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A weekly series of webinars is being launched by a new website, seeking to crowdsource content to make our places in Scotland better. placedesignscotland.com has just launched - with a huge amount of pre-launch archive - and comprises news, comment and features on place-related issues in the country

Construction works are officially underway at a new care home in Livingston.

The house where Adolf Hitler was born is to be repurposed as a human rights training centre for Austrian police officers. The redevelopment of the 17th century house in Braunau am Inn at a cost of €20 million will begin later this year after an expert committee rejected alternative proposals to

German science and technology giant Merck has announced plans to invest €35 million (£30m) in the expansion of its biosafety testing capabilities including a new 1,200-square-meter facility in Glasgow.

Work on a new £24 million Passivhaus primary school for Irvine has officially commenced. North Ayrshire provost Anthea Dickson carried out the official ground-breaking duties to signal the start of construction of the new facility at Montgomerie Park.

Electrical body SELECT is celebrating a major coup after securing global electrical and lighting giant Luceco Group as the first-ever headline sponsor for its annual President’s Cup golf day.

Hydrock, an integrated engineering design, energy and sustainability consultancy, has strengthened its multidisciplinary team in Scotland with the appointment of a recognised expert in the heat networks space. Charlie Drysdale joins the firm's smart energy and sustainability team as an associat

Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its growing project management and building consultancy team with a key appointment. Cara McGlynn has joined the firm as a project manager and will be based in the Glasgow office. Previously she spent over three years working in the public sector for hub Wes

Construction firm Clark Contracts has elevated long-serving employee, Danny McKibbens, to the role of operations director. With nearly 40 years of experience in the construction industry, Mr McKibbens is a seasoned player with roots in the Scottish construction scene.

The Scottish Building Federation is to host its annual conference, 'Building Scotland’s Future' tomorrow at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. The event will bring together industry experts and leaders to discuss some of the key issues facing the construction industry today. Attendees will ha

Construction consultancy McLeod + Aitken has promoted Graeme Beaton, Mark Hirst, Grant Jamieson, and Alistair Seel to the company’s board of directors.

The new £42.5 million Allander Leisure Centre in Bearsden has officially opened its doors to the public following the completion of the first phase of works.

A property investor who sought the reduction of three personal guarantees granted by him to the Royal Bank of Scotland has been unsuccessful in establishing misrepresentation in an action before the Outer House of the Court of Session.

The £300 million transformation of Candleriggs Square in Glasgow’s Merchant City has reached another significant development milestone with the completion of structural work for a 346-apartment build-to-rent (BTR) complex, forward funded by Legal & General. Candleriggs Development 2

An in-principle agreement has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said.