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A consortium of eight housing associations operating across Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire has appointed an initial 40 local contractors to its new dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for responsive repairs and voids, developed in partnership with PfH Scotland.

Architecture studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled designs for Sultan Haitham City, Oman’s first-ever smart city which aims to house 100,000 people. Located in Al-Seeb, a district of Muscat, the new city will comprise over 2.9 million square meters of public space,

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Kirsty Blackman MP was welcomed by Barratt Developments to Westburn Gardens in Westburn Park in celebration of its site manager’s Pride in the Job Quality Award win.

A team of 14 volunteers from Taylor Wimpey West Scotland recently donated their time to volunteer at The Good Shepherd Centre in Bishopton to clear and transform its outdoor space. Organised by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s Young Person’s Forum, which last year donated books and £1

An open space will form part of the much anticipated new Aberdeen Market it was announced yesterday.

Construction and property development company Heron Bros has completed the complex removal and replacement of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) panels at Knightsridge Primary School in Livingston.

Specification and product information platform NBS and building cost information provider BCIS have announced a new partnership that will help support the industry in its drive to net-zero buildings. The partnership will incorporate robust data sets from BCIS into NBS’ specification writing pl

Joint administrators from PwC have announced the planned closure of all 400 Wilko stores by October, resulting in around 12,500 staff losing their jobs.

Sixteen council areas have identified a total of 39 schools as containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) following inspections carried out by all of Scotland's local authorities.

LaBella Associates, an international architecture, engineering, environmental and planning firm has acquired Kiloh Associates, a Scottish multidisciplinary engineering firm, specialising in civil, structural, geotechnical and environmental disciplines. Kiloh is based in Glasgow, with five offices an

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