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Renewable energy storage provider Apatura has surpassed 1GW of energy storage capacity with the approval of its Neilston Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The company has secured planning permission for a new 150-megawatt (MW) capacity BESS, with the site serving as another milestone in Apatura&
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As part of its centenary celebrations, Mac Mic Group has collaborated with The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) on the Mac Mic Centenary Tartan Project, providing a unique live project opportunity for BA (Hons) Textile Design students. The exciting initiative offered students the chance to engage with a
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Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has secured planning permission for a major new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Port Glasgow. With a capacity of 700 megawatts (MW), this is the largest planning consent for a standalone BESS in Scotland to date and the biggest ever secured by Apat
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The newly refurbished Carloway Community Centre was officially opened last week by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, who joined Iain Macaulay, Lord-Lieutenant of the Western Isles, for a tour of the upgraded facilities on the Isle of Lewis. Run by the Carloway Community Association, the new loc
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The company behind plans drawn up by Silicon Valley billionaires for an $800 million (c. £620m) utopia in central California have been forced to put the project on hold after the release of a report highlighting huge potential costs to taxpayers. California Forever had promised
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A public consultation that will help shape future developments at the Viewforth and Burghmuir Road areas of Stirling has now gone live. The new draft framework and planning brief for Viewforth and Burghmuir covers a key area of the city centre that includes the Viewforth site, existing council build
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GRAHAM welcomed Glasgow Caledonian University students to Buchanan Wharf, one of Scotland’s largest mixed-use developments, to learn more about careers in construction. Tours were conducted by lead contractor GRAHAM and facility management operator, ISS Facility Services UK. The team hosted 24
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Overall occupier demand for commercial property in Scotland rose in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Commercial Property Monitor, driven by strengthening demand for office and industrial space. A net balance of 11% of surveyors in
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Allied Surveyors Scotland has announced the immediate appointment of Carla Walker as a building surveyor and director to their Inverness office. Carla has over 20 years’ experience as a building surveyor having worked for several national firms, with the last 4 years being based in Inverness.
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A refurbishment project at Northern Meeting Park in Inverness gets underway this week. The work is going ahead as one of three projects along the River Ness in Inverness being supported with almost £20 million from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund.
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Golf superstar Tiger Woods and pop star Justin Timberlake have announced plans to open a new high-end sports and entertainment bar in St Andrews. Situated just steps away from the Old Course, the bar will occupy the space belonging to the New Picture House Cinema on North Street.
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The UK’s construction skills crisis could severely worsen if the UK government fails to take steps to ensure access to a skilled workforce during its post-referendum negotiations, a coalition of professional bodies has warned. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Royal Institut
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Two major projects to tackle flooding that has affected 47 properties in the Springburn area of Glasgow have been completed as part of Scottish Water’s ongoing £250 million upgrade to the city’s waste water infrastructure. The projects, which involved a total investment of more than £16m, will
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LAR Housing Trust’s bid to deliver affordable homes on a site in East Lothian will go ahead after a Scottish Government Reporter dismissed the local authority’s planning refusal. The housing charity’s proposal for four houses and 22 flats on an empty site in Prestonpans was refused
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LAR Housing Trust has completed a tendering process for its £20 million construction framework. The design and build framework, which will last for a four-year term, is split into two lots and generated considerable interest in the sector.
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