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Glasgow’s St Enoch in £1.5m revamp

A New York City-based design firm has floated a mind-bending plan for the erection of a skyscraper which will be suspended from an asteroid. Dubbed Analemma, "the world's tallest building ever" will hang in the air by cables from an asteroid repositioned into geosynchronous Earth orbit just for the

The completion of the new Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth has been pushed back to the summer due to adverse weather conditions. The £1.35 billion bridge was originally meant to open in December 2016 but was postponed until May this year after bad weather delayed work.

A 19th-century mill in Dundee is set to be transformed into one of Britain’s largest creative spaces under an £18 million blueprint for the building. Originally constructed as Dundee’s first fireproof mill in 1806, West Ward Works was bought by DC Thomson, the publisher behind children’s comi

Plans for a new heritage centre for the Braemar Highland Games have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council. Braemar Royal Highland Charity said the key attraction of its proposals will be the main exhibition hall, supported by a cafe, gift shop and multi-function gallery.

Crosslane Student Developments celebrated the topping out of The Old Printworks development in Edinburgh yesterday with the news that the project will open in time for the 2017/2018 academic year. Work at the Bernard Terrace site commenced in January 2016 to develop a new, purpose-built, high specif

Artist's impressions released of new Inverness prison The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has unveiled redesigned plans for a proposed new £66 million jail in Inverness.

Scotland’s land, property and construction sectors must collaborate more effectively to help end rising homelessness and deliver more affordable homes, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said today. The professional body is asking those who work in the industry to pledge their

As skyscrapers soar to new heights, a New York architecture firm is taking a different approach, proposing a U-shaped tower that would smash records as the longest building in the world. The Independent reports that designs for the “Big Bend” show a 4,000 ft long, arched skyscraper that would to

Scottish Ministers have today given formal approval to an application by Network Rail to undertake major redevelopment works at Glasgow Queen Street Station. The Transport and Works Scotland (TAWS) Order triggers the latest phase of this ambitious improvement programme which, on completion, will giv

The construction of a new town in East Lothian is to begin next year after councillors approved the first phase of the development. Planning approval in principle was granted for 1,600 new homes at Blindwells, on part of a 392 acre site near Tranent.

A major national contract to help Scottish councils source specialist engineering and technical consultancy services has recently gone live. Scotland Excel’s second generation Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework is expected to be worth £17 million a year and will be in place for four

A major new film studio looks set to receive planning permission after the Scottish Government said it was minded to approve plans for the development. Planning permission was agreed in principle yesterday after ministers overturned a decision against the studio, which will be built on green-belt la

Four design consultancies or joint ventures are to be invited to bid for the contract for a 26-mile stretch of the A96 from east of Huntly to Aberdeen. The contract, worth up to £50 million, is expected to be awarded later this year.

Work to deliver a new hospital and healthcare facilities in Orkney will get underway soon after Robertson Capital Projects achieved financial close with NHS Orkney on the £64 million project. The project will see the development of a purpose built facility to replace the existing Balfour Hospital i