South Lanarkshire

The Low Carbon Teaching Building at South Lanarkshire College Austin-Smith:Lord has been shortlisted for an international BREEAM Award for its ground-breaking sustainable design of South Lanarkshire College’s Low Carbon Teaching Building.

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is gearing up for a productive 2017 as it prepares to open the doors to its new innovation and collaboration facility to construction companies across Scotland. The Scottish construction sector employs 170,000 people - 10 per cent of all Scottish jo

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured detailed planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council for 486 new homes in East Kilbride. The 61 acre site on land off Shields Road at Benthall Farm is allocated for housing in the South Lanarkshire Local Development Plan, and will allow Taylor Wimpey West

University of the West of Scotland’s (UWS) plans to create a new state-of-the-art campus in Lanarkshire have taken a step forward with the formal contract signing now completed. The University has agreed a partnership with South Lanarkshire Council to deliver the 38-acre ultra-modern campus at Ham

The re-opening of one of two former Tata Steel plants in Lanarkshire that were mothballed last year has moved a step closer with the first delivery of steel slab to the site for nearly a year. Around 1,500 tonnes of slab from the British Steel plant at Scunthorpe arrived by train at the Dalzell plat

Biscuit firm Tunnock’s has unveiled proposals for a multi-million pound extension to its Lanarkshire factory. The company plans to add a new wing to its landmark plant in Uddingston , adding a further 30 jobs to the current 532 strong payroll.

South Lanarkshire Council has approved plans for a new campus for the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) on the edge of Hamilton. The development at Hamilton International Technology Park (HITP) includes plans for state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities for students and lecturers, sp

Glasgow-based property development company London & Scottish Investments Ltd (LSIL) has submitted a detailed planning application to South Lanarkshire Council for a major new £40 million retail development at Peel Park, East Kilbride. The proposals will see the redevelopment of a long-term vaca

Plans for a £6.7m office block at Shawfield Housing minister Margaret Burgess MSP has announced the award of an additional £3 million for Clyde Gateway to support further development of vacant and derelict sites in Dalmarnock, Rutherglen and Shawfield.

South Lanarkshire Council has granted planning permission for a £15 million mixed used development in Rutherglen. To be located on land adjacent to Junction 2 of the M74 motorway, the Two74 development will comprise of an anchor retail store, a retail terrace, drive-thru restaurant and two family r

Ground cutting on site are (left to right) David Bolton, associate director, public sector, Barclays; Clyde Valley Housing Association’s vice chairperson Allan Murray and finance director Shirley MacDonald and Alasdair Gardner, regional managing director, commercial banking, Bank of Scotland Clyde

Small and medium size businesses (SMEs) in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley area can find out for free how they might share in over a billion pounds worth of investment being delivered through the City Deal.

East Kilbride Community Trust (EKCT) has submitted a PAN (Proposal of Application Notice) to South Lanarkshire Council for a 4000-seater multi-purpose community stadium in East Kilbride. The Trust said the stadium, to be built on undeveloped land off Hurlawcrook Road, will result in significant econ

A proposal from Clyde Gateway to build a new £6.7 million office block at Shawfield has been lodged with South Lanarkshire Council. If approved, the four-storey Red Tree Shawfield building will be set within the remediated area of land that sits between Shawfield Drive and the River Clyde.

The next phase of South Lanarkshire Council’s £800 million-plus primary school modernisation programme is now underway with work starting on a second new primary school in the Biggar area. Glasgow construction and manufacturing company CCG will build the new 900 sq metre Abington Primary School t