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Plans for a shared use path, approximately 9km in length, linking Aviemore and Carrbridge has been granted planning permission by the Cairngorms National Park Planning Committee.

Balfour Beatty has appointed Emma Loxton as chief strategy officer, boosting its group executive committee.  Loxton will join the group from McKinsey & Company, where for over ten years she guided major industrial and infrastructure businesses on strategy, transformation and growth. 

The Scottish Government is to establish a major projects office to accelerate progress on nationally and strategically significant investment and private capital projects. Unveiled by the first minister during his Programme for Government announcement yesterday, the new initiative would unblocking b

Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland Academy has joined forces with Forth Valley College to offer a new Construction and Civil Engineering Skills course, which promises a job sector interview on completion. The new National Progression Award (NPA) - Construction Skills (CECA) wi

Inverclyde Council has entered into a partnership arrangement with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) and NMIS member West College Scotland to take forward proposals to build a marine engineering centre of excellence at the Inchgreen Dry Dock. The proposed hub could benefit from &p

A new temporary venue dedicated to exploring architecture, design and the built environment will open to the public on 15 September at the Edinburgh Futures Institute in the heart of the city. A&DS:SpACE is a collaborative initiative by Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) and Space for A

Data centre operator and cloud provider DataVita has submitted a planning application to North Lanarkshire Council for DV4, a new data centre at Chapelhall.

John Heaney Electrical (JHE), the electrical, mechanical and HVAC firm, has appointed Glenrothes-based Andy Guthrie as its first mechanical apprentice. Guthrie, who is 24, has been working as a labourer at JHE and will now join the mechanical division, with the team focusing on industrial equipment

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has launched a public consultation on proposals to list the Hunterian Art Gallery and Mackintosh House, which were designed by Sir William Whitfield for the University of Glasgow, at Category A.

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has announced the appointment of Darren Jarman, managing director of Lowfield Timber Frames, to its board of directors. Jarman has more than 25 years of experience in the UK timber construction sector, across design, technical development, manufacturing and bu

Construction is progressing for CCG’s 20-home affordable housing development in Balmaha, with the project expected to have its first residents by spring 2027. 

Across the country, major investments in commercial development, transport infrastructure and industrial regeneration are creating new opportunities for communities and businesses alike. Behind many of these landmark projects stands Tarmac, a construction materials partner whose products, expertise

A Livingston community garden is set to bloom due to a £1,500 donation from Cala Homes (East), in a bid to aid its development.

The Scottish housing market is seeing a rising gap between the level of need and the speed of new housing delivery, with more certainty for planning, funding, technical compliance and risk management required to ramp up home delivery, a white paper from Show House, in collaboration with J3 Advisory

Scottish Borders Council has published its Scoping Opinion in response to an environmental assessment scoping submission for the proposed Southside Data Centre in Berwickshire.