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More than £8 million is to be invested on improving infrastructure throughout Moray over the next 12 months. The funds will be spent on maintaining Moray’s 1,556 km, £1.6 billion roads portfolio.

More than £2 million could be spent across Dundee on preparations for the near doubling of young children’s entitlement to early learning and childcare by 2020. Councillors will be asked to approve five tenders for internal and external work at the former nursery buildings at Yarrow Terr

PFI contracts should be taken over by the Treasury as part of radical changes to local government funding, according to a new report. A joint paper from Unison Scotland and the Jimmy Reid Foundation has called for a “fundamental review” of local government funding to examine new and alte

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has enhanced its dispute resolution offering with partner Murray Warner having become an RICS accredited Evaluative Mediator. Commenting on the development, Warner said: “As a business we are keen to promote formal evaluative mediation, which can

As news broke out about a devastating fire which last night engulfed the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, a university was forced to clarify that it was not burning, despite being more than 4,000 miles away. About two hours after the blaze started at the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Univers

Robertson has appointed Bryan Glass as executive director of its civil engineering business. Bryan, a chartered civil engineer, will bring his 35 years’ industry experience to Robertson’s respected civil engineering business, strengthening the team’s credentials by implementing an

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Co-owners

Proposals for Edinburgh’s first purpose-built music venue in over a century have been recommended for approval. Planned to be situated behind the Royal Bank of Scotland’s historic home on St Andrew Square, The IMPACT Centre was given the green light by planner officers ahead of the City

An Edinburgh health and wellbeing charity has submitted detailed plans for the development of new ‘Garden Rooms’ adjacent to its existing Centre of Wellbeing in Craigmillar. Established in 1944, Thistle is an independent charity which provides support for people living with long term hea

The final stage of Highland Council’s West Link transport project is to commence following the award of the £10.1 million construction contract. Dingwall-based RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd has been awarded the contract to build the additional swing bridge and roundabout, with the associat

Claire Thomas is to join the Board of Persimmon as an independent non-executive director. With more than 28 years’ experience of operating in a complex, global HR environment, Claire has a wide range of experience including advising boards of directors, supporting remuneration and nomination c

A restored City Observatory, the first Scotch Whisky Distillery to operate in the Borders since 1837 and a data driven innovation hub are just some of the diverse projects shortlisted by the Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA) for its 2019 awards. In total the EAA Awards for Architecture 2019

Landmark legislation which provided a legal basis for real burdens following the abolition of feudal tenure is too difficult to apply in practice and should be reformed, the Scottish Law Commission has said. The legal reform body has published a new report recommending the replacement of section 53

The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has agreed a 2.75% pay increase for SME construction employees following successful pay negotiations between the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and the Unite union. The one-year-deal is below last year’s 3.1% rise and will c

The Warmer Homes Scotland initiative has awarded a minimum of £38 million to managing agent Warmworks to continue to deliver the Scottish Government’s fuel poverty scheme over the next two years. The announcement comes as the 15,000th Warmer Homes customer welcomed a new gas central heat