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Homes for Scotland announces 2024 awards shortlist

Published 5 months ago

Sector body Homes for Scotland has announced the shortlist for its 2024 awards programme, this year focused on how its members are meeting the housing needs of everyone living (or who wishes to live) in Scotland.

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Video: Glasgow bridge demolition sees £12.6m rail project take huge step forward

Published 5 months ago

Network Rail has successfully demolished the bridge over the railway on Shields Road in Glasgow.

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Balfour Beatty signs contract for new HMP Highland as cost quadruples to £209m

Published 5 months ago

A new prison in Inverness that has been given the final go-ahead will arrive six years late and cost more than four times its original estimate.

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102-home development for Fife village moves forward

Published 5 months ago

A proposed development of 102 homes in a Fife village has taken a step forward after it was granted planning approval by Fife Council.

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Cranhill flats bid returns with revised designs

Published 5 months ago

A further attempt is being made to develop a block of flats for Thenue Housing Association in Cranhill.

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Peel Ports Group seeking bids for £750m construction works

Published 5 months ago

Peel Ports Group is inviting contractors to submit bids for two new frameworks covering a major long-term programme of construction works across its UK and Ireland sites, worth a total of £750 million.

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Green light for two North Lanarkshire community hubs

Published 5 months ago

North Lanarkshire Council’s town and community hub programme took another significant step forward this week following the approval of two new projects.

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Clark Contracts begins work on new Aberdeen care home

Published 5 months ago

Work is underway on the development of a new £20 million care home in the Pitfodels area of Aberdeen, ready to open in autumn/winter 2025.

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Scottish Opera submits detailed plans for mixed-use New Rotterdam Wharf regeneration

Published 5 months ago

Scottish Opera has fleshed out its proposals for a major mixed-use transformation of its current New Rotterdam Wharf site in Glasgow, including multi-storey student accommodation blocks.

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Algo points to fixed-price social housing contracts for £3.5m pre-tax loss

Published 5 months ago

A construction director has warned that building firms may be put off taking on social housing projects after he attributed his company’s £3.5 million pre-tax loss to two fixed-price contracts.

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West of Scotland Housing Association acquires Glasgow’s Station House for affordable housing conversion

Published 5 months ago

West of Scotland Housing Association has acquired a Grade B listed former office building in Glasgow city centre for a multi-million-pound conversion to mid-market rent housing.

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Campion to bring almost 100 accessible homes to Fife and Dundee

Published 5 months ago

Campion Homes is now onsite to deliver three major affordable housing developments across Fife and Dundee.

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Persimmon submits revised plans for major new development in Cupar

Published 5 months ago

Plans have been lodged for a new development in Cupar that would help tackle Fife’s housing emergency and deliver a new bypass to reduce town centre traffic.

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Cala Homes (West) to deliver 346 new homes in Barrhead

Published 5 months ago

East Renfrewshire Council has given consent to Cala Homes (West) to create 346 new homes in Barrhead.

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Barratt Developments submits £50m plans for new Aberdeenshire homes

Published 5 months ago

Barratt & David Wilson Homes North Scotland has announced plans to bring 194 new homes – including 48 affordable properties – to Potterton on the northern edge of Aberdeen.

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