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Eildon Housing’s plans to deliver more green homes in the Borders moved another step closer this week. The first of three Passivhaus homes at Springfield Place in St Boswells will complete in March and a further ten-home development at Westruther has secured planning permission.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has added significant weight to its governance board with the appointment of 11 new members.

New homes can be built more efficiently if all of those involved – councils and housing associations, designers, planners, regulators and builders – sit down together at the beginning of every project, a report has found. CSIC chief executive Stephen Good and housing minister Kevin Stewa

An innovative housing project in Renfrewshire will help to tackle climate change and could slash annual heating bills to £150. Renfrewshire Council’s housing investment team has been given the green light to deliver a £4.5 million retrofit of 75 terraced council houses.

The Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Home (AIMCH) has published a research report to help the housebuilding sector better evaluate productivity and respond to future demands.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has launched a new strategy to put future generations in the driving seat for innovation in the industry. 

Professor Sandy Halliday has highlighted the importance of collaboration in ensuring all buildings are net zero carbon by 2050. Professor Sandy Halliday giving the keynote speech to Build It 2019 at P&J Live

Zero Waste Scotland is inviting small to medium sized businesses to find out how digital technology can help future-proof the construction industry.

A new European project aiming to modernise the delivery of off-site and modular construction education and training has been launched in Glasgow.

Household names from the world of construction will help develop the standards for a new ‘kit of parts’ which will be used to create the next generation of government projects like schools, hospitals and prisons. The Construction Innovation Hub has appointed a new Design Standards B

Stephen Good, chief executive of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, continues a series of blogs following the Scotland Excel ‘Accelerating the delivery of affordable new homes’ conference yesterday.

A partnership between Sir Robert McAlpine, City of Glasgow College and Equate Scotland has been launched to support construction businesses throughout the UK to attract and retain more women in the industry.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has appointed innovation and construction expert Ross Cairns as its business relationship manager for the North of Scotland area.  The appointment comes on the back of CSIC’s new £10.98 million Phase 2 funding programme and a further fu

The curvilinear walls of the Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro,  the cliff face walls of Kengo Kuma’s V&A Dundee, and the three sails of the Richard Meier designed Jubilee Church, just outside Rome, all have one thing in common - concrete.

Eildon Housing is to undertake an “exciting” new building project which will deliver warmer, cheaper, affordable homes while also considering the future of house building and its impact on the environment. The Association is investing millions of pounds as part of its strategy to make su