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Independent construction and property management consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB UK) has reported a mixed short-term outlook for Scotland’s construction market, with education, residential and infrastructure showing growth while healthcare is constrained by a lack of investment. 

SSE Renewables’ Coire Glas pumped storage hydropower project has become the first scheme of its kind to achieve the Hydropower Sustainability Standard.

Work is getting underway to upgrade a bridge over the railway on Duntocher Road next to Dalmuir station. 

The 2025 UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services list has been revealed by Great Place To Work UK, recognising Gleeds among the top 25 large and super large organisations for the third year in a row. Gleeds’ inclusion in the list recognises its ongoing commitment t

Construction work is now underway on 17 new homes for East Renfrewshire Council in Newton Mearns.

A former care home in Balfron may soon be replaced by new housing. Strathendrick Care Home, which was declared surplus to requirements by the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Integration Joint Board in 2021, is the focus of fresh development plans.

A new housing development for people with additional support needs (ASN) could be created in Tranent, with proposals for ten residential flats now lodged with East Lothian Council.

A Warrington couple were left baffled when scaffolding was mistakenly erected outside their home – nine miles from where it was supposed to be.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has been granted planning permission by East Renfrewshire Council to deliver 125 new homes that will form a key part of the Barrhead South Masterplan.

Elected members will be asked to make a ‘preliminary decision’ on how the Musselburgh Flood Protection Scheme will progress and consider valid objections at a full meeting of East Lothian Council.

Plans to conserve and redevelop a bingo hall in Leith into new student homes have been granted planning permission.

Scotland’s largest construction trade association has welcomed the Scottish Government’s Housing Emergency Action Plan, but has warned that it is “absolutely vital” for the country to have a pipeline of qualified and skilled professionals to deliver it. SELECT has responded p

House prices in Scotland edged up in August despite demand falling flat, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, and surveyors are optimistic that sales will rise through the months ahead.

A long-established Perth golf club faces potential closure after councillors rejected its joint bid with contractor Kilmac Ltd to deliver a major mixed-use development.

The Highland Council is taking firm planning enforcement action in response to a growing issue involving the sale and marketing of small plots of land in areas such as Achnabobane, Inchbae, Garve, Roy Bridge, Spean Bridge and Daviot. The local authority said these plots are often advertised with mis