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A Highland care home operator has resubmitted plans for new affordable housing for key workers in Inverness. The project forms part of a multi-million-pound care hub in the city which comprises a 58-bed care home, currently under construction, which will then be followed by a later living village on

People and communities across Caithness are set to benefit from a new £3.75 million community fund created by ScottishPower Renewables’ Halsary windfarm. The 30MW, 15 turbine Halsary windfarm – which came into operation in July 2021 – generates enough clean energy for the equ

Network Rail has submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project. It is the latest milestone in the development and delivery of the project that will reconnect the local community to the mainline rail net

Next up in Scottish Construction Now's Q&A is Dr Mila Duncheva, business development manager UK & Ireland at Stora Enso Building Solutions and chair of the BE Change Makers. How did you get started in the industry?

Renewable energy company Drax has kick-started a £2 million refurbishment of the historic Tongland hydroelectric power station in the south of Scotland. Tongland power station, near Kirkcudbright, is part of the Galloway Hydro Scheme which was developed in the 1930s. The scheme has six power s

Mechanical and electrical subcontractor Castle Building Services has completed the first stage of a £60 million education facility in Winchburgh, West Lothian. The development is part of West Lothian Council’s biggest-ever investment in education which includes the construction of two se

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

Former Bauer Media sales chief Jak Carlin has been added to the board of an energy sector education centre. Mr Carlin brings a wealth of marketing and business development experience to the advisory role with The Energy Training Academy CIC having spent eight years at Radio Forth, while he latterly

An Edinburgh sports centre and a primary school in Morningside, both designed by architects Holmes Miller, will go head-to-head later this month in a bid to take home a top architectural award. Meadowbank Sports Centre and Canaan Lane Primary School are both shortlisted in the ‘Large Project&r

Lab space developer and operator Pioneer Group has begun work on 20,000 square feet of high-quality purpose-built lab space at the company’s Edinburgh Technopole campus. Branded Moubray, the new building will see Pioneer Group’s footprint in Scotland grow to over 238,000 square feet

The founder of the North Coast 500 Tom Campbell has been appointed as the first managing director of Edinburgh-based glamping site design consultancy Glampitect. Mr Campbell was chairman of NC 500 for seven years until he stepped down last month and joins Glampitect as it prepares for another p

The consortium behind the bid for a Forth Green Freeport have today unveiled their transformative vision for the port, shipbuilding, manufacturing and logistics cluster at Rosyth. Babcock International, Forth Ports Group and Scarborough Muir Group plan to deliver a new freight terminal, offshore ren

The unveiling of a luxury floating home in Panama last month quickly sank when the structure ended up becoming partially submerged. Touted as the first step on the road to man's colonisation of the ocean, the £1.3 million SeaPod suffered an awkward pump malfunction, resulting in

Lord Willie Haughey has said that his ambitious plans to spend more than £1 billion on building 11,000 affordable homes in Scotland are on hold due to increased construction costs and the new freeze on rents. The business tycoon unveiled his housing project last year after

The PRS REIT, the real estate investment trust that invests in new-build family rental homes for the private rented sector, has published its final results this morning. With 70 sites geographically widely spread including one in central Scotland, the company’s portfolio of homes and apar