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Build-to-rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has taken handover of the first phase of its flagship development in Bonnington, Edinburgh.

For the first time since the modernisation of the electricity network, horses are being used to extract timber on SSEN Transmission projects. It may be the image of a bygone era, but there is still very much a place for horse logging - the extraction of timber - from Scotland’s forests.

A robust management plan to continue to protect the Outstanding Universal Value of the Old and New Towns World Heritage Site in the Capital will be considered for approval by the City of Edinburgh Council’s Planning Committee next Wednesday.

At a time of housing emergencies across the country, Scottish structural engineer Alan Ferns argues that demolishing RAAC-affected homes is not the only answer. It sometimes feels that, in the opaque realm of official decision-making, the temptation to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut is just too h

A joint research report by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and LandTech has highlighted a "decade of missed opportunities" in achieving sustainable housing throughout England.

Infrastructure body the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has today published its latest Outcomes report, highlighting the economic and environmental impacts it and its many partners have made over the past 12 months.

Residents and businesses are to help shape plans for a new walking, wheeling and cycling network in the Greater Govan area.

An appeal for a house on stilts in an Angus village has failed to win over councillors over flood fears from the passing burn.

Building consultancy expert Diamond & Co. has moved from Cumbernauld to a new address in Glasgow city centre. 

A five-figure donation from a Highlands roofing company has provided a welcome boost for a charity supporting children and young people with severe, profound and multiple learning disabilities. Macleod Roofing has donated £10,000 to the Elsie Normington Foundation’s upcoming Dragons&rsqu

Inverness-based construction company Capstone Construction has installed a defibrillator at its head office in the Longman area of Inverness, which will ensure round-the-clock access to potentially life-saving equipment. The defibrillator, a Mindray C1A housed in an external heated cabinet from Lond

Plans to convert a redundant office block in Edinburgh into a hotel have been submitted for planning.

A planning application for a crucial component of SSEN Transmission’s £20 billion ‘Pathway to 2030’ investment programme in the north of Scotland has been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council.

Students from Ayrshire College visited Persimmon’s Byrehill Grange site to get a taste of working in construction. Twelve construction students studying for a Pre-Apprenticeship Award at Ayrshire College took a tour of an active construction site for the first time recently in Kilwinning.

Oregon Timber Frame welcomed John Lamont, MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, to its head office and manufacturing site in Selkirk last week. The firm, which manufactures sustainable timber frame structures, invited Mr Lamont to visit its site and witness first-hand how the company’s wo