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The campaigning trade association for Scotland’s electrical industry has said it is looking forward to 2023 with “renewed optimism and confidence” after it ended the year on a positive note by reflecting on 12 months of significant milestones. While continuing to focus on the welfa

Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Transmission has awarded engineering, construction and design firm Burns & McDonnell a contract for the development of technical requirements for parts of its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) projects.

Cala Homes (West) has made a landmark move of its own, relocating from its Falkirk HQ to Glasgow. The business has taken up residence in the renowned McLellan Works building on Sauchiehall Street, a move which the housebuilder said reaffirms its commitment to the city by bringing its operations and

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish Government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

Residents at the Stewart Milne Homes’ Brackenhill Park development in Hamilton are playing their role in protecting local hedgehogs this winter. In a partnership between the housebuilder and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), the Brackenhill Park community have installed hedgehog homes in comm

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Sentry Management Limited

Scotland’s transition to net zero has been boosted with increased investment of over £366 million in delivering the Heat in Buildings Strategy in 2023-24 as part of the Scottish Government's budget yesterday. Delivering the statement to Parliament yesterday, Deputy First Minister Jo

Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL) has relocated its offices to be at the centre of the expansion of Winchburgh Village. The 1,900 sq ft office space forms Lot 1 of a dedicated commercial block, built and leased by J. Smart & Co. (Contractors) PLC. With a further 772 to 3,837 sq ft of retail/

CITB has paid out over £5 million more in grants and supported nearly 700 more employers this year compared to the same period in 2021.

The cost-of-living crisis and unsettled market conditions have led Stewart Milne Group to pause its efforts to sell its housebuilding business, despite a number of “fruitful discussions” with potential bidders.

Practical completion has been achieved for Glasgow’s largest Passivhaus-certified housing development at Springfield Cross.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has now started on the first of 134 new homes at its new Farrier Fields development in Edinburgh.

A major landmark at one of the UK’s most sustainable new housing developments has been reached with the ‘topping out’ of Rowanbank Gardens in Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Structural building work on the final phase of Artisan Real Estate’s 126-apartment development has now been c

A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water has burst, flooding the lobby of a Berlin hotel and nearby streets.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: MMMARS Dundas Limited.