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Plans for a new equipment testing centre at Kingsbarns Golf Links near St Andrews have been approved by Fife Council. Designed by Wellwood Leslie Architects, the new 22,750 sq. ft facility is to be located to the north of the practice area at Kingsbarns.

An Aberdeenshire business has been fined for serious safety failings after a man died when he fell more than five metres through a fragile roof. Latvian national Nikolajs Naumovs, 57, who arrived in Scotland only two weeks before his fatal fall, had been working on a roof at premises in College Boun

A wooden skyscraper that Austrian architects say will be the tallest of its kind in the world is to be built in Vienna next year– but the city’s fire brigade has concerns. The 84-metre (276ft) HoHo project in the Seestadt Aspern area, one of Europe’s largest urban development sites, will house

The construction of Antoni Gaudí’s already 133-year-old Sagrada Família in Barcelona is now being accelerated by one of the most modern technologies around: 3-D printing. As a matter of fact, the construction process in Barcelona has been utilizing 3-D printing for 14 years, introducing the tech

The University of Aberdeen New Library received a BREEAM Excellent rating Aberdeen City Council is to be the first local authority in Scotland to have in-house BREEAM assessors who will review developments for environmental performance.

Moray Council has awarded Morrison Construction a multi-million pound contract to refurbish four primary schools. The £17 million project will see improvements made at Applegrove in Forres, Millbank in Buckie, Seafield in Elgin and St Gerardine in Lossiemouth.

Two of the newest Hungry Horse restaurants to open in Scotland feature REHAU PVC-U windows fabricated and installed by Glasgow based commercial specialists PWS Scotland, part of the Perfect Glazing group. Foiled windows in the REHAU TOTAL70C system have been installed in both the Tail O’the Bank i

Vaughan Hart Confidence within the Scottish construction industry has hit a seven year high, according to latest industry data.

Clydebank's iconic Titan Crane is to remain open to visitors by appointment while the £22m new leisure centre is built nearby at Queens Quay, it has been announced.

Andrew Milne Edinburgh's tenements are a vital part of a vibrant city. Andrew Milne asks isn't it time we started looking after them?

Skanska UK has received a funding award worth more than £700,000 to develop the use of robots for on-site and off-site construction. The award came from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of their collaborative R&am

Glasgow City Council has granted planning permission to BAM Properties and Taylor Clark Properties to develop a £100m office and residential project at Atlantic Square, Glasgow. BAM said the development in Glasgow’s Broomielaw will help address concerns that the City may be losing its competitive

(from left) Crawford Beveridge, Petra Biberbach and John Hamilton The members of an independent panel set up to carry out a “game-changing review” of Scotland’s planning system have been announced by social justice secretary Alex Neil.

Borders timber business Oregon Timber Frame has outlined ambitious plans to extend its manufacturing capability as it looks to capitalise on the demand for new housing. The firm is looking to double its turnover after acquiring a former furniture superstore next to its existing production site in Se

Philip Hogg Homes for Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to show similar housebuilding ambitions as England after housing minister Brandon Lewis announced that the UK government wants to see a million homes built south of the border by 2020.