Two green energy projects located on Angus farmland have been granted planning permission. Development standards councillors followed the recommendation of planning officials to give approval to a 50MW battery storage site near Montrose and a 20MW solar farm close to Birkhill.
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Saudi Arabia's plans for its $500 billion NEOM linear city covering a stretch of 170 kilometres of coastal desert and housing 1.5 million people are to be downsized by almost 99%. An unnamed official told Bloomberg on 5 April that the project would be scaled back to 2.4 kilometres, with a reduc
A recent MSP reception was held at the Scottish Parliament aimed at exploring the next steps for the proposed Scottish Passivhaus equivalent legislation. Sponsored by Alex Rowley MSP, the reception on 28 February was attended by MSPs from across the political spectrum, including minister for housing
The Student Loans Company (SLC) has begun the year by moving into its new headquarters at Buchanan Wharf, underscoring its enduring commitment to Glasgow and Scotland. SLC has been based in the city’s Bothwell Street since its inception more than 30 years ago. But more than 1,000 colleagues ha
Scottish households could be better off by £151 million every year by installing a renewable heating system – but 51 per cent of Scottish adults think the technology is too expensive to install in their home. And while many Scots can correctly identify technologies such as biomass boilers (26 per
VINCI Construction Grands Projects, working in a 50-50 joint venture with Costain, will build the Shieldhall tunnel in Glasgow for Scottish Water. The structure, the largest wastewater storage tunnel in Scotland, is designed to improve water quality and help cope with the risk of flooding in the cit
Perthshire civil engineering firm I & H Brown is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a record £38 million order book. Founded when brothers Ian and Hardie Brown bought a disused Fife aerodrome in 1963, the group has won half of its new orders in the English civil engineering market, and is pr
Sharp rises in housing, commercial and civil engineering activity ensured that output growth across the UK construction sector remained strong in September. However, while the overall performance of the construction sector was close to its strongest since the summer of 2007, latest data indicated th
Plans to build a £200m replacement for Dumfries Royal Infirmary have been officially unveiled by the consortium of Laing O’ Rourke, Ryder Architecture and Serco.
Building Scotland’s largest community-owned solar power park in Dundee would help tackle fuel poverty, reduce CO2 emissions and regenerate derelict and contaminated land, according to a speaker appearing at the University of Dundee next week. Helen Grayshan, lead officer from Solar Cities Scotland
CBES Ltd has been awarded Gold RoSPA award for the seventh consecutive year.
Miller Homes has shelved plans to float the business on the London stock exchange blaming volatility in the financial markets. Last month the housebuilder announced its intention to raise around £140 million by selling off at least 40 per cent of the company on the open market.
Scottish private construction company CCG has recently taken on twenty one new apprentices, taking the total to 61 apprentices working in the company. The firm believes that developing the next generation of skilled trades is critical to the long term sustainability of the construction sector.
The projected finish date for a £42 million new high school in Shetland has been pushed back to April 2017 due to the complexity of the design discussions. Shetland Islands Council (SIC) confirmed this week that its flagship project for a new Anderson High School and halls of residence at Lerwick's
Scottish construction plant dealer Scot JCB has posted record annual profits for 2013 and said activity in the housebuilding sector north of the border appears to have returned to pre-recession levels. Scot JCB managing director Steve Bryant said the Glasgow-based company last year made £3.8m pre-t


