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The working group behind a £3 million project to build a marina at the southern end of the Caledonian Canal in Lochaber have withdrawn their planning application for technical reasons. The group’s vision for the Thomas Telford Corpach Marina project included 80 pontoon berths at the end of the ca

Week beginning September 12, 2016

The demolition of the last remaining Red Road flats in Glasgow that left two tower blocks partially standing had failed because they were built with steel and were “too tough” to be demolished, a report has found.

Developers behind plans for a £20 million city square and creative hub to form part of Dundee’s £1 billion Waterfront development have submitted their application with the local authority. Inspired by the arrival of the V&A design museum, the £20m Design and Innovation Qu

A major new free website designed to help private flat owners carry out repairs to their shared properties has been launched by housing minister Kevin Stewart MSP at an event in Glasgow today. Written by Annie Flint and John Gilbert, the authors of the acclaimed Tenement Handbook originally publishe

Eskmills Edinburgh’s commercial property market is showing life after Brexit, with Knight Frank concluding three deals in the city for a combined £22 million.

Image: Hunter Laing & Co The green light has been given for the first malt whisky distillery to be built on Islay in over a decade.

Home builder Stewart Milne Homes was recognised at The Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2016 after collecting the coveted Development of the Year award for Devon Lane in West Lothian. Set in the village of Winchburgh within the grounds of a 150-year-old farm steading, the development features 35

Amec Foster Wheeler has won a £7 million contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site. The facility is being built for Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), the company responsible for decommissioning the nuclear site in Caithness.

Builders’ merchant group Wolseley is to close 80 UK branches with the loss of 800 jobs as part of a £100 million restructuring, the firm announced today. Wolseley UK said the wide-ranging transformation plan, which only affects the firm’s plumbing & heating operations, is designed to delive

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the future of steel and engineering in Scotland as she formally reopened the country’s last major steelworks today. The Dalzell plate mill in Motherwell was mothballed by Tata Steel in 2015, with the loss of 225 jobs, before being taken over by Liberty Hou

The Greater Easterhouse area of Glasgow is set to be transformed with 6,000 new homes and new nurseries and schools as part of a 20-year revamp plan. A Glasgow City Council report yesterday outlined how the regeneration of Easterhouse and the surrounding area will also include transport infrastructu

China's recent obsession with glass tourist attractions has gone round the U-bend with the opening of some see-through treetop public toilets. The BBC reports that the loos, near Shiyan Lake in southern Hunan province, boast panoramas of the surrounding forest’s lush treetops, the silver waters of

A team led by Brock Carmichael Architects has won a competition to create a more self-sustainable future for the South Atlantic Ocean island community of Tristan da Cunha, a town which lies 1,000 miles from human civilisation. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) competition encouraged i

Interserve has secured a £7.5 million contract to provide cleaning services for energy company SSE and gas distribution firm SGN. The three-year account will see Interserve provide daily cleaning, window cleaning and periodic cleaning services to all of SSE and SGN’s 70 corporate offices located