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Advocate’s Close The regeneration of Advocate’s Close in Edinburgh has received the coveted Project of the Year Award at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Scotland Awards 2015.

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Fifty jobs could be created if Oregon Timber moves forward with plans to expand into the former Co-op NGT in Dunsdalehaugh, which closed last Summer. The company, which supplies timber frames for housebuilders such as CALA and Miller Homes, has applied to Scottish Borders Council for permission to t

Scottish Water has started work on a £1.2 million project to upgrade waste water management in the Cathcart area and improve the White Cart Water river environment. The project is part of a wider £250 million, five-year initiative to invest in waste water management across Greater Glasgow which wa

Around 100 jobs could be created as part of the development of a 50-acre site on the edge of Muir of Ord, a village around 20 kilometres west of Inverness. Up to 60 homes, at least a dozen offices, a garden centre and parkland will be built on the farmland site if planning permission is granted by c

A new report by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) warns of an "unprecedented global change" to be faced by the built environment sector up to 2030. The report, titled Our Changing World: Let's be ready, examines how global social and economic changes will require new skills, business

Transport Scotland has announced investment of a million pounds in the coming financial year to resurface the M74 between junctions 6 and 12. The first stage of the programme, which is being carried out by Scotland Transerv, will begin at the end of this month and see more than £250,000 of repairs

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have submitted revised plans for a field centre near the Forsinard Flows, the largest peat bog in Europe. Councillors will vote tomorrow on the plans, which are intended to provide office and teaching space and accommodation for those studying the

Industrial designer Shin Kuo has revealed an ambitious design for a rotating building called "Turn to the Future". The residential building has apartment modules which occasionally rotate around a spiral axis, giving all residents equal access to views and giving each resident a shot at living in th

Islay village to get 180 homes Up to 180 homes could be built in and around the village of Bowmore on Islay, following approval of Islay Estate's strategic masterplan.

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Mark Bates, director of Ecology at Heritage Environment Ltd (left) and Callum Whiteford, development relations co-ordinator An enterprising property developer has devised an innovative wildlife crossing which will allow newts to safely navigate a busy road during a large-scale property development.

Sarah Speirs Demand for commercial property in the UK is growing close to its fastest pace since 1998 and, along with a surge in investment, reflects the widening economic recovery, according to the latest RICS Commercial Market Survey.

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John Warchus Architects could be hit with compensation claims in the event of a data protection breach even if no ‘financial loss’ occurs, lawyers have warned.