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The Highland Council is planning to install a Hydro Electric Archimedes Screw at Whin Park Lade in Inverness. The 100KW turbine will control the water flow from the River Ness through to Whin Park and will be able to generate 672,529 KWh, which is equivalent to the power for 150 homes.

Full details of a landmark office development at 191 West George Street in Glasgow city centre have been unveiled for the first time as the £5.5 million refurbishment project marks three months to go until completion. Completing in December 2017, the revamp includes the formation of a new double he

The University of Strathclyde has revealed its plans for a £60 million learning and teaching hub at the heart of its campus in Glasgow city centre. The facility, which represents the University’s biggest single investment in a building project to date, will provide students with leading-edge teac

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient papyrus which appears to be a first-hand account of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The documents of note are contained within a diary of a man named Merer, an official known to have been involved in the planning of the architectural wonder, re

Two firms have been fined a combined £110,000 after an engineer was crushed by heavy machinery and left paralysed from the waist down. The Evening Express reports that James Jamieson was pinned against a wall by a 1.8-tonne section of an air handling unit while working on replacing the system at Ab

Blue box production factory, Stirlng Port Glasgow-based drinks industry supplier McLaren Packaging has invested £3 million in the construction of a new facility in Stirling for subsidiary Blue Box Design, the specialist designer and manufacturer of bespoke presentation boxes for the UK food, drink

Balerno High School will be refurbished and expoanded under the new proposals Plans to build three new schools are among a number of proposals drawn up by the City of Edinburgh Council to tackle an expected increase in pupil numbers in the west and south west of the city.

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee has launched a call for written evidence on the Planning (Scotland) Bill. Introduced into Parliament earlier this month, the Scottish Government said the Planning (Scotland) Bill will improve the system of development planning, g

SEPA chief executive Terry A'Hearn The consortium building the new Aberdeen bypass has been issued with a £280,000 penalty for a series of silt pollution incidents on the rivers Don and Dee.

Plans have been submitted for a conservation and breeding centre for endangered birds in the Scottish Borders. Community interest company Birds Gardens Scotland wants to develop a 200 square metre visitor centre made from straw and lime morter at its site in Oxton, near Lauder.

Rearo's Graham Mercer and AGM Group's Andrew Meek Building work has started to extend the Glasgow headquarters of manufacturer Rearo Laminates Ltd as part of a £500,000 investment expected to create 10 new jobs.

More than £143 million is set to be invested in housing across the Falkirk Council area in the next three years as part of the local authority’s on-going investment programme. In 2018/19, £13.5m will be spent making improvements to around 5,000 properties across the council area, such as:

Adam McGhee There needs to be a fundamental reappraisal of the way public contracts are awarded to ensure the uncertainty facing Carillion workers and sub-contractors is not repeated, according to the architects behind a host of Scottish university buildings.

Andrew Mickel With submissions closing on the Planning Bill consultation last Friday, Andrew Mickel calls on politicians, communities, local authorities and housebuilders to work together to provide the change needed to deliver the homes Scotland needs.

A Gravitricity plant visualised within a rural edge landscape setting Former Scots mining communities could find a new lease of life – with old mine shafts turned into hi-tech green energy stores.