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Students from the University of Edinburgh are helping Robertson Group embrace change within the construction industry. Nine students are responding to a data-led challenge set by the infrastructure group which looks at ways to reduce waste in the construction industry – identified as a priorit

Architectural technology students from New College Lanarkshire have designs on a brighter future after completing work placements at companies across the central belt of Scotland. Twenty-four students of HNC and HND Computer Aided Architectural Design and Technology (CAADT) at the Motherwell Campus

A plan to name a new street after one of the most ruthless figures in Scottish history have been met with opposition from Highland councillors. According to The Scotsman, housebuilders Barratt Homes proposed that one of 12 new streets in a development near the Culloden battlefield be named after Wil

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More than 1,800 new construction jobs are expected to be created after the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) received almost £11 million of core funding to support the sector to innovate, modernise and grow. The investment from the Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Enterpris

Taylor Wimpey has “acknowledged concerns” raised by customers regarding the durability of mortar on a development in the Scottish Borders. The housebuilder said it has identified “a robust technical solution” to the problem and will remediate the homes in Peebles “as so

Architecture practice Woods Bagot has been appointed to design and deliver a new building to house the University of Glasgow's School of Engineering. The new Engineering Building is part of the University's £1 billion Campus Development Programme, which is redeveloping the 14 acre site of the

Grangemouth refinery owner Ineos is to invest £350 million in a new energy plant at the site as part of a £1 billion infrastructure spend across the UK. The new plant will replace the existing 40-year-old facility at the refinery and petrochemicals site on the Firth of Forth.

Scottish Ministers have granted planning permission in principle for an onshore substation, electricity cables and associated infrastructure on part of the former Cockenzie Power Station site. A planning application for the development, submitted by Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, was called in by Min

Almost £350 million to be invested over next ten years in an extended programme of capital investment in South Ayrshire. The record-breaking investment will deliver new and improved sports and leisure facilities, state-of-the-art schools, better roads, extend early years provision, and support

North Ayrshire Council is to bring forward plans for a new community campus at Ardrossan by three years under changes to its capital budget. Around £31.5 million has been allocated to replace Ardrossan Academy but the local authority is keen to access Scottish Government funding that will allo

Structural steel specialists J & D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd has been named as the steel contractor for the expansion to London City Airport. The £500 million City Airport Development Programme (CADP) will see the firm fabricate and erect the structural steelwork as well as design all the env

Plans to build 185 new houses in Stirling, including 46 affordable homes, have been given the green light. The development at Newpark Farm, St Ninians, will comprise a mixture of bungalows, cottage flats, short terraces, semi-detached and detached properties.

Construction work to build contemporary apartments on the site of the fire-hit Bervie Chipper in Stonehaven is underway, the developer has confirmed. Aberdeen-based development and investment firm West Coast Estates has appointed Burns Construction to undertake the £1.5 million project in Davi

Govanhill Housing Association is to progress improvements to its tenement housing stock in Glasgow with a large-scale renewals contract. A total of 126 of properties will have brand new kitchens installed by CCG Asset Management, the expert planned maintenance division of the CCG Group.