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New homes approved in Banchory

Published 1 week ago

Plans for 68 new homes at Upper Lochton, Banchory, have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council’s Marr Area Committee.

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Avant gets green light for 92-home development in Tranent

Published 1 week ago

Avant Homes Scotland will deliver 92 new homes in Tranent after being granted planning permission for a £31 million residential development.

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Page\Park to lead design team for restoration of Elgin’s Grant Lodge

Published 1 week ago

The design team tasked with bringing Grant Lodge in Elgin back to life is to be led by architectural practice Page\Park Architects.

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Binn Group and Paprec collaborate on £120m Tayside waste-to-energy plant

Published 1 week ago

Perth-based waste manager Binn Group and French recycling and green energies firm Paprec, have partnered on a new energy from waste (EfW) facility in Tayside.

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Glasgow ‘minded to approve’ £76m Sauchiehall Street student-led mixed-use development

Published 1 week ago

Revised plans for a £76 million development to regenerate Sauchiehall Street have been minded to grant approval by Glasgow City Council.

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New Passivhaus extra care complex and flats get underway in Bonnyrigg

Published 1 week ago

Work is underway to build a 40-bedroom care complex and 46 extra care flats alongside a day-care unit in Bonnyrigg.

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Work begins to build new lifeline for East Renfrewshire’s older people

Published 2 weeks ago

Retail Trust has begun a £1 million renovation of its Hugh Fraser Retirement Estate in Newton Mearns to create a new community hub for older people and the community across East Renfrewshire.

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Edinburgh care developer receives third planning approval in a month

Published 2 weeks ago

Morrison Community Care (CCG) Holdco has scored a trifecta of approvals in April, as their newest project in South Queensferry secures planning permission.

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Construction consultancy RLB launches Edinburgh office

Published 2 weeks ago

Independent construction and property management consultant Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB UK) has launched a new Edinburgh office led by Martin McConnell.

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Regeneration of major brownfield site on Clyde Waterfront takes step forward

Published 2 weeks ago

The regeneration of one of the largest brownfield sites in West Dunbartonshire and along the Clyde Waterfront has taken a major step forward after planning permission in principle for the former Carless Oil Terminal in Old Kilpatrick was granted.

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Thomas & Adamson acquired by Egis

Published 2 weeks ago

Global architectural, advisory, construction engineering and mobility services firm Egis has completed the acquisition of Thomas & Adamson, the property and construction consultancy headquartered in Edinburgh.

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Colaren Homes completes land purchase for Fraserburgh business park

Published 2 weeks ago

Colaren Homes has started work to create a new business park in Fraserburgh after it purchased a five-acre site from Aberdeenshire Council.

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Financial struggles projected by almost half of construction SMEs

Published 2 weeks ago

Almost half of the UK’s small and medium-sized construction firms have warned that their business is on track to make a loss or fall below expected margins in the first three months of 2024, the Federation of Master Builders has warned.

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Scottish surveyors cautious about construction outlook

Published 2 weeks ago

Construction activity in Scotland fell in the first quarter of this year according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Construction Monitor for Q1 2024, and surveyors remain cautious about the outlook, anticipating that workloads will remain flat.

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£120m framework offers retrofit opportunity to help net zero drive

Published 2 weeks ago

Scottish businesses are being urged to put their names forward to secure a spot on a new major framework worth up to £120 million over four years to support the delivery of crucial retrofitting and decarbonisation works and services.

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