Search: W

Link completes ‘independent living’ development in Paisley Link Group Ltd’s new ‘retirement living’ development at Abbey Place, Paisley has been officially opened by Renfrewshire Council’s convener of housing and community safety, Councillor Tommy Williams.

Locals in Pitlochry and visitors to the Perthshire town will welcome news that a proposed dualled section of the A9 between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie will have no impact on the venue for the hugely popular “Enchanted Forest” event held in Faskally Wood every autumn. The preferred route for the

Proposals for a new community adjacent to Heriot-Watt University at Riccarton have been lodged by livestock auctioneering business H&H Group plc. The proposal for Planning Permission in Principle (PPiP) for ‘Riccarton Mains Village’, will provide additional accommodation for both university

Plans to create an immigration holding facility near Glasgow Airport have been rejected by Renfrewshire Council due to the building’s location. Members of the council's planning and property policy board unanimously refused a planning application to establish a facility with 20 bedrooms and ancill

Civils firms have flagged up the growing use of open tenders, disproportionate quality bid requirements and poor tender documents as factors behind escalating and unsustainable bidding cost. Over the past year, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has worked with its members to look

Robertson Capital Projects is set to start work on Orkney’s new £60 million hospital in “the very near future” after councillors granted the facility planning permission this week. Orkney Islands Council’s planning committee approved the project with the additional recommendation that the i

Hoskins Architects have submitted a planning application to Moray Council to transform Brodie Castle into a key visitor attraction to support Scotland’s heritage. Submitted on behalf of the National Trust for Scotland, the practice wants to create a ‘Garden of Playfulness’ as part of a £2.8 m

A ground investigation contract for the A9 Dualling project worth nearly £1.5 million has been awarded to Raeburn Drilling and Geotechnical Ltd which will help progress the Glen Garry to Dalwhinnie and Dalwhinnie to Crubenmore schemes. The ground investigation work is expected to begin later this m

The former headquarters of Royal Bank of Scotland in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, is to become a restaurant. The Glasgow-based Di Maggio’s Group, which already has three outlets in the Capital, says it is set to invest £2 million in the project which will have a “Scottish influence at its heart

New Jaguar and Volvo showrooms set for M8 Bell Building Projects Ltd has announced two new contract awards for its client Lookers Plc. The deals will see new build Jaguar and Volvo showrooms located adjacent to the M8 motorway at Hillington Park constructed to the latest corporate specification.

A Dundee architects’ studio is planning to breathe new life into an historic city centre building by creating a design hub in the heart of the Cultural Quarter. Andrew Black Design, recent winners of the Supreme Award from the Dundee Institute of Architects, has submitted a planning application to

Plans for a major expansion project of Edinburgh Airport have been revealed as a public consultation begins on the airport’s plans over the next 25 years. The ‘Masterplan 2016-2040’ which sets out a framework for the sustainable development of the airport has been launched to kick start a six-

Engineers working on the Queensferry Crossing have lifted the remaining piece of deck between the north and centre tower deck spans, meaning the deck on the new bridge now stretches from Fife right across to the end of the south fan. The closure of the north and centre deck fans is the third of four

A new garden room at Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital has been handed over to NHS Tayside following the delivery of a competition winning design by the Voigt Partnership. The newly completed Leaf Room was officially opened on November 11 by Shona Robison, cabinet secretary for health, wellbeing & s

13 jobs as MKM cements move into Galashiels MKM Building Supplies has opened its 45th branch, creating 13 jobs in Galashiels.