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Morgan Sindall’s Special Works team in Inverness has been awarded contracts worth more than £5.8 million by the Highland Council, to expand and refurbish seven early years schools in the area. The Inverness office of the construction and infrastructure company counts the Highland Council as a key

Modern building materials used in energy efficient homes can make mobile phone signals weaker indoors by one million times, new research has found. A study commissioned by the telecoms regulator Comreg has concluded that the increased use of materials such as foil-layered insulation as well as alumi

Barratt Homes sets sights on East Lothian Two new developments, which bring a total of 405 new homes to East Lothian, have now been launched by Barratt Homes.

A specially designed rope bridge slung between trees high over a Highlands road is giving red squirrels a safe crossing. Conservation charity Trees for Life installed the bridge over a road near Shieldaig last summer as part of its project to reintroduce red squirrels to the northwest Highlands.

Plans have been approved for a new £14.5 million shared campus for Hayshead and St Thomas RC primary schools and early years facility in Arbroath. Angus Council’s development standards committee yesterday gave the go-ahead for the demolition of the existing primary school and the subsequent const

Research into planning for different religions, urbanisation in Rwanda and Ethiopia, and Scottish marine planning are among the projects shortlisted in this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence shortlist. Projects on heritage, build-to-rent housing, walkability and improving streets, have al

An investigation is underway after a pane of glass fell ten floors from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. It is understood the pane shattered near the front entrance of the building on Thursday morning, but nobody is believed to have been injured.

95 construction contractors and suppliers attended a recent ‘Meet the buyer’ event hosted by ENGIE in Bellshill, prompting the company to commit to another consultation session for the professional services sector off the back of its success. ENGIE’s Places & Communities division works alo

Plans to redevelop the grounds of the former Caerlee Mill in Innerleithen into 44 new build houses and flats have been granted planning consent. Developer Whiteburn’s vision for the site is to build a range of two, three and four bedroom houses and cottage flats that are designed to reflect the sp

A legal dispute has emerged between a top Scottish architect and a Russian architecture firm over the design of a skyscraper near St Petersburg. Tony Kettle, the founder of Scottish firm the Kettle Collective, has been accused by Moscow-based firm Gorproject of claiming design authorship over the La

Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has been granted permission to build 115 homes in Nairn, including 29 affordable homes for Highland Council. The development in Kingsteps will comprise a mix of energy-efficient homes including bungalows, two-bedroom apartments and two-, three- and four-b

Construction output grew by 0.9% between April to June, recovering from a 0.8% fall in the first quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has secured £16.5 million to establish a major new advanced engineering facility that will put Scotland at the forefront of the movement to transform one of the manufacturing sector’s most traditional and important supply

£1.1m refurbishment of Accord Hospice Inpatient Unit completes

One of Scotland’s earliest historical sites is to be explored for the very first time this month with an excavation of Dunyvaig Castle on Islay.