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Spending on schools, roads, pavements and cycle routes will be prioritised in the City of Edinburgh Council’s 2016/17 budget which was unveiled yesterday as the authority attempts to address a £126 million budget shortfall over the next four years. The £950m budget, the first agreed by any of th

Ian Springford Architects is starting the New Year by changing its name, address and appearance. The practice has decided that now is the right time to change its name from ‘Ian Springford Architects’ to ‘ISA’ as the abbreviated name better reflects the joint contribution that everyone in th

Councillors have agreed to progress with a revised planning framework for the Bay of Nigg area of Aberdeen after a six-week public consultation. A number of changes to the document, which seeks to maximise the potential of land around the planned expansion of Aberdeen Harbour, were agreed by members

Hack_Construct, the first hackathon focused on the construction sector outside London, is to take place in Glasgow in February. The event, which will take place from 26-28 February, at the Whisky Bond in Glasgow aims to bring together a mix of industry professionals and digital experts, hackers and

Homes of the future will need to be properly hard-wired as technology plays a greater role in looking after the health and wellbeing of owners, new research by the NHBC Foundation has found. The ‘Connected Home’ report identifies and examines the benefits of smart technologies which are transfor

Coinciding with 2016 being the year of Architecture, Design and Innovation, industry body Homes for Scotland has launched its first student competition encouraging innovative home designs suitable to meet future zero carbon requirements. It is hoped that the competition will also provide a platform

RIBA chief executive resigns RIBA chief executive, Harry Rich, has announced that he plans to move on from the organisation.

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