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A topping out ceremony to mark progress on the new Portobello High School took place in Edinburgh yesterday. After many years of planning, and obstacles along the way, construction work started on the new school in October 2014 and is due to be completed next summer.

Dundee City Council has approved plans for a major new Sports Direct shop and gym in the city, despite city planners recommending that the £5 million scheme should be refused. Sports tycoon Mike Ashley’s company had lodged plans for the unit in a former nightclub at The Stack Leisure Park in Loch

Construction has started on cloud hosting solutions firm Pulsant’s South Gyle site in Edinburgh – the largest commercial data centre in Scotland. The expansion will see the addition of two secure data halls to the Tier 3 facility, featuring autonomous mechanical services to ensure complete redun

BDP has today published proposals of the 49 projects planned for the multi-million pound regeneration of Aberdeen city centre. The 20-year plan includes the pedestrianisation of Union Street, the expansion of Union Terrace Gardens and the redevelopment or demolition of the Trinity Centre shopping m

Edinburgh Academy unveils £2m hockey pavilion Edinburgh Academy has unveiled a £2m hockey pavilion designed by Richard Murphy Architects.

Skills shortages are holding back more than half of the UK’s medium-sized construction firms as demand in the sector continues to surge, new research suggests. Some 53 per cent of mid-sized businesses said the lack of trained staff was impacting on their ability to take on work, according to the s

Plans for the regeneration of Clydebank took another step forward this week after West Dunbartonshire Council agreed to put the Play Drome site on the market. The Play Drome occupies a key town centre location and the council will now focus on securing a development which will significantly enhance

East Ayrshire Council’s cabinet has agreed to proceed with a project for a new state of the art learning campus in Cumnock. The proposed new campus, set to be built on part of Broomfield Playing Fields, would see a new Hillside School, a new school to replace Greenmill and Barshare Primaries and E

The best new homes in Scotland have been revealed at the 8th annual Scottish Home Awards last night. Sponsored by Ross & Liddell, the event saw 20 awards announced following a rigorous judging process carried out by some of the nation’s leading housing experts.

Hadden Construction is looking to restart residential development after completing work on a £650,000 investment to extend its Perthshire headquarters. With support from a £300,000 funding package from Bank of Scotland, the builder has now doubled the size of its Aberuthven base in a move that wil

Major restoration of the Houses of Parliament without moving MPs and peers out would cost £5.7 billion and take 32 years, according to an independent report. If MP and peers were moved out for six years, the cost would drop to £3.5bn, the BBC has reported.

Scottish Power in new D&G hydro scheme

A planning application for Scotland’s first purpose-built, large-scale private rental residential development has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council by developers Grosvenor.

Speirs Centre wins architecture award The Speirs Centre in Alloa, which recently underwent a significant regeneration programme, has been given a prestigious architecture accolade.

Barratt Scotland’s construction team picked up six prizes at this year’s NHBC Pride in the Job Awards - the highest number secured in one year by the housebuilder to date. Now in their 35th year, the National House-Building Council's Pride in the Job Awards recognise the unique personal contribu