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Plans submitted to convert Glasgow office building into aparthotel

Published 1 year ago

Glasgow City Council has received plans seeking to convert an empty city centre office building into an aparthotel.

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Completions down by more than a third at Persimmon

Published 1 year ago

Persimmon has reported a significant fall in housing completions and warned it expects market conditions to remain “highly uncertain”. 

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Detailed plans lodged for new Dunfermline neighbourhood

Published 1 year ago

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has submitted two Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning applications to Fife Council as preparations for its Whitefields neighbourhood in Halbeath take a further step forward.

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Planning permission granted for £60m Met Tower refurbishment

Published 1 year ago

Bruntwood SciTech’s plans to transform Glasgow’s iconic Met Tower have been approved, with the first interior images of its reimagined future also revealed.

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Strike action looms as thousands of engineering construction workers reject pay offer

Published 1 year ago

Thousands of engineering construction workers are ready to strike after they rejected an “inadequate” pay offer, with more set to be balloted, the Unite union has said.

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Thomas Plant Hire creates Scottish stronghold with Mulholland Plant Services acquisition

Published 1 year ago

UK plant hire firm Thomas Plant Hire has acquired Scottish specialist Mulholland Plant Services Ltd.

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Springfield signals affordable housing return with £6m Highland Council contract

Published 1 year ago

Springfield Properties has signed a new affordable housing contract, worth £6.1 million, with the Highland Council.

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Persimmon buys more land in Saltcoats to extend Arran View development

Published 1 year ago

Persimmon West Scotland has purchased new land in Saltcoats to extend their Arran View development.

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HB Projects submits notice of intention to appoint administrators

Published 1 year ago

Specialist retail contractor HB Projects has submitted its notice of intention to appoint administrators due to several cancelled and deferred projects.

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Mosaic seeks to redevelop Glasgow office building into £30m student accommodation

Published 1 year ago

Mosaic Architecture + Design has submitted a planning application on behalf of Courie Investments for the £30 million redevelopment of the existing underused office building at 249 West George Street in Glasgow.

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O’DonnellBrown gains Edinburgh aparthotel approval

Published 1 year ago

Glasgow-based architecture practice O’DonnellBrown has received planning permission to convert a listed building in Edinburgh’s Thistle Street into a new aparthotel for client HubCap.

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St Andrews school site subject of student flats plans

Published 1 year ago

The former Kilrymont High School in St Andrews is to be converted into student flats.

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Perth West green light paves way for 1,000 new jobs

Published 1 year ago

The innovative Perth West development has been granted planning permission by Perth & Kinross Council, paving the way to over 1,000 new jobs for the area.

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Germany: Europe’s first 3D-printed social housing project underway

Published 1 year ago

A new milestone in 3D concrete printing has been reached in Germany where Europe’s first publicly funded multi-family house is being constructed using 3D printing.

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Glasgow-based civil engineer named world’s first Chartered Infrastructure Engineer

Published 1 year ago

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has awarded its first Chartered Infrastructure Engineer (CIE) title to Chris Landsburgh, a decarbonisation director at infrastructure consulting firm AECOM, based in Glasgow.

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