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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.

Aberdeen International Airport is to receive a £20 million terminal expansion and upgrade which will increase floor space at the terminal by 50 per cent. Announced today by first minister Nicola Sturgeon, the investment will enable the single biggest expansion of the airport since it was built in 1

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed a £23 million improvement project at RAF Lossiemouth. The project involved building new facilities for Typhoon fighter jets based at the facility.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to allow a developer to build 90 new flats at North Kelvin Meadow but has also given volunteers a chance to preserve the “community-created” green space. The meadows were council-run football pitches and tennis courts that fell into disrepair in the early

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has been held up as a highly successful example of good practice in health & safety. A health & safety consultant from law firm Ellis Whittam visited the multi discipline surveying firm’s offices in St Andrews, Dunfermline, Perth and Dundee,

Plans to build a visitor centre and bridge walk at the Forth Bridge are on hold after Network Rail admitted “non-core railway opportunities” are now less of a priority. First unveiled in 2014, the £15 million proposal would have seen a North Queensferry based visitor centre and lift and a South

One of Scotland’s busiest river crossings will need over £25 million worth of repairs over the next decade years to stop it from closing, a new report has warned. A Glasgow City Council assessment into the impact of maintenance costs has found that the Clyde Tunnel needs £5.3m of the work comple

A partnership between academia and industry is aiming to produce an easy and intelligent way of capturing the performance of modern buildings. The system aims to provide vital information on how much the buildings cost to run, how much energy they consume, how little they damage the environment, and

Proposed changes to the A96 dualling Inverness to Nairn (including Nairn Bypass) scheme have been unveiled for public at a series of drop-in sessions starting today in Culloden. In addition, they will be able to see developing proposals for non-motorised users which includes over 18 miles off-carria