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Plans for a multi-million attraction to celebrate Aberdeen's connection with granite could be turned down over the removal of trees. Planning permission to create a heritage centre at Rubislaw Quarry could be rejected if 12 trees are axed.

Aberdeen apartment-hotel development gets go-ahead Aberdeen City Council has approved the construction of an apartment-hotel with 71 suites in the city centre.

A rise in Scottish building apprentice numbers has prompted the industry training body to call on more people to consider a career in construction. New figures have been released by the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC), the body responsible for registering all apprentice

Glasgow-based plant, tool and equipment hire company GAP Group is aiming to double its business in the next five years after signing an asset-based lending (ABL) facility for the value of £220 million. GAP plans to use the finance to help double turnover from £140m in 14/15 to £300m and to purcha

Ove Arup & Partners Ltd with - Hopkins Architects and Grant Associates Wandsworth Council has revealed the four design teams to have made it through to the second stage of the Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge competition.

Architecture firm NBBJ has unveiled a concept for "shadowless" skyscrapers that redirect sunlight to public spaces. Proposals for two twisting towers on a side in North Greenwich, London, will see light bounce between them down to a public space that would otherwise be in their shadow.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Edinburgh Software Limited (ESL).

Plans for a £23 million recycling centre in Aberdeen that could save the city £5m each year have now been submitted by the project’s developers. Waste management firm SITA UK, the company responsible for processing Aberdeen City Council’s waste, plans to build the facility at Altens Industrial

Ramsay Milne Four new developments totalling 107 homes and 108 flats have been given the green light by Aberdeen City Council.

Work starts on new Irvine Leisure Centre Provost of North Ayrshire Councillor Joan Sturgeon and Barr Construction MD Barclay Chalmers were on-site to commend work starting at the £20 million contract to build Irvine’s new leisure centre.

CALA Group remains on course to deliver record revenues and profits after a year of significant volume growth, the firm said today. A trading update by the upmarket home builder revealed that after several years of planned stable volumes, the full year to 30 June 2015 (FY15) represents the first yea

A Scottish Government Reporter has dismissed an appeal against the refusal of planning permission in principle for a £500 million 3200-home development in South Lanarkshire. The Reporter’s findings follow a two-day public hearing in January into the plans for the project which had been scheduled

Renfrewshire’s roads are set to benefit from significant investment, with a multi-million cash boost allocated to improve the conditions of roads and pavements. Renfrewshire Council has set aside £3.5 million for road improvements during the 2015/16 financial year.

A £2.2 million revamp of Perth Crematorium is expected to be approved by Perth and Kinross Council tomorrow. Members of the council’s environmental committee will be asked to set the ball rolling on an upgrade which the local authority says will safeguard the crematorium’s future.

Judy Hamilton A record investment of over £70 million has been unveiled to help improve Fife’s council homes over the next year.