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The start of major construction works on two new Perth & Kinross Council primary schools was heralded by a visit to each site today by Deputy First Minister and cabinet secretary for education John Swinney MSP. Mr Swinney will firstly visited Kinross Primary School before making a visit to Tullo

Detailed plans for a brownfield development of 125 homes at Gullane’s former Fire College have been submitted by CALA Management Ltd. Central to the proposals is the sensitive renovation of the landmark Henderson House, as well as on-site provision of 31 high-quality affordable homes which will be

Contractors’ group BESA has challenged the need for a levy from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and demanded to know what employers receive for their investment. CITB unveiled proposals last week to reduce the training levy it charges firms next year in a bid to stave off its closu

The Scottish Government must grasp its opportunity to transform the country’s energy sector and provide strong vision for Scotland’s future energy system, according to a group of leading energy experts. Members of Scotland’s Future Energy Taskforce have today released their recommendations ahe

National Theatre of Scotland headquarters opens The National Theatre of Scotland has opened its new headquarters.

A new housing development is planned for a Glasgow brownfield site which has been lying derelict for years. According to the Evening Times, the scheme could include hundreds of individually designed homes and flats, shops, a pub, restaurant, a hotel, leisure uses and open space.

The Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde has announced its first online continuing development (CPD) course entitled ‘Social Benefits of Innovative Lighting’. The multidisciplinary course consists of two videos on innovative lighting and its application. They were produced

Offshore wind on target to become lowest-cost, large scale clean energy source The cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32 per cent since 2012 and is now below the joint UK government and industry target of £100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule, according to a new rep

Engineers building the new Queensferry Crossing have said there are no guarantees the bridge will open in May but added that the timetable is “realistic”. Initially expected to be ready last December, the £1.325 billion project’s completion was postponed after bad weather delayed work.

An integrated energy roadmap which proposes that half of all Scotland’s energy will come from renewable sources by 2030 has been unveiled by the Scottish Government. Published yesterday, the draft Scottish Energy Strategy sets out a vision for 2050 for Scotland to have a modern, integrated energy

Glasgow City Council has unveiled a £9 million bid to transform the public realm along the city’s Byres Road to enhance the thoroughfare as a destination for shops, bars, cafes and restaurants. A public consultation has identified the need for a full redesign of the street with improved surfaces,

Plans have been unveiled to redevelop the old Moffat Academy in Dumfries and Galloway into houses and apartments for the retirement market. Under proposals submitted by Moffat Academy Ltd, a sister firm of Richmond Wight Estates, a mix of 41 one and two bedroom high specification properties, which w

New milestone reached in UK Spaceport development UK Space science and technology firms QinetiQ and Telespazio VEGA UK have agreed Memorandum’s of Understanding (MoU) to work with Discover Space UK on investigating the potential for a horizontal launch spaceport at the Campbeltown site on the West

Quick-thinking demolition workers used a crane to rescue a stranded dog after it plunged ten feet into the Firth of Forth, STV has reported. Steven Woods was taking his dog Sasha for a walk around the Cockenzie Power Station site in East Lothian at lunchtime on Wednesday when she jumped over a wall

A bookkeeper at a Glasgow construction firm has admitted to embezzling more than £370,000 and causing some colleagues to be made redundant as a result. Kerryanne Clarke, 38, pled guilty to transferring the money from Elmwood Construction Services in Port Dundas to four personal accounts more than 3