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Plans have been unveiled for a multi-million pound expansion of the Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen. In addition to new retail and leisure space, there are plans for additional parking spaces and a hotel. Expansion of Union Square will also be complemented by a reconfiguration of part of th

Argyll and Bute Council has appointed Land Engineering to deliver over £2 million of public realm improvements in Oban. The work, from Stafford Street to George Street, Queen’s Park Place and Station Square, is expected to be complete by summer 2016, with the heavy construction work starting towa

Work on a £15 million mixed-use transformation of a former Dundee college will start towards the end of the year after councillors gave their backing for the development. Property developer Whiteburn Projects said its innovative Vox Dundee development will offer a “dynamic space to work, rest and

Plans have been submitted to Scottish Borders Council for a new gallery to house the Great Tapestry of Scotland. Page\Park Architects have drawn up plans for a two-storey building close to the train station in the village of Tweedbank where the new Borders railway is scheduled to terminate when it o

Historic Scotland makes Stirling Engine Shed progress Historic Scotland has announced progress is being made on its £8.9 million Engine Shed project in Stirling.

Plans for a new £24 million modern education facility in Oban took a step forward yesterday after Argyll and Bute Council announced it was minded to grant planning permission for the new school. Due to the formal objection from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a statutory consultee, the counc

The Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow is to undergo a £40 million modernisation to return the building into a leading edge facility for 21st century medicine and research. The hospital building, which opened in 1971, will be transformed to include a £5m University of Glasgow and NHS Gr

Councillors are to consider proposals to create a £17 million state of the art education campus in Alexandria incorporating two schools, an early learning centre and a specialist language unit. The proposals would develop a new Riverside Early Learning and Childcare Centre and new Renton Primary Sc

Big Ben challenge raises thousands A team of brave trekkers scaled the heights of Britain’s highest mountain to raise money for a very special children’s charity.

Councillors have decided not to relax planning conditions to try to resolve a dispute that is holding up a major 3,000-home development in Aberdeen. The £700 million scheme at Countesswells, west of Hazlehead Park, was approved last October but work is being delayed because of a ‘Section 75’ di

A planned £15 million upgrade of Glasgow's George Square has been put on hold, according to reports. In 2012, Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson launched a design competition to give the historic heart of the city a new look.

BAM has been appointed by hub West Scotland to deliver a new £22 million leisure centre on the banks of the Clyde for West Dunbartonshire Council. Work has already started on the state of the art four-storey building, located in what was once the heart of Clydebank’s shipbuilding industry on the

A new report is to explore how Scotland’s proud engineering tradition can be harnessed to tackle fuel poverty, improve public health, create jobs and slash carbon emissions. Commissioned by the Low Carbon Infrastructure Task Force, which includes key figures from engineering, finance, construction

In less than three weeks, industry leaders and property professionals from across Scotland will gather at Property 2015 in Edinburgh. The challenges for the property sector continue to increase for the public and private sector alike. New development and regeneration of our existing built environmen

A bypass around Selkirk could reduce chronic health conditions such as asthma, according to a retired GP. Dr Lindsay Neil has called for the new road to be one of the key priorities should a bid for £1 billion worth of "city deal" funding be successful.