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Network Rail is progressing plans to take visitors onto the Forth Bridge for the first time, focusing on delivery of a bridge climb experience in South Queensferry.

A proposed internet data centre in south-west Scotland could be given an extension to its planning consent, the BBC has reported. The plan for Peelhouses Farm, north of Lockerbie, first emerged in 2008. Planning permission was granted in 2010.

Output in the UK construction sector fell in February with a 7.3% decrease in infrastructure providing one of the main downward pressures, the latest figures reveal. Sharp falls in infrastructure and as well as new private housing saw UK construction output dip 1.7 per cent in February, its biggest

Plans for a 150-bedroom hotel complete with a sky bar overlooking the River Clyde have been given the green light by council officials. The 17-storey building on the corner of Dixon Street and Clyde Street was a floor higher when plans were first unveiled in October last year.

Proposals for a new shopping centre on the outskirts of Cupar have been given the go-ahead by Fife Council. Six large units for food and non-food retail and including a takeaway are to be built next door to the Tesco supermarket on South Road.

Extending the Borders railway will be one of the options considered by a new study looking at improving transport provision in the south of Scotland across all modes including road, rail and public transport. Transport Scotland today announced the intention to award the contract to Jacobs UK Ltd. Su

A contractor has been selected to take forward further vital ground investigation work as part of the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement scheme. Transport Scotland has announced the award of a £213,000 ground investigation contract to Environmental Reclamation Services (ERS) Ltd.

Glasgow civil engineering firm MHL Civil has been awarded a £300k working capital facility to improve its cashflow, whilst rapidly expanding its client base across Scotland. The funding, which was delivered by SME commercial finance provider IGF, has allowed the firm to complete large scale install

An industry day is being held in Perth today to inform prospective contractors of the huge potential the £3 billion A9 Dualling Programme can offer their businesses. Transport Scotland will tell representatives from across the construction industry more about the next multi-million contract to dual

Farming union NFU Scotland has issued a call for new planning regulations to recognise the requirements of modern agriculture. Responding to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the planning policy framework, the union expressed the need for permitted development rights to be extended to larg

Flats plan for derelict Aberdeenshire building Plans to convert a derelict building in Fraserburgh town centre into homes have been submitted to Aberdeenshire Council.

New rail platform and footbridge planned for Dunbar Network Rail is proposing the construction of a new platform and accessible footbridge with lifts at Dunbar station during 2019.

The opening of the new Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh has been postponed until January next year, 17 months later than planned, the local authority has confirmed. Construction of the replacement secondary has been hit by a number of delays since work began in autumn 2014.

Scottish Land & Estates has called for Scotland’s planning system to create more flexible rural housing policies to support delivery of rural housing and self-build homes. Publishing its response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future of the Scottish planning system, the org

Scotland needs a planning system which nurtures growth and unlocks the potential of our people and places according to the Scottish Government. So what can we, or should we, expect from the draft planning bill which is expected to be introduced in the autumn, asks Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie’