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McLaughlin & Harvey begins Granton gasholder transformation

Published 1 year ago

The bell at the historic gasholder in Granton Waterfront has been taken apart to make way for work to begin to restore the original 76 x 46-metre frame.

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Artisan unveils images of proposed Edinburgh green neighbourhood

Published 1 year ago

New images showing the homes-led redevelopment of one of Edinburgh city centre’s largest potential development sites have been revealed.

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Hardies appointed employer’s agent for Melville Housing Association at Mayfield development

Published 1 year ago

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has been appointed as employer's agent for Melville Housing Association at Lovell Partnerships' new housing development in Mayfield, Dalkeith.

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Net zero to top agenda at Scottish Procurement Alliance AGM

Published 1 year ago

The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) is urging public sector organisations to attend its AGM this month to hear insights from net zero housing experts.

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Planning granted for ‘first of its kind’ eco-education building in Scotland

Published 1 year ago

Dollar Academy has been granted planning permission from Clackmannanshire Council to build its pioneering Futures Institute, designed to provide a physical home for the school’s progressive educational programme, the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy (FIDA).

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O’DonnellBrown gets green light to revamp Kilmarnock community centre

Published 1 year ago

O’DonnellBrown’s retrofit of Take A Bow Opportunity Centre in Kilmarnock has achieved planning consent.

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100 modular homes handed over in Kilmarnock

Published 1 year ago

Connect Modular and Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) hosted housing minister Paul McLennan MSP along with Provost Jim Todd to welcome the first residents to a volumetric-modular, affordable housing development at Shortlees in Kilmarnock.

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Work starts on £33m student development in Glasgow

Published 1 year ago

Urbanite Living has commenced construction on-site to deliver a £33 million student accommodation development at Jocelyn Square in Glasgow city centre.

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Morgan Sindall on course for record year

Published 1 year ago

An “excellent” performance from Morgan Sindall’s fit-out operation has helped the group shrug off challenging market conditions to deliver a record performance in the first six months of 2023.

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Detailed plans lodged for Monklands hospital replacement

Published 1 year ago

Plans by NHS Lanarkshire to replace University Hospital Monklands have progressed further with the submission of a planning application to North Lanarkshire Council.

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Budgetary constraints and higher interest rates continue to hamper Scottish construction workloads

Published 1 year ago

Scottish construction market activity has fallen for the third consecutive quarter with all subsectors now seeing either flat or falling workloads, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.

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Taylor Wimpey bemoans rising interest rates as revenues and profit drop

Published 1 year ago

Taylor Wimpey has reported a 21% fall in revenue and a 29% drop in pre-tax profit as rising interest rates knocked the housing market.

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Glenfinnan viaduct set for temporary repairs

Published 1 year ago

Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent to Highland Council to carry out temporary repairs on the Glenfinnan viaduct.

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Perth housebuilder on the move as demand grows

Published 1 year ago

A Perth housebuilding firm is confident that the buoyant local property market will support its plans to build almost 900 homes in the next six to eight years, alongside a new head office.

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Government reporter upholds decision to reject Edinburgh care home plan

Published 1 year ago

The developer behind plans to build a modern 62-bedroom care home near Fairmilehead in Edinburgh has failed in a bid to gain approval on appeal amid “serious concerns” about the scale of the development and potential harm to a conservation area.

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