As skyscrapers soar to new heights, a New York architecture firm is taking a different approach, proposing a U-shaped tower that would smash records as the longest building in the world. The Independent reports that designs for the “Big Bend” show a 4,000 ft long, arched skyscraper that would to
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Scottish Ministers have today given formal approval to an application by Network Rail to undertake major redevelopment works at Glasgow Queen Street Station. The Transport and Works Scotland (TAWS) Order triggers the latest phase of this ambitious improvement programme which, on completion, will giv
The construction of a new town in East Lothian is to begin next year after councillors approved the first phase of the development. Planning approval in principle was granted for 1,600 new homes at Blindwells, on part of a 392 acre site near Tranent.
East Lothian Community Hospital The value of community-based facilities under construction across the Scotland-wide hub programme has reached £1.16 billion and is supporting over 9,000 jobs, figures published today by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) have revealed.
A major national contract to help Scottish councils source specialist engineering and technical consultancy services has recently gone live. Scotland Excel’s second generation Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework is expected to be worth £17 million a year and will be in place for four
Paul McDevitt TUV SUD Ltd has announced the appointment of Paul McDevitt, formerly managing director of specialist construction industry consultants Business Fix Limited, to the newly created senior role of business and staff development director.
Current SPF chairman Paul Curran (left) with director David Melhuish The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) is celebrating a decade as the voice of the Scottish real estate industry.
The Hailes in Haddington by McCarthy & Stone Stewart Milne Homes, Barratt Developments in Scotland and the Scotland team at McCarthy & Stone are celebrating after achieving 5 star ratings in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction survey 2017.
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Maree Todd MSP with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager at Kier Construction Scotland Maree Todd MSP visits Kier Construction Scotland’s Inverness base
Land Reform secretary Rosanna Cunningham MSP meets with farmers Hew and Jane Hunter, who are tenant farmers on the Crown Estate. Powers over the revenue and management of Crown Estate resources in Scotland have been transferred to the Scottish Government, with the aim of giving communities a stronge
(Image: Google) Developers are set to submit plans to demolish Netherlea Hospital in Newport, Fife, to make way for a collection of luxury homes costing up to £650,000 each.
Court of Session The family of a man who drowned after his vehicle collided with a “defective parapet” on a bridge and fell into the sea have successfully sued the local authority.
Stuart MacGregor Aberdeen-based housebuilder Stewart Milne Group has posted a £26 million pre-tax loss in its last financial year after being hit by the impact of falling oil prices on the north east of Scotland's housing sector.
The Beatrice windfarm off the Scottish coast Wind turbines in Scotland set a new March record for the total amount of power sent to the National Grid since records began.


