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Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s first ever Accelerate to Zero Awards took centre stage in central Glasgow this week.

The engineering construction industry’s (ECI) brightest and best were celebrated at a prestigious awards ceremony last night at the Cutty Sark in London and several trophies will be heading back up to Scotland this morning. The 11th ECI Training and Development Awards, organised by the Enginee

One of Fife Council's office buildings in Glenrothes is to be demolished. Rothesay House has been a familiar part of the town's skyline for over 40 years but has not been used to its full capacity since December 2021.

A joint venture has acquired the A-listed office block at 9-10 St Andrew Square, which once was the headquarters of the Scottish Widows Fund, with intentions to convert it into a boutique hotel. The iconic 63,195 square foot building was designed by renowned architects Sir Basil Spence and Part

The annual CHAP Charity Golf Day witnessed an extraordinary display of generosity, camaraderie and golfing prowess at Newmachar Golf Club.

Pupils celebrated their first day at the new £23 million Greyhope School and Community Hub in Torry this week. Aberdeen City Council’s newest school replaces Walker Road School and has room for up to 434 primary pupils and 100 Early Learning and Nursery places.

A revised planning application for the new Aberdeen market building which will be a destination venue featuring international-style food and drink outlets was yesterday approved at an Aberdeen City Council committee.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) have launched a nationwide consultation with plumbing employees to help develop the sector’s apprenticeship.

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) and the Scottish Building Federation (SBF) have signed an accord which will see much closer working between the two organisations, for the benefit of building contractors and house builders in England, Scotland, and Wales. The NFB and the SBF, widely perceiv

A £527 million Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for Glasgow over the next five years was approved yesterday.

The first residents have moved into the Rowanbank Gardens development in Edinburgh in little more than two years since construction started on the project dubbed a "spectacular blueprint for low carbon living". Almost 80% of the development’s first ‘Appleberry’ homes phase is

Investment into mid-market senior living developments is needed to address the shortage of senior living facilities across the UK, according to a new report from real estate advisor CBRE. CBRE’s first senior living survey analysed responses from over 2,000 UK residents aged 55+ and found that

Developers behind the St Andrews West project have welcomed the first residents to their new homes. Currently on site building Phase One, and with a start on Phase Two imminent, HeadonS1 St Andrews is a joint venture between family-run developer teams Headon from St Andrews, and Edinburgh-based S1 D

A new housing development has just opened in Edinburgh for people with additional support needs that is set to transform the lives of its tenants. The development at Ford’s Road in the west end of the city was built by the charity Lar Housing Trust and is being hailed as the perfect example of

J3 Advisory has launched an online calculator that provides indicative costs of building warranties for new build and conversion schemes. The online tool is available for property developers and main contractors, as well as cost consultants.