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The north-east public have picked their favourite design for a new wedding and corporate venue which have been on display at Bon Accord centre as part of an exhibition by Robert Gordon University (RGU) architecture students. Nearly 700 votes were cast over the last week, with Magdalena Wloczka’s d

An application to develop a floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire has been approved by Scottish Government ministers. The green light has been given to Kincardine Offshore to build the world’s largest floating wind array, consisting of up to eight 6MW semi-submersible turbines, which w

Stirling Council has been fined £10,500 for ignoring warnings for nine years about asbestos in the basement of its Old Viewforth headquarters. The local authority sent office staff to sweep, dust and move furniture about in a boiler room where pipes were lagged with the potentially deadly material.

Dozens of graves and coffins linked to a 310-year-old burial ground in Philadelphia have been uncovered during a recent construction project, reports Philly.com. Construction workers building a new apartment building in the Old City neighbourhood reportedly found some initial remains last fall, and

An investigation into the number of people working in the construction industry has calculated that nearly 200,000 workers could be lost if the UK chooses not to retain the rights of EU citizens after Brexit. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has warned that some of the country’s

The average British worker spends as many as 120 hours per year using their smartphones in the workplace, and those working in construction are among the worst culprits, according to research. Research of 2,012 UK adults carried out by gadgets and technology etailer LaptopsDirect has revealed more t

A view of the proposed facility from Drumgeith Road Councillors have been asked to approve plans for a new energy-from-waste incinerator in Dundee.

Glasgow City Council has approved the sale of land in the city’s Park Quadrant, paving the way for the development of almost 100 homes at the site. City Property (Glasgow) LLP, on behalf of the council, announced the £5.7 million sale of an area of land in the area adjacent to Kelvingrove Park.

The Scottish Government has granted planning consent to its third floating windfarm following today’s approval of a demonstration project near Thurso. The two turbine Dounreay Trì Floating Wind Demonstration Project will be located approximately six km off the Caithness coastline.

When it comes to making vital decisions regarding building work, women are twice as likely to have the final say on the style and scope of the project, according to new research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). In advance of Mother’s Day this Sunday, the FMB also asked female home owner

Persimmon Homes has been ordered to stop carrying out extensive groundworks for a 300-home development in Kinross after it was revealed the firm didn’t have permission to do so. Contractors employed by the housebuilder have been digging up land west of Lathro Meadows adjacent to the A922 over the

Keith Adey Scottish independence would not impact Bellway’s growth strategy north of the Border, the housebuilder has said as it revealed healthy growth in turnover and profits.

Andrew Davies Wates Group has announced a 20% increase in revenue thanks to its acquisition of Shepherd Group’s construction businesses.

Connecting Rødbyhavn in Denmark with Puttgarden in Germany, the 18km Fehmarnbelt Tunnel project will be the world's longest immersed tunnel and the world's longest road and rail tunnel under water. In contrast to a bored tunnel, an immersed tunnel is made up of hollow concrete elements, cast on lan

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has announced the completion of a new residential project for Noah Developments at Hillside Gardens Lane in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. The project comprises six contemporary townhouses by Hoskins Architects – each of which has been designed to complement the surrounding