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A 90-year-old Canadian has made headlines for digging his own grave. "I love digging," Jimmy Kickham, from Prince Edward Island, told CBC News, saying he feels pride in his personal project.

Administrators have completed a deal to sell three divisions of crane hire specialist Hewden to UK rental business A-Plant but over 250 employees have been made redundant. The restructuring team of EY was today appointed administrators of the Manchester-based plant hire firm after it was unable to r

Small housing developers in Scotland are optimistic about the numbers of homes they aim to deliver over the next five years but have expressed frustration over the “myriad of obstacles and barriers” that they expect to face, according to a new survey. The findings of the poll, which explored the

Contaminated land remediation specialist Environmental Reclamation Services Ltd (ERS) has become Scotland’s latest employee-owned business with all 28 employees now having a stake in the firm. With offices in Bishopbriggs, Edinburgh and Inverness, ERS delivers innovative solutions for the identifi

Dundee Regional Performance Centre for Sport decision delayed Proposals to build the Regional Performance Centre for Sport in Dundee’s Caird Park were withdrawn from Dundee City Council’s development management committee agenda at the last minute.

The Iraqi postal service has paid tribute to the late Zaha Hadid by featuring her on a new stamp, Deezen has reported. The Iraq-born architect, who died earlier this year aged 65, is one of two architects honoured on the new postage stamps, along with Mohamed Makiya, who passed away last year at the

Plans have been unveiled to transform a neglected part of Ayr's historic town centre into a mixed-use development with a thriving new public realm. The new masterplan for the Ayr Riverside Block has been submitted to South Ayrshire Council by Ayr Renaissance, an organisation formed by the council ta

Plans have been submitted to Highland Council for the new Justice Centre in Inverness. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) intends to build the new centre a site between Longman Road and Burnett Road, following a pre-planning application and public exhibition held in August.

Plans have been submitted to build 15 new homes at a vacant Glasgow hospital site for Yoker Housing Association. Grant Murray Architects have lodged proposals for bungalows and two storey cottage flats at the former Blawarthill Hospital in the Knightswood area of the city.

Plans have been unveiled to invest £163 million into building 'affordable' homes in the Scottish Borders. The new five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) will be discussed at a Scottish Borders Council meeting on Tuesday, 29 November.

Aberdeen Football Club has released more details of its plans to create a focal point for community engagement and footballing excellence on land at Kingsford.

Multi-disciplinary design practice, HTA Design LLP, is relocating its Edinburgh office to Bridgeside House at 97-99 McDonald Road, in a deal brokered by joint agents Knight Frank and Montagu Evans.

CMS Window Systems named a winner at Scottish Business Awards The environmental credentials of window, door and curtain walling designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systems have once again been recognised with the company named a winner in the 2016 Scottish Business Awards.

The complexity and attention to detail required to restore the Mackintosh Library at the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) was highlighted yesterday as work on the project began in earnest. Specialist stonemasons have begun the process of removing the stone piers between the windows on the west wall of th

A major new study by influential think tank the Fraser of Allander Institute has outlined the scale of City Building’s contribution to the Glasgow economy. The report, which is published this week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the arm’s length contractor being established by Glasgow City