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A new Ayr Academy secondary school is set to open later this month after being delivered by Kier Construction and hub South West Scotland on behalf of South Ayrshire Council. Ayr Academy, whose origins can be traced back to 1233 but did not come to be known by its present name until 1796, has moved

Ogilvie Construction has showcased its work to deliver the new £22 million hotel for Motel One Group in Glasgow with a time lapse video of the project. With 374 rooms, the new hotel on Oswald Street will be one of the largest in Scotland and the first in Glasgow for the European budget designer bra

The directors of the now defunct Glasgow-based George Hunter (Demolishers) Limited have been disqualified for allowing the company to continue to incur liabilities despite knowing a petition to wind the company up was before the court. George Beattie (senior) signed a seven year disqualification und

(from left) Julian Broster, founding director; Iain McIntyre, director (Glasgow), Stephen O’Malley, founding director; Isla Jackson, director (Glasgow) Civil and structural engineering practice Civic Engineers has announced further expansion of its business taking on the Glasgow arm of consulting

A grant of almost £4 million from the National Lottery is set to complete the restoration and preservation of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms Building in Glasgow. The award from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) will ensure the completion of The Willow Tea Rooms Trust’s mission to co

The HALO regeneration project which aims to create a commercial, cultural, leisure and lifestyle quarter on the former Diageo bottling plant in Kilmarnock has received a funding boost from the UK government. As part of the UK government's industrial strategy, ministers are investing £3.5 million in

Los Angeles has become the first major city in the world to test a new paint technology that coat roads in order to reflect, rather than absorb, the blistering heat of the Californian summer sun. Normal black asphalt absorbs 80 to 95 percent of sunlight, while the innovative grey "cool pavement" ref

Costain has announced it will extend its Employee Assistance Programme to its supply chain. The business is among the first in the construction sector to offer the benefits of its Employee Assistance Programme for anyone in the business or supply chain experiencing worry, stress or anxiety caused by

Glasgow City Council has today given the green light to the next stage of investment into the regeneration of the river Clyde with the approval of a quay walls strategy for the river. Almost £50 million of funding from the Glasgow City Region City Deal is to focus on a stretch of the Clyde between

A coalition of organisations that are supportive of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, consented to be built off the East coast of Scotland, have joined forces to appeal to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland (RSPB Scotland) to abandon further court action aimed at del

New details about the future tallest residential building on Earth have been released, along with an updated rendering showing the super-tall skyscraper towering over New York City. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the Central Park Tower is expected to reach 1,550 feet (472 metre

The Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) has expressed its disappointment that the scope of the Scottish Government’s review of the country’s planning system has shifted from major reform to a series of procedural changes. Responding to the government’s position paper on the planning review

(from left) Calum Murray, CCG; Ed Monaghan, Mactaggart & Mickel; Lord Leuitenant Eva Bolander; John Gallacher, Cruden; Martin Kiely, WH Malcolm City Legacy Homes, the consortium that built the Athletes’ Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, has been honoured by the city to celebrate winning

Network Rail has today released new images showing how Edinburgh Waverley’s extended platforms will look once complete. Engineers are currently working in Scotland’s second busiest station to extend platforms 5 and 6, to the east of the station, and 12, to the west.

The development at St. Stephens School in Blairgowrie Carling Property Group (CPG) has become the first private developer in the country to receive affordable housing grant aid from the Scottish Government.