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Proposals for a multi-million pound sustainable new community at Corton in South East Ayr have taken a step forward with the lodging of planning applications for a supermarket, as well as for infrastructure to facilitate wider development. Plans for future works include 750 houses, a new primary sch

Tarmac has invented a new type of porous concrete that can absorb up to 4,000 litres of water in the first 60 seconds, and an average of 600 litres per minute, per metre squared. The Topmix Permeable concrete works by having a permeable layer on the surface, made up of relatively large pebbles throu

Aberdeen City Council has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) for a new £120 million Energy from Waste (EfW) facility on a derelict industrial site at East Tullos. The submission of the PAN signals the start of the pre-application consultation for the forthcoming planning application.

The Highland Council has moved quickly to purchase land surplus to Tesco’s requirements in Fort William for £2 million to make provision for a new hospital for NHS Highland. The council was requested in May 2015 to take the lead by its community planning partners to secure the Tesco site at Blar

The Scarborough Muir Group (SMG) has submitted a proposal of application notice to Fife Council to unlock the delivery of its proposed £500 million regeneration of Rosyth waterfront. First unveiled in November last year, the mixed-used development would cover 120 acres and include five zones in the

The Energy Saving Trust with funding from the Scottish Government and in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme are organising a series of free to attend tendering workshops to help SME contractors and suppliers become more successful at writing winning tender submissions. Date and Loca

The last standing reminder of Edinburgh’s rubber mill is to be transformed into a printmaking facility after a grant of £4.5 million was secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Renowned for being the birthplace of the Wellington boot, the modern motor car tyre, and the first ever traffic co

A proposal for the UK’s first patented prefabricated timber frame party wall system is one of the first six innovation projects to be approved by Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) Technical Advisory Group of industry and academic experts. The new party wall system is the brainchil

hub South West Scotland has confirmed that it has reached contract close on the £32.5 million Marr College project in collaboration with South Ayrshire Council. The project will see Kier Construction deliver an innovative comprehensive refurbishment, modernisation and expansion programme to the Tro

(from left) Barry Bryce, operations manager at McLaughlin & Harvey, Cllr Bob Constable, cabinet member for education and Stevie Rennie, project manager at McLaughlin & Harvey on site at Bilston Primary McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed main contractor of two major education construc

Work is about to start on the first office development at Drumpellier Business Park in Coatbridge. A joint venture initiative between Ogilvie Group Developments and North Lanarkshire Council’s regeneration company, Fusion Assets, the two storey, 8,000 sq ft building, to be called Enterprise House,

Gillian Stewart (right) joins Sophie Rowland and Stuart Watters in the Glasgow office Michael Laird Architects (MLA) has announced the opening of a new office in Glasgow to support its growing portfolio of projects in the West of Scotland.

The Scottish Government has come in for criticism for awarding the contract to supply the steel for the Queensferry Crossing to a Chinese firm.

A builder who fraudulently obtained £1,162 after he pretended to obtain planning permission for a client’s house extension has been given a community payback order. Janice Quinn, from Dunfermline, was falsely informed by Derek McCafferty that planning permission had been granted for plans to buil

Bill Cuthbert, health and safety director at SP Energy Networks, is encouraging construction workers to stop and think before they start work close to overhead power lines. Across the SP Energy Networks area which covers central and southern Scotland, Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales, we manage