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A major redevelopment of the Western Harbour area of Leith including the delivery of around 1,600 new low cost rental homes has cleared a key planning hurdle. A revised design framework (RDF) brought forward by site owner Forth Ports was unanimously approved yesterday by councillors on the developme

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) has taken the next step towards meeting the site’s waste management challenge by awarding a £22 million construction contract. The project will see Graham Group extend an existing above ground intermediate level waste store to house intermediate level wast

Aberdeen City Council will join forces with private developers next week with the aim of driving forward with plans to deliver 2,000 new council homes. An open session for developers will be held from 1.30pm at the Beach Ballroom on October 16 as a new approach to meeting housing challenges is progr

The crumbling 12th-century church where William Wallace worshipped and was reputedly married is being restored and turned into a tourist attraction. Remedial works are underway to ensure the future of Old St Kentigern’s Church which stands in what is now Lanark Cemetery in preparation to ’re-lau

Rosyth Dockyard has been named one of the top 200 civil engineering projects which has helped shape the world and transformed people’s lives for the better. To mark the 200th anniversary of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Institution is celebrating 200 inspirational and world-changin

Bellway has delivered a record set of results and has outlined plans to increase the number of homes it builds, though the firm remains wary of a possible Brexit effect on consumer confidence. The housebuilder’s preliminary results for the year ending 31 July 2018 report the completion of 10,307 n

ScottishPower has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from coal and gas generation to wind power, after completing the sale of its traditional generation business to Drax for £702 million. In the last decade ScottishPower has closed all of its coal plants, and w

A programme which enables small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) offer construction apprenticeship opportunities to young people has been recognised with a national award. The Shared Apprentice Ltd (SAL) initiative, the first of its kind in Scotland, won the prestigious Scottish Government Award f

The Scottish stonemasons who helped to build the White House are to be the subject of a new exhibition opening in Stirling later this month. One of the most recognisable buildings in the world, the home of the President of the United States in Washington DC owes much to the team of stonemasons from

(from left) S5 and S6 pupils from Glasgow Gaelic School; Murdo John Graham, principal teacher of Developing the Young Workforce; Catrìona Chaimbeul, deputy head teacher, Glasgow Gaelic School; and Amy Ogilvy, marketing executive at HLM Design and architecture practice HLM has announced its new part

The Macallan project team receiving the award Robertson Group is celebrating after its most significant project received the overall ‘Winner of Winners’ award at the prestigious Structural Timber Awards.

Two Glasgow tourist attractions are set to close at the end of the year following concerns over public safety. Structural engineers have estimated that it will cost Glasgow City Council up to £7.5 million to bring the Victorian glasshouse up to an acceptable level of safety.

The construction industry is being plagued by thieves with more than half of builders in the UK having had their tools stolen, according to new research. The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) found that 51% of UK builders have had tools stolen with around half of those (46%) having had their van s

Eleven aspiring joiners will this month take up their places on the bespoke CR Smith apprenticeship scheme that has been carefully developed by the firm and Fife College to meet the skills required by the home improvement business. As well as developing the quality of workmanship needed for installi

Plans to build a “game changing” woman’s custody unit in Dundee have been given final approval by councillors. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submitted plans for the community custody unit (CCU) on Nelson Street, at the site of the former Our Lady’s Primary School in the H