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An application to develop the Engine Shed building and site on St Leonard’s Lane into a small single malt whisky distillery and visitor centre has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. Whisky expert, and former Master Distiller for The Macallan, David Robertson is behind plans to open T

Lorraine MacPhail In 2009, Scotland's property and construction sector faced a crisis. The industry was one of the worst affected by the global economic downturn. Thousands of workers were laid off as businesses were forced to scale back their operations or face the risk of administration.

A map showing the highest concentrations of cold homes across Scotland Political parties have been urged to commit to ridding Scotland of the “scourge” of cold homes by 2025 after new data revealed that there are up to 1.5 million cold homes in the country.

Planning decision times for major and local housing developments over the last quarter of 2015 were faster on average compared to the equivalent quarter the previous year, according to new figures. Statistics on quarterly planning performance in Scotland, published by the Scottish Government, reveal

The winning group at work - (c) www.agarchitectural.com The winners of Scotland’s first construction “hackathon” will have their innovative idea for a digital built heritage tool supported by the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC).

image ©Historic Environment Scotland Exhibition celebrates graduates’ creativity

Developers have announced plans to build a new tower in Dubai to surpass the 828m high Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. Emaar Properties enlisted architect Santiago Calatrava to design the tower project, which will be anchored with a complex mesh of cables.

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Muir Homes Ltd

A rare opportunity has emerged to buy a special piece of real estate in Highgate, North London. According to the Metro, an entrepreneurial homeowner has decided to try to flog off his spare toilet for rental at £3,000 a month – that’s 6,000 visits per month if charged at 50p per pee.

Blacksmith Peter McMillan carrying out repairs in Ayr town centre Construction firm CGC has announced a jobs boost for Ayrshire after winning work from South Ayrshire Council.

Grampian Housing Association has revealed it will press on with plans to build affordable homes in Elgin after an £8.5 million scheme to build a new road was scrapped by Moray Council. Plans for the Western Link Road scheme, which would have provided access to the Grampian development, was abandone

The Bucentaur from the air Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) at Aberdeen Bay.

Public consultation gets underway for Hearts grandstand Hearts Football Club have published the first artist’s impression of a planned main grandstand at Tynecastle stadium which would add 3,000 seats, upping maximum capacity to 20,000.

Galliford Try has confirmed that it inherited “contractual responsibility” for four of the 17 schools closed in Edinburgh over structural safety fears when it acquired Miller Construction. The City of Edinburgh Council ordered the closure of the schools last Friday after the private consortium b

Breedon Aggregates has reiterated its plans to sell over a dozen of its ready-mixed concrete (RMX) sites after a competition watchdog raised concerns over the firm’s takeover of Hope Construction Materials. Breedon entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Con