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30km tall buildings with spaceports, driverless vehicles and mini-cities in the sky are just a few of the things we can expect to see in 2045, according to a new report from Hewden. The equipment hire firm’s ‘2045: Constructing the Future’ report was launched yesterday to coincide with the dat

An environmentally-friendly energy firm has unveiled plans to build an experimental green energy park at a former Scottish nuclear plant in Dumfries and Galloway. Scotia Global Energy said the hybrid power station intended to radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which would be built on a 90 he

A long-awaited report on proposals for a major retail development on Common Good land at Forres will go before members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee next week. They will be asked to recommend to full council how, or if, the plans by Aberdeen-based Redco Milne for the land at Bo

A Highland housing association has confirmed its intention to build over 700 affordable homes over the next five years. Albyn Housing Society will build 500 social rented, 100 mid-market rent and 125 new LIFT shared equity homes by 2020, growing its social rented estate by 20 per cent. It will also

Architects have drawn up plans to redevelop the Port Edgar Marina into an exciting sailing destination along the Firth of Forth. GLM’s designs will see the construction of a new hub incorporating a restaurant, visitor’s centre and the marina’s yacht club and the redevelopment of the existing b

The City of Edinburgh Council has unveiled plans to build 14,000 homes in the next ten years costing the local authority nearly £300 million. The proposals, which are designed to tackle the city’s growing population, are to be present to the council’s finance and resources committee on October

Argyll and Bute Council has approved a planning application for a new fish processing facility on a disused brownfield site in Cowal. A total of £19 million will be invested in the construction project making a significant contribution to employment opportunities in the local area.

Stirling-based housebuilder Bett Homes has changed its name to Avant Homes. The company said the decision comes two years after its parent company became Avant Homes.

Small and medium size businesses (SMEs) in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley area can find out for free how they might share in over a billion pounds worth of investment being delivered through the City Deal.

Councillors have today sounded what could be the death knell for development plans for an area of Common Good land in Forres. Members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee agreed unanimously to recommend to the full council that plans for the site at Bogton Road should be abandoned.

Ayrshire College’s new campus project in Kilmarnock has been awarded a BREEAM “outstanding” rating at its design stage. The accreditation is the highest standard awarded and has been secured by only three buildings in the Scottish further and higher education sector.

Kier Construction has been appointed as the construction partner to progress the next stage of a comprehensive backlog maintenance programme at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The work will focus on the redevelopment of the accommodation above the main entrance to the Infirmary to convert the existing war

Pupils at Forfar Academy watched as their head teacher was rescued by firefighters from the top of a crane on Friday. Melvyn Lynch had to be saved from a height of around 25 metres - but the lunchtime drama was actually a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service training exercise.

Latest National Museum of Scotland masterplan phase complete The third phase of Hoskins Architects’ masterplan works at The National Museum of Scotland is well underway with the base-build section of the project now complete.

Plans for a proposed multi-million pound project to enhance facilities on CairnGorm Mountain and transform it into a year-round destination will go on public display for the first time this week. Natural Retreats, which currently operates CairnGorm Mountain, is holding consultation events on Wednesd