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Scottish Engineering has appointed Bernie O’Neil, operations director at Thales, as its second consecutive female president. Two years ago, Aine Finlayson became Scottish Engineering's first female president in its almost 160-year history.

The first students of a new course that was introduced to address the skills shortage in the civil engineering industry had plenty to celebrate at their graduation ceremony when they were all guaranteed job offers. The graduation was held at the Balloch campus of UHI Inverness to celebrate the very

Proposals by Dublin-based Dalata Hotel Group for a £50 million hotel in Edinburgh have moved to the planning stage. A four-star Clayton hotel consisting of 167 rooms is planned for the site at 28 St Andrew Square.

Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Cowal Design has promoted James Devenay to the position of director. Joining forces with the other directors to drive the continued growth and success of the firm, James will play a pivotal role in nurturing talent within the organisation and attracting new

Proposals to increase reuse and recycling and cut waste are being put forward as part of a consultation. Reducing single-use, disposable items like cups, banning the destruction of unsold goods and promoting the reuse of construction materials are just some of the actions being suggested as part of

Savills latest analysis of UK residential market performance during 2023 has shown that while mortgage affordability has impacted the wider market, Scotland’s prime market has been the most resilient in the UK with a 1% increase in net agreed sales. This compares to -17% drop in prime UK regio

By day, Lewis Mackinnon is a project manager for Places for People based at the Tornagrain housing development in the Highlands, but on Sunday he will be walking out in front of 60,000 people to take on giants Celtic FC at the iconic Celtic Park. Centre-back Lewis signed for Buckie Thistle, a footba

Demolition work on an art deco former cinema has been halted after Glasgow City Council planning officers issued a last-minute building preservation notice (BPN). Allied Vehicles, which owns the former Mecca/Vogue cinema at 124 Balmore Road in Possilpark, was granted a demolition warrant for th

First Minister Humza Yousaf visited Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s Innovation Campus yesterday to announce the Scottish Funding Council (SFC)’s future approach to investing in Scotland’s innovation centres and to officially open BE-ST's National Retrofit Centr

Scotland’s first eco construction training centre is teaching students key skills to deliver net zero targets. Constructed by McTaggart Construction, the newly opened state-of-the-art facility at West Lothian College supports sustainable construction and energy efficiencies. It will provide tr

Bold plans to create a new community and regenerate the iconic Govan Graving Docks have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. The proposals, led by New City Vision, and designed by Glasgow-based architects O'DonnellBrown, would see the construction of up to 304 new homes on the southern boundary o

Grant Murray Architects has secured planning permission from Glasgow City Council to build serviced apartments at the junction of 139-141 West Regent Street. The approval clears the way for a seven-storey block containing 70 apartments alongside a ground floor restaurant and a rooftop bar following

Architecture practice 3DReid has made six leadership team promotions. Andrew Marshall and Doug Pearson in the Edinburgh studio, Jen Samuel, Kevin Langan and Mark Lorimer in the Glasgow studio and Armelle Munoz in the Birmingham studio have all been promoted to director.

A further three surveyors at DM Hall have passed the final professional hurdle of their professional training despite the impact of Covid-19 on their college studies. The three, Greg Donald, Callum Herd and Thomas Lennie, now qualified chartered surveyors, sat and passed successfully the Assessment

Lora Brill has been named as the new UK head of sustainability for buildings at Ramboll. Joining Ramboll from Orchard Street Investment Management, where she was Head of ESG and Responsible Investment, Lora has over 20 years’ experience working in the built environment and sustainabi