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Energy giant Shell has lodged plans to demolish its former headquarters in Altens. The company decided to relocate from the 1970s building in 2021, citing its outdated condition, and has since moved to the Silver Fin complex on Union Street.

A team of students from Edinburgh Napier University have returned home after completing a world-first construction project in China – based around sustainable bamboo building material. The first bamboo-timber composite grid shell structure of its kind has been built in Guangxi, with the help o

Education fit-out specialist Deanestor is to provide around 6,000 items of loose and fitted furniture for a primary school and community hub now under construction in Aberdeen. The new project is the 16th contract awarded to the Dunfermline-based firm by Morrison Construction.

The JR Group has raised more than £3,500 for Beatson Cancer Charity during an annual golf networking event took place in memory of treasured colleague John McEwan.

Essential repair work is being planned on six bridges in Livingston as part of a 10-week programme. The bridges involved are located at: the A71 Bankton Road at Crofthead Interchange; Almondvale Road between Almondvale Road Roundabout and Retail Park Roundabout (near ALDI store); A899 Livingston Roa

Eight private properties in St Crispin’s Place in Falkirk have been brought back from the brink of demolition, undergoing an astounding transformation thanks to the hard work of Falkirk Council’s Empty Homes team. Built around the early 1900s, the properties had lain empty for extended p

Conduit Finance managing director Jamie Davidson looks at how Scotland can learn from the German capital's rent cap alternative to instead accelerate social housing. Translated it means rent cover. It's relevant in the context of the Scottish rent freeze & cap. There was an interesting announcem

Plans to demolish two Glasgow tower blocks have now been lodged with the local authority. New Gorbals Housing Association (NGHA) has enlisted Effective Engineering to progress plans for the demolition of 305 and 341 Caledonia Road.

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation into proposed reforms of domestic and non-domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs).

Barratt Developments has revealed it is on track to deliver 270 new affordable homes across Edinburgh and the Lothians this year. Cammo Meadows in Edinburgh, Leith’s Merchant Quay and St Clair Mews in Roslin, will all benefit from affordable housing this year, with a total of 270 homes earmark

The first phase of ground investigations for the Old Military Road (OMR) improvements to get underway at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful. Work is expected to take around one week to complete subject to weather conditions and there will be no requirement for traffic management on either road during this

A two-storey extension to a West Lothian school that opened just two years ago has been given the green light. The new Calderwood Primary in East Calder was handed over to the local authority in September 2021 by hub South East, Morrison Construction and jmarchitects, the same team behind the n

A £5 million project to improve accessibility for passengers at Port Glasgow station has reached a major milestone with the completion of a ramp at the Princes Street entrance.

Architect and past Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) president Jack Pringle has been re-elected as chair of the RIBA board of trustees. The RIBA board oversees the RIBA’s operations, working closely with members elected representative body RIBA Council.

Visitor destination specialist design agency Studio MB has been awarded major international design projects for the National Bank of Kuwait Museum in Kuwait and the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík, Iceland. Set to open in 2025 in the heart of Kuwait City, the brand-ne