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Glasgow-based ECD Architects has promoted Alistair Cameron to joint managing director with specific responsibility for Scotland. Mr Cameron will work alongside joint managing director James Traynor, who has responsibility for the practice’s delivery in England, as the firm seeks to meet growin

Ore Valley Housing Association’s (OVHA) restoration of the former Bowhill Miners Institute building in Cardenden has secured another national award.

Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) has submitted a revised planning application for its proposed redevelopment at Dalintober in Campbeltown.

Plans for the refurbishment of Campsie Memorial Hall in Lennoxtown took a significant step forward this week as the partners involved in the £2.279 million project achieved financial close. 

Ore Valley Housing Association secured the prestigious National Gold Award at the recent International Green Apple Environment Awards 2024 in the ‘Property and Estate Management: Regeneration’ category. Held at Kensington Palace in London on November 18th, OVHA won top prize for its rede

Work has started on a new Quantum Communications Hub Optical Ground Station (HOGS), a state-of-the-art telescope which is being built on Heriot-Watt University’s Research Park. The new facility will demonstrate and test satellite quantum secure communications, maintaining and growing the UK&rs

ECD Architects has been appointed to a framework that will help housing associations reach their carbon emissions targets. The GFP Decarbonisation Delivery Framework for Scotland, which is managed by Pretium Frameworks, was developed with the Greener Futures Partnership, with Abri acting as contract

The refurbishment of the Royal College Robotics South Laboratory for the University of Strathclyde emerged victorious at the Learning Spaces Scotland Awards 2023. The cutting-edge facility secured the coveted Refurbishment of the Year Award, affirming the University’s facilities are some of th

Survey and valuation services provider Harvey, Donaldson & Gibson (HSG) has secured a contract with River Clyde Homes to support the retrofitting of its current housing stock. River Clyde Homes will be working in partnership with ECD Architects Ltd and AC Whyte on this extensive project which wa

Caledonia Housing Association's regeneration programme which is providing 204 new build homes for Bellsmyre has been shortlisted for two of the Planning Awards 2023’s placemaking categories.

A planning application seeking approval to develop a new community campus in Ardrossan has been lodged. Designed by jmarchitects, the new facility will be constructed on the former Shell refinery site in the town.

A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) for the new Ardrossan Community Campus has been submitted to North Ayrshire Council. The new Community Campus at the North Shore site in Ardrossan will be the first part of wider development on the disused former Shell site, transforming the previously industri

Renfrewshire Council is to embark on a major new social housing retrofit programme that will see up to 3,500 local authority dwellings renovated to either Enerphit or the AECB Retrofit Standard over the next four years.

The major regeneration project at Bellsmyre in Dumbarton is taking shape with four families moving into their new homes and the council giving the green light for the next phase of development.

Rounding up the Scottish Construction Now COP26SCN feature showcasing the social housing sector’s efforts to combat climate change is Hanover Scotland’s development being built to Passivhaus standards in Drymen. With a portfolio including more than 5,000 properties, located in more than