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IMPACT Scotland has announced an international shortlist of six architect-led teams that will compete to deliver a design for a new world-class concert venue in the heart of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site. The plans are for a 1,000 seat auditorium with rehearsal studios and recording space behind

Roofing, cladding and complete building envelope specialist the Lakesmere Group has appointed Jon Fearn to the role of business development technical manager for its northern operations. Jon brings with him over 30 years’ industry experience and specific knowledge of the aluminium glazing systems

CCG starts work on £9m hospice refurb project CCG has started work on an £9 million hospice refurbishment project in North Lanarkshire.

Infrastructure and support services group Carillion has completed a major refinancing deal worth £112 million. The group secured finance from German bank Schuldschein Market to replace funding arrangements that are due to mature in 2017 and 2018.

Plans have been submitted for the construction of a fixed pontoon platform to accommodate a restaurant building on the River Clyde. Situated under the Finnieston Crane, the project will include a mooring for a number of vessels including a barge.

Plans have been lodged for a £3 million dementia unit situated next to the existing Queen’s House care home in Kelso. Developers claim the 18-bed Murray House facility on Angraflat Road would create about 30 jobs.

Last year’s Tribunal decision in the J3 Building Solutions v HMRC case has thrown open the whole question of what constitutes a building, according to a landed estates and rural accountant. Building new residential from scratch is zero-rated for VAT, whereas refurbishment of an existing residentia

Work on a major Edinburgh city centre development site has started after property firm Chris Stewart Group secured a £21 million funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland. To be known as The Mint Building, the completed development will comprise c61,000 sq ft of Grade A office accommodation o

Expectations across the Scottish construction sector are now showing signs of regaining the ground lost post the EU vote with growth forecast in workloads, employment and profit, according to new data published today. Following a noticeable dip around the time of the EU referendum, the Royal Institu

Sheppard Robson has submitted plans to East Ayrshire Council for the 23,000m2 Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus. Situated on a 19.8 hectare, urban fringe site – the school consolidates five disparate schools into one campus, creating a centre for education for the towns of Cumnock and neigh

Business activity and incoming new work expand at weaker rates in January than at the end of 2016, construction buyers have reported. Despite this, respondents to the latest Markit/CIPS survey signalled that confidence regarding the year-ahead outlook picked up to its strongest since December 2015,

Two local authorities have agreed to support Scottish Government proposals to deliver the reopening of rail stations at East Linton and Reston. Both Scottish Borders and East Lothian councils have written to transport minister Humza Yousaf to confirm their support for an option which would see the s

Aberdeen City Council approves new Local Development Plan Aberdeen City Council has approved its new Local Development Plan.

Comprehensive Design Architects (CDA) and Hoskins Architects have announced the practical completion of a major development in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town World Heritage Site. Designed on behalf of Standard Life Investments and Peveril Securities, the mixed-use development constituting most

An industry-led initiative has been launched to encourage service leavers and veterans into careers in the UK construction sector. BuildForce, funded by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) following a successful pilot, aims to help reduce construction skills gaps by helping ex-military p