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As the return to the office gets underway in earnest, investment into the Scottish commercial property market is seeing a resulting uplift, with Colliers noting that several deals have seen a ‘bidding war’ take place. This year has seen investment volumes in Glasgow reach almost £1

West Scotland MSP Jamie Greene is backing a new campaign aimed at supporting mental health among workers in the construction industry. The charity Band of Builders is encouraging tradespeople, builders’ merchants and others to hold their own so-called Big Brew event to encourage people to disc

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has been instructed to market a prime site for industrial and distribution to the market for sale.

A violin-shaped church and an Inner Mongolia hotel in the form of a monstrous babushka doll are among the contenders for a competition to celebrate China's unsightly architecture. For the past 11 years, Chinese architecture website archcy.com has been inviting people to vote in the l

The independent inquiry investigating the construction of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus (QEUH) in Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences (RHCYP/DCN) in Edinburgh has today began hearing from affected patients and fa

Galliford Try has followed up last year’s pre-exceptional loss of £59.7 million with a pre-tax profit of £11.4m for the financial year ended June 30 2021. The business achieved the result on revenues of £1.125 billion, which represents a divisional operating margin

Kier has announced a return to the black after several years of heavy losses with its continued turnaround strategy. Following losses of £225 million in 2020 and £229m the previous year, the infrastructure and construction group posted pre-tax profits of £5.6 million

An investigation has been launched after a worker was injured on the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour.

Aberdeen-based architectural practice Albyn Architects is celebrating one of its busiest periods to date by moving to larger premises and taking on two additional members of staff in response to an increase in business across all its services. Joining the practice in its move to the new premises in

The £14.5 million redevelopment of Motherwell station entered its third phase last week with a focus on the extension of the forecourt and internal concourse area at the station. ScotRail said the work by Balfour Beatty will see changes to how customers access the station platforms for a short

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has announced the launch of its new £450,000 Low Carbon Learning programme, the UK’s first ever training course designed to equip construction workers with the skills to retrofit buildings for a low carbon future.

The Scottish Government has released a report on the use of external high pressure laminate (HPL) cladding system across a number of sectors in Scotland.

Graham + Sibbald has appointed Scott Morrison as a director within its property management department based in Glasgow. Having obtained an honours degree in Property Management and Valuation from Glasgow Caledonian University, Scott initially started his career with Drivers Jonas where his role was

Clackmannanshire Council has agreed to bridge a funding gap for the development of new dementia-friendly housing in Alloa but the project has been delayed due to a lack of materials.

Randolph Hill Nursing Homes Group has received the keys to its 60-bed nursing home in Kirk Lane, Livingston delivered by Muir Construction.