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Stantec has appointed Ujwala Fernandes as director of landscape, urban design, and master planning for Scotland and the North of England. A fellow of The Landscape Institute, Fernandes joins the company with extensive public sector experience in landscape architecture, masterplanning, urban regenera

Falkirk-based civil engineering firm GBSS has been appointed to support Robertson Construction in the delivery of Lock 16 Scotland's Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills, a landmark regeneration project being delivered by Scottish Canals in partnership with Historic Environment Sc

Landscape architecture practice OOBE has helped shape one of Scotland's newest secondary schools, following the official handover of the £88 million Caledonia High School in Rosyth to Fife Council ahead of its opening to pupils next month.

SSEN Transmission has confirmed it will build a new £150 million state-of-the-art training centre at Thainstone Business Park near Inverurie.

Community organisations, charities, social enterprises and local residents are being invited to help shape the future of the Norton Park Conference Centre as part of a major new study exploring how a bespoke heritage space could better serve Edinburgh's third sector as well as the local communities

Home Fix Scotland (HFS), the repairs and maintenance subsidiary of River Clyde Homes (RCH), has made a significant leadership transition as managing director Derek Ferguson prepares to retire on 30 September. This follows five years of dedicated service, which saw him lead HFS through a period of si

Ayrshire Housing has appointed a new property director who will be responsible for overseeing the significant levels of investment planned for its stock over the next few years. Last year the association announced spending of more than £11 million to improve homes for its tenants, and new appo

Development finance lender Atelier has completed a £4.7 million loan for the development of a 48-room purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA ) development in Aberdeen.

Front (from left) Elaine Jones, acting head teacher, South Morningside Primary School; Olivia Chomczuk, Hearts FC; Amelie Chomczuk, Hearts FC; Cllr James Dalgleish, Education, Children and Families convener; and Mariel D’Arcy, board trustee, Big Hearts Back (from left) Paul Epton, operational

Network Rail has reached an important milestone in its work to strengthen Scotland's railway against extreme weather, investing £130 million in resilience over the last two years.

East Lothian Council has approved plans for a pet crematorium at Boggs Holdings, Pencaitland. The application was for a change of use of agricultural land at 32 Boggs Holdings to form a pet cremation facility and associated works including an above-ground gas tank. Planning permission was granted re

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Bovis, RNID, Unseen Aware, Safety in Design and Heathrow are collaborating on an initiative aiming to create the first construction-specific deaf awareness and hearing loss training programme. 

The Isle of Skye will reap the benefits from a series of major Highland Council-led infrastructure and service improvement projects currently taking shape on the island. An update on five separate developments, which together represent an investment of close to £50 million, came before Highlan

Homebuilder Cala has promoted Neil Riddell to managing director for its East of Scotland business, which spans Edinburgh, the Lothians, Perth and Kinross, Fife and the Scottish Borders. Neil takes on the role following a successful period as construction director and key board member for Cala's West

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided £82.6 million of funding to support Rosethorn Capital Partners and Eagle Street Partners with the acquisition and repositioning of three purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets in Birmingham, Edinburgh and London.