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West Lothian Council has unveiled an updated capital programme for 2015/16 to 2017/18 which includes investment in schools, roads and open spaces totalling over £194 million. A total of £141m will be spent on improving the council's property assets and over 50 per cent of the budget will go toward

Dunoon Pier Argyll and Bute Council has appointed contractors to take forward over £2 million of vital works to save Dunoon’s iconic Victorian-era pier and refurbish its buildings.

Aileen McLeod Scottish landowners will have to accept “the public responsibilities that come with that ownership” following the introduction of new land reform legislation.

The awards have been submitted and the judges have spoken - it is now time to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Structural Timber Awards. With over 160 entries across 14 categories, this year's awards have been packed full of outstanding, pioneering projects, products and people.

Amber Rudd The UK government's flagship ‘Green Deal’ home energy efficiency programme is to fold as ministers announced they were pulling its funding.

Nicola Sturgeon A group of academics, business leaders and professionals have written to first minister Nicola Sturgeon urging her to reject the UK government’s sudden U-turn over the long-established zero carbon homes policy.

A new report is to explore how Scotland’s proud engineering tradition can be harnessed to tackle fuel poverty, improve public health, create jobs and slash carbon emissions. Commissioned by the Low Carbon Infrastructure Task Force, which includes key figures from engineering, finance, construction

Gullane Golf Club was able to tee off as host of this year’s Scottish Open by showcasing the results of a major clubhouse renovation. Esh Border Construction was asked to transform the East Lothian facility prior to Gullane being named host of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Championsh

Harris Academy Dundee City Council has set out a timetable for a school improvement programme totalling around £2.5 million.

Cube chair Liz Ruine shows Alex Neil MSP round the district heating project More than 700 Glasgow households will see their heating bills reduced through a £10.6 million project.

Richard Steel As northern England and many parts of Scotland count the huge cost of recent flooding, Richard Steel, technical director at independent environmental consultancy practice Atmos Consulting, asks if we need to give the way we design flood defences a fundamental rethink?

A total of £100 million is to be invested into capital programmes in Aberdeenshire as councillors agreed its budgets for the year ahead. A budget of almost £700m of funding for local services was agreed at a meeting of full council yesterday, also including £533m for revenue and £60m for housing

Johnstone Town Hall Johnstone Town Hall in Renfrewshire has received the coveted Project of the Year Award at the RICS Scotland Awards 2016.

Modern airtight homes can expose inhabitants to harmful levels of pollutants unless they are properly ventilated, experts have found. Specialists at the Mackintosh Environmental Research Unit (MEARU) at the Glasgow School of Art found that modern homes can causes a build-up of harmful chemicals and

A survey of Police Scotland’s estate has found that dozens of buildings belonging to the force are in urgent need of repair. Details obtained by The Scotsman show a total of 69 buildings across the country were rated “poor” or “bad” when handed to Police Scotland by legacy forces in 2013.