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NHBC has appointed Charlie Ash as sector lead for housing associations. Charlie, who previously worked in the team as customer relationship executive, will now manage relationships and partnerships with housing associations, their contractors and other sector stakeholders, with focus on building it

Aberdeen-based developer Cater Homes has agreed to partner with Hillcrest to convert the former Golfscape unit and NHS offices at 181 Union Street into 15 residential properties.

Tenants in more than 300 Osprey Housing homes across Aberdeenshire and Moray are benefitting from a £120,000 loft insulation programme now underway. The upgrades have been made possible by the Scottish Government’s Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme’s Social Housing Net

House prices in Scotland continued to rise in March 2023, but at the slowest rate since June 2020, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

A large pair of Victorian-era tram cable wheels discovered on the historic boundary between Leith and Edinburgh will soon be put on permanent public display. The wheels, dated to 1898, are each 2.6m in diameter and were used in the underground cable-winding mechanism for Edinburgh’s original c

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: The Board Of Trustees Of The National Galleries Of Scotland.

The Ayrshire Hospice has officially marked the start of building work on its £17 million redevelopment project. Joined by representatives from NHS Ayrshire & Arran and the three local authorities, Ayrshire Hospice chief executive Tracy Flynn led the breaking-ground ceremony as work begins

The expansion of Scotland’s biggest placemaking community took another step forward last week as the growing community of Winchburgh was linked directly to the M9 with the B8020 Beatlie Road connection being opened. The re-opening of Beatlie Road in Winchburgh marks a significant step forward

Glasgow City Council has agreed to the transfer of a city centre site to the University of Strathclyde to allow improvements in the public realm and greenspace in the area.

Burns & McDonnell has increased its footprint in the UK transmission market by joining the SSEN Transmission engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) substations framework. The firm joins other selected suppliers to perform substation work providing the design, engineering, procurement, c

Construction union Unite is stepping up its search for information into the possible collusion by trade union officials into the blacklisting of construction workers.

CITB is to invest more than £250 million across Britain to support construction across three core priorities, according to its newly published Business Plan. A front-runner in the plan for 2023-24 is the Industry Impact Fund, which launches today and invites CITB-registered employers to a

Several new members have been added to Scotland’s Just Transition Commission bringing expert knowledge of the big changes underway to reduce carbon emissions in Scotland’s transport system, buildings, construction industry, land use, and farming. The independent expert advisory grou

Glasgow-based construction firm City Building has opened applications for the 2023 intake of its award-winning apprenticeship programme. City Building is one of Scotland’s largest employers of apprentices, with over 250 currently supported within the firm. In 2022, the firm achieved the Invest

Commercial property company HFD has acquired 4 Bell Drive — an industrial building at Hamilton International Park — in a deal valued at £4.5 million.