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The National House Building Council (NHBC) has reported a 47% drop in new homes being registered in Scotland last year compared with 2022.

A hydrogel material made of nanocellulose and algae has been tested as an alternative, greener architectural material for the first time. The study, from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, shows how the abundant sustainable material can be 3D printed

A framework which enables Scottish housing associations and councils to compliantly buy innovative services from start-ups and micro businesses has launched with 21 suppliers having won spots.

Crosswind Developments, the team behind a proposed development that promises 3,000 new homes in the west of Edinburgh, has appointed Steve Dunlop as its new chair. Mr Dunlop’s appointment follows the recent passing of previous chair and former chancellor of the exchequer, Lord Alistair Darling

Greenock-based bathroom supplies business Ware With All has succumbed to financial woes, resulting in nine job losses and customers potentially facing significant financial losses.

The planning application for Dundee Football Club’s new stadium project at Camperdown Park is set to be submitted this week. Dark Blue Property Holdings, the company set up by club owners Tim Keyes and John Nelms, is expected to file for planning permission in principle today.

Glasgow and London-based design studio Carson & Partners has decided to wind up the business following a series of setbacks.

Redpath Construction is about to embark on a new office refurbishment project in Glasgow. The contractor has been awarded a project to carry out commercial office improvement works to levels 2 and 3 of 48 St Vincent Street on behalf of the landlord.

Blackford’s level crossing will close for eight days as vital improvement work gets underway this month.

UK construction companies indicated a strong improvement in business activity expectations in January, with optimism reaching its highest level for two years despite anongoing decline in current output levels and a marginal fall in incoming new work.

A section of Royal Terrace in Linlithgow will be closed for two weeks to enable Network Rail to raise the height of the railway boundary wall.

Work on a new Whitecraig Primary School is due to begin in early spring following the award of an £18.5 million contract to Morrison Construction.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed its fifth acquisition in five years with the purchase of the Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy offices of property and costs consultancy David Adamson and Partners. Established as a chartered surveying consultancy in 1930, David Adamson and Partner

West of Scotland Housing Association has kicked off a £5.7 million upgrade programme for former tenants of Charing Cross Housing Association, replacing the windows of 385 homes over the next three years, vastly improving energy efficiency and tackling fuel poverty for residents.

A former sawmill on the edge of a Fife village could be transformed into a retirement village.