North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire Council has announced its first ever Built Environment Skills Summit, taking place on 22 August 2025, bringing together businesses, educators, and industry leaders to address critical workforce challenges in the construction and built environment sector.

A bird’s-eye view of the site of Lanarkshire’s new hospital has been released.

The demolition of Fleming House in Cumbernauld town centre is nearing completion.

Plans have been unveiled to transform part of Ravenscraig into what could become one of the UK’s largest green AI data centres.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has been granted planning permission by North Lanarkshire Council to deliver 117 new homes off Manse Road. Pre-construction works for the development, which follows a previously successful development in Bargeddie, are already underway.

Trust Housing Association has marked the start of work on 48 new homes at Reema Road, near Bellshill town centre in North Lanarkshire.

Building work has officially started on the extension of Chryston High School.

Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) has welcomed new tenants to their homes in the newly completed Mill Loan development in the heart of Airdrie town centre.

Work is starting to transform the Watersports Centre at Strathclyde Country Park into a facility for the whole community, with space for health and wellbeing activity, small business start-ups and community use.

North Lanarkshire Council is launching a consultation, starting on 16 June on the updated route of the new East Airdrie Link Road. Information about the route and design of the road will be available online, and drop-in events will be held in Airdrie, Chapelhall and Cumbernauld.

One of North Lanarkshire Council's largest new housing developments is now on site in Coatbridge and is set to bring 127 new homes to the area.

Volunteers from Bellway Homes in Hamilton recently rolled up their sleeves to help the local community organisation, Holytown Environmental Group.

Students from New College Lanarkshire's Motherwell Campus recently visited the construction site at Ravenscraig, as part of their HNC and HND courses in Computer Aided Draughting and Design (CADD) and Architectural Technology.

A major £3.3 million investment by North Lanarkshire Council will bring modern, reliable and accessible lift systems to five high-rise blocks in Motherwell, as the council awarded the final phase of its major lift replacement programme to ADL Lift Services Ltd.

Global spirits business International Beverage has concluded a major expansion programme at its headquarters in Airdrie, completing the build of six new state-of-the-art bonded warehouses at the site.  Representing a £7 million investment, the new warehouses are part of an upgrade of stor