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Muirhouse adds 64 new homes to Edinburgh site Muirhouse Housing Association (MHA) has completed its final phase of homes on the former BT training ground in Edinburgh.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed McKinney Group to bring forward a potential £50 million investment plan for Stranraer Waterfront. The Northern Irish firm has agreed to work in partnership with the local authority and Stena Line to bring forward detailed proposals for the regeneration of

Michael Laird Architects (MLA) has announced the appointment of Gillian Stewart as director. One of Scotland’s foremost workplace designers, Ms Stewart has worked with DEGW, haa design and most recently BDG architecture + design.

Brian Rye Construction union UCATT has indicated its surprise at the continued rise in the number of self-employed people working in UK construction despite an attempt to tighten up the amount of casual labour in the industry.

An £8 million Gaelic primary school is set to be built in Portree on Skye after councillors gave planning permission for the development. The cost includes the demolition of the Margaret Carnegie Hostel and Boys Hostel which will make way for the new building.

Castle Mill Works in Edinburgh A Glasgow cemetery which forms an important part of Scotland’s Jewish heritage, the City Observatory Complex in Edinburgh and an extremely rare locomotive turntable in Aberdeen are amongst the latest recipients of Historic Scotland’s Building Repairs Grants Scheme.

The Mossend site Plans for a new rail freight terminal in North Lanarkshire have been approved in principle by Scottish ministers.

Morrison Construction is celebrating contract wins in Kilmarnock and Prestwick with a combined worth in excess of £5 million. Spirit Aerosystems (Europe) Ltd has chosen the contractor to construct its new specialist paint facility at Prestwick, in a contract worth £4.1m in total. The project invol

Hillcrest delivers 18 new affordable homes in Edinburgh An eye-catching and much-needed development of 18 new flats for social rent was handed over to delighted tenants in Edinburgh last week.

Student accommodation specialist Empiric has acquired part of a site in Stirling on which it plans to build a 200-bed development comprising a mix of studios and apartments. The full site, off Forthside Way, has planning consent for 214 residential apartments and it is likely that the balance of the

Plans for a trio of bespoke detached villas overlooking Ravelston Quarry in Edinburgh have been unveiled by Michael Laird Architects. Nestled in to the centre of the disused old quarry near Ravelston House, the practice collaborated with Rankin Fraser to create three separately designed, high spec,

Winning design for viewpoint on the banks of Loch Lubnaig designed by Ruaraidh Campbell Moir An architectural design competition will be launched next week inviting young architects to design one of three new installations to be built as part of the widely acclaimed Scottish Scenic Routes initiative

A thief has admitted stealing rolls of lead from a Dundee roofing supplier by putting them the account of former building firm Muirfield Contracts. The Courier has reported that Steven Flynn admitted stealing the lead rolls over several trips to Asphaltic Roofing Supplies on Dryburgh Industrial Esta

The Chartered Institute of Building has unveiled a 69 strong shortlist for its Construction Manager of the Year Awards. The finalists represent the successful construction management of a combined £2.3 billion worth of UK building assets.

Andy Kerr, MD of CMS Window Systems receives his EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 Award from BBC TV journalist and presenter Jackie Bird CMS Window Systems founder shortlisted for top UK entrepreneurship award