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North Ayrshire Council has revealed delays to two major education construction projects. The new Moorpark Primary School in Kilbirnie was due to open later this month. According to the council, while the exterior of the new school is largely complete, work is delayed within the internal areas and th

Sustainable resource management specialist Brewster Brothers has become the first in the UK to achieve an Environmental Product Declaration for its recycled aggregates. The intention of such declarations (EPDs) is to be able to report and compare independently verified data about the environmental p

Eleven organisations in the construction industry, representing over two hundred and fifty thousand workers, have united to launch a new coalition that aims to tackle a lack of diversity across the industry.

Dalkeith-based social enterprise, the Energy Training Academy (ETA), specialising in offering high-quality training in the gas and renewables sector, has secured a £300,000 investment from the Catalyst Fund. The ETA was launched earlier this year by seasoned entrepreneurs Andrew Lamond an

Work is progressing at the £48 million Millport Flood Protection Scheme on the Isle of Cumbrae. Construction works started in the spring and the recent focus has been on installing the onshore flood walls.

The communities of Banff and Macduff are being encouraged to share their views on two design options for a new active travel bridge across the River Deveron.

Elgin-based housebuilder Springfield Properties has seen its share price take a hit after it suspended its dividend payments amid significant financial and housing market challenges. Despite having delivered the firm's "highest level of annual completions and revenue", with total revenue growing 29%

The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI have recorded an average property price in Scotland of £192,000 for July 2023, denoting a 0.1% increase from the previous year. Compared with the preceding month, house prices experienced a 1.1% increase on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whil

Persimmon Homes has donated over 6,000 bricks to Dundee and Angus College to support the next generation of construction workers.

Additional projects to provide more than 460 new homes for tenants and residents across North Lanarkshire have been added to the local authority's five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP).

Trade unions, built environment bodies and energy companies have combined to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans to change some of the UK Government's key green policies, including proposals to water down housing energy efficiency standards and a weakening of targets to phase out gas b

Fife Council's Environment and Building Services recently celebrated the Apprentice of the Year Awards 2023 in the Rothes Halls.

The Local Development Framework (LDF) for Glasgow's South Central area has now been adopted.

A narrow house less than four metres wide but 32 metres long has been approved in South Ayrshire.

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