Glasgow

Design changes for the £9 million public realm project on Byres Road have been approved by Glasgow City Council. A consultation in 2018 on initial design proposals for the street demonstrated public support for measures to improve the pedestrian environment, however there was significant conce

Building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has commenced works at a multi-million-pound mixed-use development in Glasgow on behalf of Elderpark Housing Association. The firm will deliver a turnkey building services solution for the Govan development which will see the conversion of the for

Scotland’s international centre of manufacturing expertise is a step closer to being realised following the appointment of the design team. The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), hosted by the University of Strathclyde, aims to make Scotland a global leader in advanced manufactu

Linthouse Housing Association has completed work to deliver a multi-million-pound housing improvement contract in Govan. Glasgow-based construction specialist CCG (Scotland) Ltd has been operational at Hutton Drive since early 2018 acting as main contractor where comprehensive tenement improvements

A new finance scheme which could pave the way for the enabling infrastructure necessary to kick-start new development in Glasgow has been approved by the local authority. Glasgow City Council said the proposed Tax Incremental Finance (TIF) scheme, while smaller in size and level of investment, from

Glasgow’s first significant city centre build-to-rent (BTR) housing development will be delivered in the heart of Merchant City this summer. Property investment, letting and management specialist Tay Letting has been appointed to market the Candleriggs Court development.

Clark Contracts has released a video of its team installing two gantry's on top of the towers at 55 Douglas Street to facilitate a spider crane which will assist with the delivery of steel work required for the extension to the building.

Six Glasgow architecture practices have tabled innovative proposals to rethink the design of terraced housing. Bigg Regeneration, the joint venture between Scottish Canals and Places for People Capital, and Igloo Regeneration have revealed the resulting plans for a low-carbon, customisable, timber-p

Merchant Homes has secured planning permission for a proposed new residential development in Glasgow. Located at Stepford Road, just north of the city’s Edinburgh Road, Lochwood Gardens will comprise a collection of 106 homes including a mix of two, three and four-bedroom detached, semi-detach

An innovative new affordable housing project has been completed in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow. Admiral Street, located adjacent to Paisley Road West in the south of the city, was once home to a confectionary factory in the mid-1900s and had been a gap site until being purchased by CCG (Scotlan

Pioneering research which links the design of a healthcare facility to patients’ wellbeing has been incorporated into a Glasgow hospice. Designed by international design practice Ryder Architecture, The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice is the first palliative care facility in the UK to f

Plans have been submitted for a new footbridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal set to permanently link three communities in the north of Glasgow for the first time since the waterway opened in 1790. The new Stockingfield Bridge will provide a new traffic-free link between the communities of Maryhil

Kelvinside Academy has joined forces with Balfour Beatty to open Scotland’s School of Innovation, the first of its kind in the UK. Set to open its doors in August this year, the building will be a beacon for the construction sector as it will be the country’s first sustainable building d

GHA and Provanhall Housing Association are joining forces to build 106 new energy-efficient houses and flats in Easterhouse. The £14 million development, made up of 80 homes for GHA and 26 for Provanhall, should be ready by next autumn.

Chartered building surveyor Whitecross Building Consultancy has completed a number of projects at Glasgow’s Princes Square shopping destination. Acting on behalf of landlords Redevco, Whitecross negotiated the dilapidations, managed the enabling works and monitored the tenant fit out works for