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A charity aiming to tackle poor mental health in Edinburgh has secured planning permission to open a new health and wellbeing centre on Halmyre Street in Leith next year. Projekt 42 said the community gym and wellness centre will offer a space for locals to come together and enhance their fitness, w

A new design award competition has been launched by roof window manufacturer VELUX in collaboration with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Set to consider the innovative vision of designers in Scotland, the VELUX Roof Window Award is an exciting competition that wishes to see

The five-a-side event for footie-loving firms, which runs through January and February, culminates in finals day at the state-of-the-art SoccerWorld venue in Glasgow. What do you get when you merge five-a-side football and business? You get Business Fives.

Surface repair specialist Plastic Surgeon has renewed its contract with Kier Group as it continues to help save unnecessary waste from landfill. Having worked in partnership for the last 12 years on a variety of projects carried out throughout the UK, Plastic Surgeon has assisted Kier in the handove

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has joined forces with property industry charity LandAid to launch a campaign to deliver more bed spaces for homeless people in Scotland during winter. As part of RICS’s 150th anniversary in 2018, the campaign known as Pledge150 will see RICS - a

When a construction worker in Larkspur, California, encountered a woman who refused to move her car from a construction site reserved parking space, the worker known as BBQLunch on Reddit, decided to extract some revenge. We’ll let the man himself take up the story....

The Scottish Government has published the country’s first Energy Strategy which it said will strengthen the development of local energy, empower and protect consumers, and support climate change efforts while tackling fuel poverty. The strategy includes a range of actions, including a £20 million

The newly-opened £20 million Nucleus building in Wick, built by Morrison Construction, took home two awards at the inaugural Architects' Journal Architecture of the Year Awards this month. The building, designed by Reiach and Hall and home to the national archive for the civil nuclear industry, won

Detailed plans have been released for a £500 million waterside quarter development close to Edinburgh city centre. Built around a purpose-built marina, the Edinburgh Marina masterplan proposes a mix of leisure and accommodation, establishing the city as a viable alternative to established west coas

£1.83m of urgent works are needed at Ayrshire College's Ayr campus, the report said A new report has estimated that it would take over £360 million of work to bring Scotland’s entire college estate up to an acceptable condition.

New construction orders reached a seven-month high in December thanks in part to a buoyant housing sector, new figures have revealed. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) indicated the highest number of new jobs created since last June, but supply chain pressures

Housebuilding to healthcare business James Walker (Leith) Ltd has reported a 14% lift in annual profits, notably from “strong demand” across its residential housing developments. Insider reports that the Livingston-based group said demand for housing also lifted revenues in its timber frame manu

Canadian researchers have uncovered a mysterious ‘physical wisdom’ used by skilled trades that enables them to work fast and safely to minimise physical strain. The University of Waterloo, in Ontario, fitted construction workers with motion sensors and used artificial intelligence (AI) technique

Harry Smith The Scottish housebuilding sector is performing well despite the political and economic pressures threatened by Brexit, according to independent Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew which has transacted nearly £148 million worth of new build plot sales in the last 12 months.

National engineering specialist SES Engineering Services (SES) has opened its second Scotland office in Edinburgh. The business, which recently completed its multi-million pound Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) project on the iconic Queensferry Crossing, has established itself as a key prov