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Crieff-based charity Crieff Connexions has banked a £5,000 donation from Persimmon after being named as one of the home builder’s Community Champions.

Scotland’s national innovation centre for construction and the built environment, BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) has welcomed 13 leading figures from across the sector onto its board to steer the delivery of its mission to accelerate the built environment’s tran

A former Salvation Army Citadel has been radically transformed into new office space in the East End of Glasgow.

Clark Contracts has been re-appointed to the NHS National Services Scotland’s Scottish Minor Building Works framework, which will run for the next two years, with the option to extend by a further two years. This re-appointment to two lots of the framework will see the firm deliver projects up

A bold vision has been unveiled for Scotland’s first and biggest new town.

North Lanarkshire Council's Housing Committee has approved additional sites for inclusion in the council's house building programme that will see new homes delivered for its tenants, regenerate local communities and boost the area’s local economy.

RRH Investments has submitted plans to convert bank offices in Edinburgh into serviced apartments.

AC Land Regeneration has submitted a “hybrid” planning application to West Lothian Council to fill in the existing quarry and build 650 new homes on land at Lower Bathville, Armadale.

Disability charity Capability Scotland, which has ambitious plans to create a flagship £28 million complex-needs facility, has signed an exclusivity agreement for land at Bertha Park Village, delivered by home builder Springfield. The agreement sets out a joint responsibility to negotiate a de

Coulters, one of Edinburgh and East Lothian’s solicitor estate agents, has responded to growing demand from the East Lothian market with the appointment of an experienced estate agent, Di Jennings, to its local team. Di Jennings takes on the role of senior property consultant in Coulters&rsquo

Network Rail is investing more than £1 million to replace the ageing track on the line between Dalmuir and Yoker.

A collection of nine traditional Hindu models believed to be at least 1,000 years old have been unearthed at a construction site in India.

Scotland is leading the field in building materials sales in Q2 with volume of sales driving growth rather than price inflation. The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) quarterly Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) listed Scotland as the top performing region, with growth of 16.1%.

Solar entrepreneurs and climate campaigners Dr Jeremy Leggett and Paddy Padmanathan have backed MAKAR Timber Engineering (MTE), a new company that seeks to usher in a new era of fit-for-purpose net-zero built environments.

A burnt-out former nightclub in Kirkcaldy is to be demolished as it poses an "immediate danger" to the public, Fife Council has confirmed. Firefighters were called to what used to be Kitty’s nightclub on Hunter Street last Sunday, and then again on Wednesday when more flames wer