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Adam Scotland and Hirst landscape architects have appointed NVDC Architects to design 30 new apartments for a site located at 97 Cleveden Road in Kelvindale. By replacing the Rannoch House Care Home with a modern apartment block, the project will bring forward the building line to reinforce an urban

Comprehensive Design Architects has submitted revised plans to build 48 new flats on the former site of an Edinburgh pub after its initial proposals were rejected due to worries of overdevelopment. A “crescent-style” apartment block has been planned for the empty lot on the corner of Nor

Sustainable biomass supplier and timber products specialist GMG Energy has made a strategic purchase of a substantial swathe of forest in the far north-east of Scotland to protect future supply and increase its resilience to market shocks. The company, which originated on a farm in the Strath of Hal

Glasgow City Council has accepted the award of £5.469 million in Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) support from the Scottish Government for five community regeneration projects in the city. Four of the projects - the Citizens Theatre, Govanhill Baths, Possilpark Family & Community Cen

The Hayton Road underpass – which connects Woodside and Great Northern Road in Aberdeen – has been unveiled following a colourful redevelopment. The revamp of the underpass was carried out to improve accessibility and safety following a community consultation.

An East Dunbartonshire badminton club has received a much-needed funding boost thanks to Cala Homes (West). Allander Badminton Club (ABC), in Milngavie and Bearsden, has been given £1,000 from the Cala Homes (West) Community Bursary initiative, to help with hall hire costs.

Monthly construction output decreased by 0.4% in volume terms in April 2022, marking the first monthly decline seen since October 2021, amid fears about a slowdown in the wider economy. Figures out today from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the decrease came from a fall i

Glasgow’s Anderston station reopened to passengers today following a thirteen-week programme of engineering works. The station closed on March 13 as part of a wider £32 million investment to improve punctuality and reliability on services between Rutherglen and the Exhibition Centre.

Consultations have started for two proposed sites for new council houses in Aberdeen which are both in an area already zoned for housing near Newhills, Northfield, and Kingswells. The Greenferns and Greenferns Landward developments are both on land already owned by Aberdeen City Council and both wou

A professor of fire and structures at the University of Edinburgh has published a new report which details the flaws with the government’s former safety research and testing body that ultimately led to the death of 72 people following the Grenfell Tower fire five years ago today

Andy Sloan and John Ord discuss solutions for providing more energy storage in the UK to stabilise the grid while looking at the new Coire Glas project in the Highlands - the first pumped-storage scheme installed in the UK for decades which could double the UK’s energy storage capaci

Early plans are in the pipeline for around 60 new homes for social rent in Dalbeattie. Cunninghame Housing Association plans to build the development on the outskirts of the town across from the learning campus.

A consultation was launched last week seeking the views of residents on the plan for Leith Links and what improvements people would like to see there over the next 10 years. The City of Edinburgh Council’s Thriving Green Spaces Project is producing a vision masterplan for Leith Links, whi

Scotland and Northern Ireland’s plumbing and heating industry’s trade association SNIPEF has today announced that Jim Butter has been named as the new President with effect from 27 May 2022. Mr Butter has been involved in the plumbing industry for almost four decades, and for the past 12

Work to construct a new terminal building at Tarbert (Harris) Ferry Terminal is underway following the completion of the new pier and increased marshalling area earlier this year. The new terminal building is the final stage of the multi-million-pound upgrade project at the harbour.