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Scottish Water took to the skies for a dramatic helicopter delivery of a footbridge to the remote Dhu Loch Reservoir on the Isle of Bute. The footbridge is the missing link in an ongoing £250,000 investment project at Dhu Loch Water Treatment Works. It allows workers to access the valve house
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VIP visitors that once taught and studied within a landmark Edinburgh building have been given a first glimpse into their transformed former classrooms. Headteacher of Boroughmuir High School, David Dempster, alongside Head Boy Rodger Hu and Depute Head Girl Alice Pereira Hind, have taken time out f
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Network Rail will soon begin work on a £1.35 million project to repair and re-paint the railway bridge on Gorgie Road in Edinburgh.
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In an effort to ensure no child should wake up without a toy at Christmas, The JR Group has donated a sleigh full of toys and food, money-can’t-buy auction prizes and more than £30,000 to Cash for Kids this festive season.
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A building contractor that was hired to construct an extension at a school in Ayrshire has succeeded in an action to enforce an adjudicator’s award following a dispute with the local authority.
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Bellway Homes has received the biggest-ever fine for a wildlife crime, for destroying a soprano pipistrelle roost at a construction site in 2017.
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Janice Smith, a qualified civil and structural engineer with 20 years’ experience, has joined built environment consultancy Curtins as its new technical director of the Scotland region. The appointment commenced on 5th January 2021, transitioning the region from leadership under exec
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The Scottish Greens have called for the creation of a new cross Forth rail tunnel as part of a £22 billion rail revolution proposed by the party to build a modern, zero-carbon network.
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French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled concept designs for a resort hidden within the rock dwellings of AlUla, the cultural oasis in north-west Arabia.
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Statutory applications for the planned transformation for Inverness Castle to become a tourism gateway for the region have now been lodged with the Highland Council. Submitted by project architects LDN Architects, the applications for listed building consent and building warrant approval are in prep
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Eight multi-storey flats in Aberdeen have been awarded category A listing status due to their outstanding architectural and historic interest. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has listed Gilcomstoun Land, Porthill Court, Seamount Court, Virginia Court, Marischal Court, Thistle Court, Hutcheon Cou
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Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has helped breathe new life into a popular Govan landmark thanks to a bespoke Building Services solution.
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A decision by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to award category A listing status to eight post-war multi-storey flats in Aberdeen is set to be appealed by the local authority. Following consultation with residents, local stakeholders and members of the public, HES listed Gilcomstoun Land, Porthi
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Scottish Borders Council is being recommended to back proposals for a £46 million full-rebuild of Peebles High School. The proposal follows a feasibility study examining the benefits, cost and timescales of a full new-build of the school as opposed to a part-rebuild of the facilities damaged a
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A small collection of bespoke homes is now under construction within a 150-acre expanse of wooded parkland formerly home to a Victorian Convalescence in the Perthshire hills.
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