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The new £37 million Alford Community Campus in Aberdeenshire has reached a vital milestone with the practical completion of all construction work at the facility. Replacing both the existing Alford Primary School and Alford Academy, work on the new campus officially got underway in June last year a

A £2.6 million increased in cost projections for Elgin’s proposed western link road is to be referred to the full Moray Council for consideration. The council’s economic development and infrastructure services committee has agreed to recommend that the council’s capital plan should be adjuste

Select Property Group has secured planning permission for a new £41 million student accommodation development at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh. Operating under the developer’s Vita Student brand, the residence will comprise of 261 self-contained studios, a 5,000 square foot social hub area includin

Scotland’s construction industry is facing its greatest skills challenge as workloads continue to outpace availability of skilled professionals, a survey released today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed. Almost two-thirds of respondents (63 per cent) to the latest

Glasgow City Council has given initial permission in principle for an extension to the city’s Silverburn shopping centre. Developers Hammerson want to build dozens more shops, a new leisure complex, a 110-bedroom hotel, a community centre, a park by extending the complex on the other side of the M

Plans for a new supermarket in Edinburgh have been rejected amid fears the development would lead to increased congestion and poorer air quality. Proposed to be located within the St John's Road Pollution Zone in Corstorphine, the 21,000 sq ft store would have had a 140-capacity car park and brought

Cruden opens new housing development in Edinburgh Cruden Homes and joint venture partners Places for People have launched the developer’s second new homes project in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh.

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.