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The UK’s toughest home, designed to withstand the blast from a 2,000lb bomb, has gone on sale for £350,000, The Scotsman has reported. Rosehearty Tower was constructed to observe RAF bombing practice off the coast of Aberdeenshire.

Proposals to transform the old Boroughmuir High School to create 87 mezzanine apartments and 28 affordable homes have been rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council. Councillors on the city’s planning committee rejected advice from their own officials, who had earmarked the designs for approval, t

Plans to transform the former family Loudoun Castle theme park into a £525 million holiday and leisure destination have been rejected by East Ayrshire Council, though the door has been left open for future approval. Deemed to be ‘of national significance’ by council planners, phase one of the m

Dalmore House Housing minister Kevin Stewart has today announced an investment of £8.35 million from the Scottish Government’s SPRUCE fund to support the refurbishment of vacant office space in central Glasgow.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr Steven Jones

Construction of the biggest waste water tunnel ever to be built in Scotland has reached the half-way stage. Scottish Water’s flagship Shieldhall Tunnel project, in the south of Glasgow, passed the milestone yesterday when the state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine (TBM) building it reached a point

Alexandra Parade, Glasgow A construction company which sued a car dealership for “breach of contract” after its agreement to build a new showroom was terminated while development work was ongoing has been awarded more than £1 million damages.

The University of Edinburgh has submitted plans to transform the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary into a major educational hub. A change of use and restoration application has been filed to extend the A-listed surgical building to provide teaching and learning spaces, a major new public event space,

Plans have been submitted which could see the creation of about 200 new houses in Peebles, 50 of which would be affordable. Builders Taylor Wimpey and property developer and investor AWG Property want to build the properties on land east of Kittlegairy View in the Borders town.

Plans for the primary school Threesixty Architecture has been appointed for the redevelopment of the Old Academy and former primary school of Stromness.

Morrison Construction talks to Built Environment students at New College Lanarkshire Built Environment students from New College Lanarkshire enjoyed an insight into the work that goes into a £43 million building project during a visit from Morrison Construction.

SME builders, civil engineering firms, product manufacturers and specialist contractors have all reported a strong start to 2017 with increases in sales, output and workloads in Q1 driven by increased demand, according to a new survey. The Construction Products Association’s Construction Trade Sur

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Ms Una Richards

Villagers are hoping to acquire their local public toilets and turn them into a bank. Juniper Green in Edinburgh will be without a bank when Royal Bank of Scotland closes its branch their next month.

Gavin Currie Bancon Construction has strengthened its management team with senior appointments to deliver new contracts valued at £12 million and to drive further growth.