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The first phase of a £2.5 million investment to improve three railway bridges in Glasgow’s West End is complete.

Independent boarding school Gordonstoun has unveiled ambitious plans to invest around £15 million in the next phase of its Campus Masterplan which will include three major projects over the next three years. The first project will be a new Coastguard Centre, due to open by the end of 2024.&nbs

The Landscape Academy is to return to Scotland after declaring its first training courses north of the Border a huge success. Edinburgh-based St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies hosted the landmark two-day programme at its West Lothian base last week.

A new five-year plan to help plug gaps in Scotland’s heritage skills has been launched today. The skills strategy is a collaborative framework to create collective solutions that support the future of our historic environment and the communities across Scotland that rely on it.

Precision manufacturer Cube Glass has been appointed an official distributor in Scotland of Glazing Vision rooflights which designs and manufactures innovative architectural glass rooflights for customers across the globe.

The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2024 was £188,000, an increase of 5.6% when compared to February 2023, the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) have shown.

Scottish Gas is partnering with solar panel installer Forster Group to enable the installation of the technology in Scotland and meet the growing demand for solar panel and battery storage technology from homeowners.

Hadden Group has secured a £1.9 million design & build contract to deliver ten much needed affordable homes for rent in Newtyle for Abertay Housing Association.

A growing community of social enterprises in Govanhill is supporting residents with access to lifeline services on their doorstep, thanks to an initiative that aims to bring in third-sector organisations through affordable offices and commercial units.

The latest phase of new homes at Chapelton, Aberdeenshire’s vibrant new town, has been unveiled by Places for People.

North Lanarkshire Council's latest council house project at Berwick Street, Coatbridge, is now complete, providing high-standard, modern, affordable homes for tenants.

A theory that the Romans used a type of “self-healing” concrete which is superior to the modern building material and helped keep their monuments standing for 2,000 years has been backed up by a discovery at Pompeii.

A new report from Scotland’s largest trade union body has criticised government rhetoric around investment and jobs from ScotWind as “little more than hot-air” as research reveals a £2 billion black hole in funding to be able to deliver on its commitments.

A former Glasgow convent can be demolished to make way for a new block of apartments after councillors finally voted in favour of the planning application. Surplus Property Solutions had lodged plans in 2022 to replace the empty villa at 32 Mansionhouse Road in Langside with a five-storey developmen

With more individuals and organisations looking at the potential for more housing in Scotland’s town centres, design agency Architecture and Design Scotland will host a discussion on Wednesday 17 April about how to work together and use design to deliver liveable town centres.