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The University of Edinburgh has submitted plans to transform the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary into a major educational hub. A change of use and restoration application has been filed to extend the A-listed surgical building to provide teaching and learning spaces, a major new public event space,

Outsourcing giant Mitie has removed 160 jobs and is expected to write off a further £50 million after an accounting review unearthed issues with the way the firm was booking its costs. A review of Mities’ books by accountants at KPMG, which was presented to the firm’s Audit Committee yesterday,

The project to create Edinburgh’s first new performance building in 100 years is gathering pace following the appointment of an architect-led design team. The task of designing the 1,000-seat auditorium, which will rival the best in Europe for acoustics and audience experience, has been given to D

An increase in civil engineering and residential building activity has fuelled the biggest monthly output rise of the year so far in the UK construction sector, new figures have shown. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 53.1 in April from 52.2 in March.

The £20 million transformation of Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens has moved another step closer with the submission of final designs for the project. Plans by LDA Design, which was appointed to lead the design of the development back in September, feature a walkway from Union Street, a c

Plans have been submitted which could see the creation of about 200 new houses in Peebles, 50 of which would be affordable. Builders Taylor Wimpey and property developer and investor AWG Property want to build the properties on land east of Kittlegairy View in the Borders town.

By Conor Leyden, managing director of The LK Group Investing in new homes to help solve the housing crisis while dealing with government budget cuts is a balancing act that all Scottish local authorities are facing.

An architecture student at Robert Gordon University has been awarded a commendation at the prestigious American Institute of Architects UK Excellence in Design Awards 2017. Lucy Fisher, a fourth year student at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, designed the Mirrored

Galt add longest reach cranes to fleet Dumbarton-based haulier Galt Transport has acquired four new Scania R-series trucks, two of which feature the firm’s longest reaching lorry mounted cranes.

London estate agents have begun to offer free cars worth £18,000, stamp duty subsidies of £150,000, plus free iPads and Sonos sound systems to kickstart sales in the capital’s increasingly moribund property market, The Guardian has reported. The once super-hot central London market has turned in

Avant Homes has revealed it is to focus on the Central Belt as the housebuilder anticipates record revenues and profits. The company said total completions for the 12 months to 30 April 2017 were up 35% on the prior year at 1,636, with a strong 31% increase in private completions. Sales showed a yea

As a result of new project wins T Clarke’s replenished order book has surpassed £400 million for the first time – an increase of 22% since the beginning of the year. In a trading update issued ahead of today’s AGM, the building services provider said it expects revenues and profits for 2017 t

Building work by Robertson Group is set to get underway at Glasgow's new satellite business district after project costs for the development's first building were approved by the board of Clyde Gateway. The largest office development with planning consent in Scotland, Magenta will comprise 1.2 milli

Kier's Scottish team hit the road to help raise £200,000 for charity Employees from Kier Construction Scotland, part of the Kier Group, have tackled their most ambitious charity challenge yet; using green transport to travel from Kier’s most northerly construction site in Orkney to its most south

A new investment company has outlined a £10 million plan to restore Musselburgh Links in East Lothian to its previous Open Championship condition. Owned and managed by East Lothian Council, the course is the oldest surviving in the world where golf has been continuously played.