An ambitious £200 million plan to reposition Stirling as an “economic and cultural powerhouse” at the heart of Scotland is being developed by Stirling Council. The plan – part of the council’s City Development Framework – is being drawn up in association with public and private sector sta
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An American electrical engineer has retired to live in a revamped Boeing 727 fuselage. Industrious recycler Bruce Campbell has had his old plane placed in woods near Portland, Oregon, where he lives happily amongst some of the original seating and even the airplane-style toilet. Bruce believes every
The first major milestone in the construction of Dundee's £80.11 million V&A museum has been reached with the completion of a coffer dam in the River Tay. Beginning the construction of the museum in March, BAM Construction has now completed the temporary watertight structure built around the pa
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Melford Developments Ltd.
West Dunbartonshire learning disability centre gets £700k upgrade A facility which provides care and support for adults with learning disabilities has undergone a major £700,000 refurbishment.
Left to right: Lovell regional director Alan Taylor; Archie McDermid, site manager for the Little Boghead project; Derek Brown, site manager for the kitchen and bathroom replacement programme for Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership and Lovell regional health, safety and environmental manager W
Aileen McLeod Scottish landowners will have to accept “the public responsibilities that come with that ownership” following the introduction of new land reform legislation.
Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has started preparatory work to replace the Ruthven Road bridge on the outskirts of Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park for The Highland Council. The single-track road bridge spans the River Spey linking the B970 and the communities beyond
The new Keppie-designed Ronald McDonald House has opened its doors at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus. The £3.4 million facility, run by independent charity Ronald McDonald House Glasgow, provides free amenities and accommodation for families of sick children from all over Scotland who are being
Demolition contractors are being invited to join a new four-year framework worth up to £64 million. The framework comes as council’s push to regenerate their regions and produce more new housing.
It's not just the UK's elected officials that apparently need to be rehoused, Queen Elizabeth II may have to move out of Buckingham Palace during much-needed renovations to the residence, which has not been substantially redecorated since she took the throne in 1952, royal officials said Wednesday.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Burn Stewart Distillers Ltd
Graham Construction has been appointed the main contractor to demolish or redevelop a range of primary and secondary schools in Dumfries. Plans for investment of £100 million which will affect almost every school in Dumfries have been revealed to the public.
Appleton Tower, part of the University of Edinburgh’s central estate, is to undergo a major upgrade to improve the appearance and environmental performance of the building. The refurbishment works will see CCG (Scotland) Ltd undertake over-cladding of the tower to improve the buildings’ environm
By Jonathan Henson, Savills head of rural in Scotland The Land Reform Bill, published in the Scottish Parliament this week, is a punctuation point in landownership history, with the proposed Bill being a starting point for further reforms. It establishes a Land Commission whose remit is to deliver a