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The first artists’ impressions of the new Burrell Collection have been unveiled just days after the Glasgow art gallery and museum closed its doors to enable work to begin on the £66 million refurbishment. Designed by John McAslan and Partners and Event Communications, the blueprints reveal plans

Expert review groups into fuel poverty have called for the definition to be reviewed to ensure help is targeted at those who need it most. Two reports by the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group and Scottish Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force have made over 100 recommendations to address the iss

Proposals for a new community hub in Aberdeen took a step forward this week after the plans were backed by residents in Tillydrone. The modern community facility would be built on the site of an existing shopping centre on Hayton Road.

A bid to make nearly 800 affordable homes available to rent over the next five years is being launched by Falkirk Council this month. Around £35 million of funding is being sought from Scottish Government in a consortium bid led by the local authority on behalf of itself and other social landlords

Architecture practice HLM has completed the refurbishment of the University of Glasgow’s pilot teaching rooms in time for the 2016/17 academic year. The refurbishment follows the establishment last year of the University’s Inspiring Spaces Group to investigate how existing teaching spaces in var

The property and construction industries have been perceived to be among the least diverse in Scotland, a new poll on sexist attitudes and workplace diversity has found. The YouGov survey, commissioned by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), revealed that 29 per cent of girls said th

Site acquired for Glasgow Jaguar and Volvo dealership Property and planning consultancy Rapleys has acquired a site for a new flagship Jaguar and Volvo dealership in Glasgow.

The logo to be used when Glasgow hosts a selection of games for the Euro 2020 football tournament was launched today featuring the city’s famous ‘Squinty Bridge’. Landmark bridges across Europe are being used as a theme for each of the tournament’s host cities with the Clyde Arc forming the

Plans have been submitted for a housing development between Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing which was previously rejected by Fife Council. Taylor Wimpey has lodged a detailed planning application for 295 homes at Hillend Road at the Spencerfield site.

Civil engineering and road surfacing firm Crummock Holdings has attributed a drop in profits in its financial year to delays in receiving large contracts. The Herald reports that the Bonnyrigg company saw its profits fall to £366,076 from £570,657 as revenue grew 38 per cent to £23 million in the

Plans to build an £800 million hydro power station in the Highlands have stalled over uncertainty over the financial viability of pumped hydro projects. Energy firm SSE won approval for the Coire Glas plant at Loch Lochy, north of Fort William, in 2013.

University of the West of Scotland’s (UWS) plans to create a new state-of-the-art campus in Lanarkshire have taken a step forward with the formal contract signing now completed. The University has agreed a partnership with South Lanarkshire Council to deliver the 38-acre ultra-modern campus at Ham

Registers of Scotland (RoS) has appointed akp Scotland to fit out its new smart working infrastructure platform at St Vincent Plaza, in Glasgow. The works involve the creation of a flexible working environment to support RoS business transformation to using digital processes and a significant invest

Network Rail is calling for help to solve a 71-year mystery after detailed drawings for a second rail bridge over the Firth of Forth were found hidden in an old box under a desk in Glasgow. Historians are trying to find out why the plans, dating back to 1945, which would have seen a second bridge be

In September, the Scottish Government published several documents relating to the use of Project Bank Accounts (PBAs). These documents include: