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Deputy First Minister opens new £40m North Ayrshire campus Garnock Community Campus has been officially opened by John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister and cabinet secretary for education and skills.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled his detailed vision to colonise Mars, including how much it is going to cost and what he wants to build first. The Huffington Post reports that the billionaire already set a date for landing a spacecraft on the red planet - 2018 - and to set the ball rolling on his

The Queensferry Crossing is set to open to traffic at the end of August, economy secretary Keith Brown confirmed today. On a visit to the Forth Replacement Crossing construction site today, Mr Brown explained that the £1.35 billion bridge will open on August 30 and then close to allow the public to

Midlothian Council’s planning committee has approved plans to extend Edinburgh Technopole, the science park at the Bush House Estate near Penicuik. The three new offices/laboratory buildings on the site are expected to secure around 150 jobs.

The restoration of a former school building to be used by Parkhead Housing Association can now be completed after Glasgow City Council approved over £567,000 of new funding. The B-listed former Parkhead Public School in Westmuir Street is to be revamped to create a local enterprise centre with a mi

Planning permission has been granted to install a sculpture depicting Jesus as a homeless person in Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. Glasgow Churches Together, the group behind bringing the sculpture of Matthew 25, known as the Homeless Jesus, is now raising £15,000 to fund the project.

Chemicals firm Ineos has announced plans to increase the capacity of the cracker facility used to break down gases at its site in Grangemouth. The company has submitted a planning application to Falkirk Council for the construction of a security management centre as well as two security gatehouses,

Ministers have granted planning consent for a 30 turbine tidal park situated off the south-west coast of Islay. West Islay Tidal Energy Park will have a generating capacity of up to 30 MW, enough to power around 18,000 homes.

HALO Kilmarnock proposals go on public display Members of the public are to have the opportunity to see proposals for The HALO development in Kilmarnock at a consultation event on June 29.

Three Scottish projects have today been named on a 49-strong shortlist for the UK’s best building of the year by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The City of Glasgow College’s City Campus by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects, Ann Nisbet Studio’s Newhouse

Hardies assists DC Thomson to transform its Dundee HQ Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed its involvement in the extensive redevelopment and refurbishment of DC Thomson’s Dundee headquarters.

A contract notice has been advertised today calling on interested firms to bid for the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement Project. The project involves the construction of approximately 500m of new dual carriageway connecting the A90 North Anderson Drive and the A96 Auchmill Road.

Plans have been approved for the construction of apartments and cottages within the grounds of Dornoch’s Royal Golf Hotel. Working alongside Dornoch Development Ltd and Lippe Architects, Kirkwood Homes is to deliver two apartment blocks each housing twelve, two bedroom apartments as well as four a

A non-profit skills initiative has launched in Scotland to equip more of the country’s aspiring housebuilders and property developers with the skills they need to secure finance and build more homes. The LendInvest Property Development Academy was established by LendInvest, an online lender of pro

Children reach for the stars at Auchinleck Early Childhood Centre