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The Highland Council and partners HITRANS and NHS Highland have welcomed £1.6 million awarded from Transport Scotland’s Low Carbon Travel and Transport (LCTT) Challenge Fund. The funding has been warmly received by partner agencies for their Low Carbon and Active Travel Hub project in In

Scottish parents want their children to have a future that makes a positive difference to society, according to new research released to mark Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (5-9 November). Nearly seven in ten (69%) of Scottish parents want their children to have a job that is something they can be

A Deeside charity which provides training for young adults with learning disabilities is to build a new office using straw bales. The management team at Beannachar Camphill Community, located on a farm set near Banchory-Devenick, currently works out of a garage building on the site which is no longe

Kinross entrepreneur Daniel Webster has released CGI images of what his new head office development will look like when completed. To be situated at Bridgend Industrial Estate in Kinross, the new complex for construction, storage and leisure firm webster group will bring all of the company’s d

Story Contracting has welcomed a number of Scottish graduate engineers and trainees as part of its future talent intake. As part of its ongoing commitment to the continued development of its graduates, the infrastructure company held its first quarterly graduate development day in Glasgow this week.

Scottish Water’s Shieldhall Tunnel in Glasgow, which is helping to improve water quality in the River Clyde and tackle sewer flooding, has won an urban drainage industry award, its second accolade in as many months.

Persimmon Homes West Scotland has lodged plans to build 196 new homes on the site of a former hospital. The developer is hoping to secure permission to transform the 17-acre Stonehouse Hospital site with a £25 million development featuring a range of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes.

Groundbreaking cyborgs which work like a silkworm swaddling itself in a cocoon will change construction forever, according to experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The ‘Fibrebots’ are a swarm of robots designed to wind fiberglass filament around themselves to create

An Aberdeen architect who was struck off by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) is to appeal the decision. Neil Rothnie of Neil Rothnie Architects in Aberdeen was erased from the Register of Architects following a finding of unacceptable professional conduct and serious professional incompetence

A major £1.5 billion contract opportunity for the construction sector to deliver new build housing is about to be launched in Scotland.

A Borders energy supplier with around 290,000 customers has ceased trading after the company was given a £14 million bill by the energy regulator. Spark Energy Supply is part of a gas and electricity firm which employs more than 300 staff at its Selkirk headquarters.

The project to create a new home for Ayr Grammar Primary School at the site of one of the town’s most recognisable landmarks is now well underway.

An East Ayrshire charity which redistributes surplus food donated from supermarkets has received a welcome boost from regeneration specialist ENGIE and its staff. Kilmarnock-based Centrestage collects unwanted food for their team of chefs to create meals which are then packaged and distributed to th

A topping out ceremony was held on the site of Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness yesterday. The Inverness Justice Centre is being delivered by Robertson in partnership with Wilmott Dixon.

Scottish Enterprise will lead work to transform the future of the Michelin Dundee site under a new plan agreed by the Scottish Government, working group partners and Michelin management. The tyre manufacturer confirmed earlier this month that it is to cease tyre production at the site in 2020 due to