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A “world-leading” Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) is planned for Aberdeen to accelerate the delivery of net zero solutions and secure a strong economic future built on offshore wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS), alongside oil and gas.

The Scottish Government needs to be clearer about the role of private finance in public infrastructure projects, according to public sector watchdogs after a new report found schools, hospitals, roads and other assets will cost the public sector more than four times their capital value. Models for i

Planning approval has been grant for the construction of three new schools in the growing West Lothian town of Winchburgh.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: JJ Harris & Sons Taxi Repairs (Glasgow) Ltd Pension Scheme 

Significant variations in housing starts and completions exist across regions and tenures in Scotland while major applications are still taking more than twice as long as the statutory timeframe, according to new analysis. In its detailed scrutiny of official quarterly statistics, industry body Home

A new strategy which will guide Scotland’s transport plans for the next twenty years has been laid before the Scottish Parliament. During a statement to MSPs yesterday, cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity, Michael Matheson, said that the National Transport Strategy

Highlighting the energy strategy behind making Shawfair as sustainable as possible, James Palmer said the project can become an exemplar for others to follow. In 2005 Apple launched the iPod Nano, mobile phones were used for making calls, and Al Gore began working on his documentary, “An Incon

Dene Mitchell on the need for hotels to increase fire safety precautions. As Glasgow’s hotel sector grows at an unprecedented rate and in the light of very high-profile hotel fires at Travelodge in Brentford and the Holiday Inn, Walsall in 2019, and Cameron House at Loch Lomond in 2017, more a

The Scottish Government has taken the decision not to introduce upcoming regulations to improve the energy efficiency of private rented housing given the current focus on coronavirus.

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has advised contractors to review their contracts so supply chains can work together to manage inevitable delays to projects during the coronavirus crisis. Many sites are being shut down in response to government calls for non-essential work to be

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has supported a plea to the UK Government to instruct construction clients to release £4.5 billion currently being withheld from contractors in the form or retention payments.

The newly-established Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has hailed the “speed and efficiency” of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme rollout – but has warned that the real test will be if all claims are paid on time. Set up to support Scotland’s constructi

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Benriach Distillery

The caretakers of the centuries-old Glenfinnan Monument have found it remains structurally sound despite beginning to replicate the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Parabola Edinburgh Ltd.