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A new multi-million pound micro-brewery and visitor attraction for Inverness has been given the green light. Councillors were asked to approve revised plans for the Glen Mhor Hotel on the city’s riverside after the owners were initially refused permission in October last year for their plans to de

The Turnberry resort in Ayrshire has officially closed its doors as work commences on a £200 million renovation to the hotel building and Ailsa golf course. Now called Trump Turnberry, following its acquisition from US tycoon Donlad Trump last year, the resort’s historic 1906 hotel will undergo a

Call for views on National Galleries extension Views are being sought on a new Bill which could see an extension built to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.

Crieff councillors Ann Cowan and Rhona Brock have paid a site visit to inspect progress on a £2 million redevelopment on the site of the long-abandoned Crown Hotel which will provide fourteen new homes for social rent by the end of the year. The hotel, in the centre of Crieff, had lain unused and d

NHS Lothian has submitted plans for the new £72 million East Lothian Community Hospital to be built on the site of the current Roodlands Hospital in Haddington. Construction is anticipated to start on the project in late 2016, however planning approval and business case approval is still awaited fr

Archial Norr has lodged a planning application for a new primary school in East Dunbartonshire. To be built by Morgan Sindall on the site of the existing Woodhill Primary School in Bishopbriggs, the new development will replace the current Auchinairn and Woodhill Primaries and forms part of the East

The Forth Rail Bridge has today been named the nation’s favourite example of Scottish engineering. A survey commissioned by the Low Carbon Infrastructure Task Force, to mark the launch of the search for Scotland’s low carbon infrastructure icons of the future, saw the Forth Rail Bridge gain 49 p

Confidence amongst Scottish construction employers about the year ahead has declined during the third quarter of 2015, according to a new report. The latest Scottish Construction Monitor, a quarterly survey of the membership of trade body the Scottish Building Federation (SBF), found that confidence

Morrison Construction has been named preferred contractor by hub South East Scotland on behalf of NHS Lothian for the £72 million construction of the new East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington. Morrison will deliver a new 23,000 square metre community hospital on the existing Roodlands Campu

Scottish Borders Council has unanimously approved £6 million plans to build permanent home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland at Tweedbank. Designed by Page\Park Architects, the two-storey development will be located close to the train station in the village of Tweedbank where the new Borders railw

The first networking event from new group Young Professionals in Construction (YPiC) was a roaring success, as more than 100 people attended the gathering at the Edinburgh offices of commercial law firm Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS). YPiC was set up to address the lack of forums for young professi

Stars back campaign for £6.4m national theatre HQ in Glasgow Alan Cumming and Blythe Duff have lent their support to a new £6.4 million headquarters for the National Theatre of Scotland.

Employees working in construction have taken more time off work due to serious injuries sustained on the job than almost any other industry. 38 per cent of construction workers recently surveyed had taken time off work because of a major injury while doing their job, compared to an average of just 1

Organisers of the BIM Convention, which is being held at the Glasgow City Hotel on Thursday 22 October 2015, are delighted to announced that leading international Building Services Company TUV SUD Wallace Whittle, will be the Main Sponsor for the event. TÜV SÜD Wallace Whittle are international aw

Around six million documents will be considered as evidence by the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry, it emerged as the preliminary hearing got underway yesterday. Lord Hardie, chair of the inquiry, conducted proceedings at Waverley Gate for the inquiry's first hearing before a public audience.