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SSEN Transmission has selected Sumitomo Electric Industries and its subsea cable installation partner, Van Oord Offshore Wind UK, (the Sumitomo Electric Van Oord Consortium) as the preferred bidder for the proposed Shetland 2 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link subsea cable. The need for a

Rob Bewick, senior construction safety consultant at Thomas & Adamson, highlights why mental health needs to be treated with the same degree of importance as physical health on construction sites. In the construction industry, health and safety is most often thought about in terms of physical we

Residents, businesses and community groups are being reminded to take part in an online survey on the new design guide for the Forthside area in Stirling. This key visual document sets out a list of principles to ensure future developments at Forthside are undertaken in line with the updated masterp

A new public artwork has been revealed at Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s development of new homes at Hawthorn Gardens in South Queensferry, providing the housebuilder’s ‘Percent for Art' commitment to the town as part of planning consent for the development. To mark the official ins

Head of housing at Hardies Property & Construction Consultants, Michael Creech, has warned that Scotland’s affordable housing sector is facing its most challenging period in 40 years. The affordable housing sector has always had challenges to overcome, but this is the most difficult p

The new owners of the B-listed former snooker hall premises in Dennistoun have submitted a new planning application that will see the number of properties provided at the property reduced from earlier plans. Proposals now call for the late 19th-century building in Craigpark — previou

A new campus for Dundee and Angus College, a Grade A office development on the Waterfront and a bespoke permanent home for the Dundee Museum of Transport are among the projects to have received a share of funding from the UK Government. A total of £20 million is on its way to Du

Work to save Midlothian's 300-year-old country villa Mavisbank House is set to begin thanks to a major grant of £5.3 million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Campaigners have laboured for decades to save the architectural gem from collapse following a catastrophic fire 50 years ago. I

Holmes Mille architect Peter Edwards provides some jargon-busting advice to help people choose the right retrofit options for them. Do you know your EnerPHit from your CarbonLite Retrofit? And if someone mentioned PHPP, would you know what they meant? If not, I don’t blame you – the lang

Haventus, the energy transition facilities provider, and owner of Ardersier Port, east of Inverness, has secured a £100 million joint credit facility from the Scottish National Investment Bank (the Bank) and UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) with £50m investment from each. The financing foll

Plans have been unveiled for new seafront flats to be delivered on the site of a former children’s cancer home in Prestwick. Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd wants to develop 40 flats within four blocks at the former Malcolm Sargent House on Links Road.

An opportunity exists to build on the “continuity of the commitment and policy of Land Reform” that is shared by a majority of Scotland including a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Michael Russell, chair of the Scottish Land Commission has said. Mr Russell opened his keynot

Leading transport industry figures have called for cross-sector collaboration and a customer-centric approach to the Clyde Metro programme. Clyde Metro, a multimodal, mass transit public transport system, initially emerged as a key recommendation from Transport Scotland’s national Strategic Tr

A new secondary school for Rosyth came one step closer this week as Fife councillors approved the final business case for the project. Councillors at a meeting of the council's Cabinet Committee discussed the plans which will see a new state-of-the-art school built on the Fleet Grounds as a replacem

The University of Glasgow has reappointed Robertson Construction Central West to its construction framework agreement for a third consecutive time. The successful appointment to Lot 3 of the framework provides the opportunity to deliver projects valued at £7 million+.