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An additional £6.6 million investment in the A83, including just over £4m for landslide mitigation measures at the Rest and Be Thankful, has been announced by the Scottish Government. The commitment from Transport Scotland is in addition to the £3m already committed to the on-going programme for

Rod Stewart has been given the go-ahead to build a football pitch at his new £5 million mansion as long as he does not have floodlights. The musician submitted plans for an 3G artificial turf pitch at Durrington House in Harlow, Essex, despite being forced to give up playing the game through injury

Growth in Scotland’s construction industry over the next five years will largely be driven by housebuilding as many of the national large-scale infrastructure come to an end, though more than 21,000 new workers will be needed to replace those leaving the workforce, according to new research. Today

Engineers working on the new Queensferry Crossing say they are confident that the £1.4 billion project is on course to be completed on time and under budget. Scheduled to open to traffic in December this year, the bridge now has around 1,300 workers employed on its delivery.

The transformation of some of Greater Glasgow’s most important infrastructure, including a major flooding project in Springburn, is progressing deep beneath the city streets, as Keith Brown MSP, cabinet secretary for infrastructure, investment and cities, saw today. Scottish Water is more than hal

£10m Kirkcaldy retail park plan ‘would create 230 jobs’ Owners of the Fife Central Retail Park in Kirkcaldy say a £10 million investment will bring at least 230 new jobs to the region and breathe new life into the development.

Graham Construction began its work to deliver the Higgs Centre for Innovation yesterday as the final designs for the building were unveiled at Edinburgh’s Royal Observatory where the new centre will be housed. The Higgs Centre for Innovation is named in honour of Professor Peter Higgs of the Unive

The amount of money borrowed by the City of Edinburgh Council to fund capital expenditure is set to fall over coming years. The council’s Annual Treasury Strategy 2016/17, to be discussed by members of the finance and resources committee next week, aims to ensure the council meets its funding and

East Dunbartonshire Council has granted planning permission to build a new primary school in Kirkintilloch. The decision will allow the final project design to be progressed to financial close, subject to council approval.

The number of new homes registered to be built in Scotland topped 12,700 in 2015, a continued increase of 15 per cent on the previous year, new NHBC figures have revealed. In total, 12,755 new homes were registered by NHBC in 2015 compared to 11,138 in 2014.

Legal & General enter £600m partnership to provide 3,000 UK build to rent homes Legal & General Capital (LGC) and Dutch pension fund manager PGGM have announced plans to invest £600 million into building over 3,000 purpose built private rental housing across the UK.

A team of Edinburgh University students are heading off to Texas to present their plans for a "Hyperloop" hyper-fast transportation system to a tech billionaire, the BBC has reported. The mission of 21-year-old Adam Anyszewski, a third year engineering student at Edinburgh University is to create so

Plans have been submitted to build a 230 bed hotel at Edinburgh Airport. The proposal by Marriot owned hotel brand Moxy is set for the site of a former golf driving range within the Royal Highland Showground site.

Work starts on £4m primary school refurbishment Work has started on the £4 million refurbishment of the existing Mossvale Primary School and Nursery and St James’ Primary School shared campus.

Councillors have agreed to progress with plans to create a Simplified Planning Zone (SPZ) at a Renfrewshire business park. The move would effectively grant planning permission in advance for certain types of development specified within Westway Park.