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Oran Architecture launches in Glasgow with growing UK-wide portfolio
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (487+ words) A new Glasgow-based practice, Oran Architecture, has formally launched after a year spent quietly building a diverse pipeline of projects across the UK." Founded in 2025, the RIBA Chartered Practice positions its work around "People, Place and Purpose, combining design ambition…...
Council settles out of court with DLA Piper over tram dispute
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (427+ words) The City of Edinburgh Council has reached an out-of-court settlement with DLA Piper over legal advice provided during the capital's troubled tram project. The council had originally sought "200 million in damages, alleging "negligent legal advice" given to TIE, the arms-length…...
Homes for Scotland announces 2026 award winners
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (522+ words) The winners of the 2026 Homes for Scotland Awards The vast contribution home building makes to Scotland's social wellbeing, economic growth and prosperity was recognised as Homes for Scotland (HFS) announced the winners of its 2026 awards programme. The annual event, attended…...
Edinburgh and Glasgow fit-out costs rise by 12%
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (637+ words) A combination of a rise in demand for premium, highly amenitised Grade A office space and a shortfall in supply in many markets has led to double digit percentage increases in fit-out costs over the past year in major global…...
Builders issue rally call for political rhetoric to shift towards housing delivery
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (335+ words) HFS chief executive Jane Wood Around 900 senior leaders and representatives from across the Scottish home building sector are meeting in Edinburgh today for Homes for Scotland's (HFS) Annual Lunch & Awards 2026 " the first such industry gathering since last week's Holyrood election....
Developer behind Loch Fyne homes collapses amid delays and cost overruns
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (153+ words) A company set up to deliver a new housing development in Strachur, Argyll and Bute, has entered administration following what administrators described as "significant completion delays and cost overruns. Wbg has been appointed to handle the insolvency and confirmed that…...
Wallace Whittle acquires utilities consultancy Petrie Buchanan
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (387+ words) John Petrie, director at Petrie Buchanan (left), and Allan Mc Gill, managing director at Wallace Whittle Founded in 2002, Petrie Buchanan is well established across the UK and provides multi-utility infrastructure design and management to housebuilders and developers, from planning to…...
Local roots drive revitalisation of Cardrona housing development
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (178+ words) Luminary Homes Limited has officially restarted a residential development at Horsbrugh North, Cardrona - a site that had previously stalled under former ownership. Following the site falling into administration, Luminary Homes has been working on site since March to revitalise the…...
Ionica Energy enters development partnership with Galetech Group
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (356+ words) Ionica Energy, a renewable energy consultancy company and project developer, has entered into a development partnership with Irish renewable energy company Galetech Group. Over the next 10 years, the partnership will seek to develop utility-scale, strategic renewable energy projects in Scotland…...
Inch Cape partners with Dundee & Angus College to power future offshore wind workforce
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (418+ words) Dundee & Angus College's Steve Swinley (project manager for offshore wind) and Julie Grace (vice principal " curriculum and partnerships) at the MOU signing with'Inch Cape's Sue Vincent (stakeholder & communications manager) and George Cobb (OFTO and supply chain manager) Dundee & Angus College…...