-storey flats, which will include insulated external cladding, new energy efficie

Jewitt & Wilkie Architects and Spectrum Properties have drawn up plans for the residential conversion and extension of the B-listed former Strathclyde Public School and nearby print works at Dalmarnock, Glasgow, which latterly served as the Strathclyde Business Centre. Sharing a public square op

David Murray Former Rangers owner Sir David Murray has been in talks over the future of two closure-threatened steel plants in Scotland.

Douglas House Keppie Design has revealed its plans for a 15 storey office block on the site of Douglas House, Glasgow.

Anderson Bell + Christie Architects have submitted plans for the delivery of a second phase of 148 flats and town houses around a linear park at Laurieston, Glasgow, on behalf of Urban Union.

A planning application has been lodged by Sheratan Ltd to build housing, a new primary school and a long talked about park for Edinburgh. The area, covering c. 170 acres at the Edmonstone Estate in Little France, will be masterplanned to maximise the benefits to the South East of the City.

A cowboy builder from Perthshire has been jailed after a court heard how he had pocketed £400,000 in a huge bogus repairs scam spanning four years. Patrick Young conned a string of homeowners including a 79 year-old man who was ripped off to the tune of £172,000 and an 84-year-old woman who handed

A £15.4 million project to build a new purpose-built education campus in Balloch has been submitted for planning. Holmes Miller, in tandem with Morgan Sindall and West Dunbartonshire Council, are behind plans for the Balloch Shared Campus, a new school on the site of the existing St Kessog’s Prim

Marr College Modernisation Work on a £37 million modernisation and redevelopment programme at Marr College in Troon has been official started by minister for learning, science and Scotland’s languages, Dr Alasdair Allan MSP.

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out plans to build 8,000 homes in an attempt to address the shortage of affordable housing and tackle the impact of soaring housing costs in the private sector. A report to the council’s health, social care and housing committee, on Tuesday, will outline propo

The construction of a new school in Aberdeen for children with additional support needs arising from severe and complex factors has taken another major step forward after a contract to build the new facility was signed. The new school, which will be located on Howes Road, will provide education and

Paul Dixon Entrepreneur and regeneration specialist Paul Dixon has been appointed to act as principal lead on the £525 million project to regenerate Loudoun Castle.

Construction and property firm J Smart & Co (Contractors) PLC has posted higher pre-tax profit for the year to the end of July thanks to margin improvements and a property revaluation. The Edinburgh-based contractor said pre-tax profit for the year was £3.5 million, almost triple the £1.2m it

Councillor David McBride New affordable housing in West Dunbartonshire will have to be built to a higher design standard than anywhere else in Scotland following a council decision.