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Using robots to make offshore infrastructure inspection and repair safer is moving a step closer following the injection of £2.5 million of further funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). Founded in 2017 and led by Heriot-Watt and the University of Edinburgh, the ORCA Hub, which incl

A project to upgrade the Busta House Hotel in Shetland has secured up to £194,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in the past year. The development will allow the hotel to continue in its endeavour to become Shetlands only four-star hotel. Significant improvements will be made to t

Lifting equipment rental company LGH has further ramped up its capability in the infrastructure and construction rental market by investing in high capacity Hi-Force 520t hydraulic cylinders.

Every £1 invested in information management (IM) could potentially secure up to £6 of labour time savings while boosting government efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to a new report.

Real estate advisor CBRE has announced it has completed the off-market sale of an office building in Glasgow city centre on behalf of Patrizia for in excess of £5.5million.

An almost empty two-building office development in Houston has opened itself up to offers in Bitcoin in an attempt to generate interest from tenants. One building at 50 Briar Hollow is completely vacant and the other is 70% empty, the aftermath of pandemic-related business setbacks.

The return of rail services to Levenmouth moved a step closer today with confirmation by transport minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.

A new £40 million industrial development has been proposed for a site bounded by Edinburgh Road and Legbrannock Road in Motherwell.

Ken Wales has been appointed divisional director of the specialist Roofing & Painting Division of HLS McConnell. Having started at McConnell in 2010 initially as general manager and most recently as head of business development, Mr Wales has vast experience in all aspects of flat roofi

Work on the first Dunfermline development to be funded by the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal is now under way.

Trident Building Consultancy has welcomed two new assistant building surveyors to its Edinburgh and Glasgow teams. Stacey Rowntree has joined the Edinburgh team from the Scottish Lime Centre Trust, while Rachel Campbell has rejoined Trident after completing her studies at Glasgow Caledonian Uni

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre CEO Stephen Good asks whether net zero is enough and whether Scotland could in fact go further to tackle climate change. With just a few months to go until the COP26 summit in Glasgow, sustainability is fast becoming the defining theme in public discourse

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has determined that the former executive of a housebuilding company who was made redundant should be entitled to a bonus in respect of projects completed after his redundancy.

Wellhouse Housing Association (WHA) has unveiled its vision for the future with plans to bring almost 200 new homes to the area as well as investing over £3 million in its existing properties across Glasgow over the next four years. Director Martin Wilkie-McFarlane said he is looking

Miller Homes has unveiled two new developments in the East Lothian towns of Tranent and Whitecraig.