Naeem Hussain © Malcolm Cochrane Photography Naeem Hussain, who led the illustrative concept and design of the Queensferry Crossing, is one of four engineers to join the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.
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A96 dualling options on show Options that include the existing A96 Inverurie Bypass and the offline southern route between east of Huntly and Blackburn, which passes through the Bennachie Special Landscape Area, are amongst the options that have been removed following initial design and assessment w
Picture: Pimlico Plumbers The boss of a plumbing company has said he will not take down a giant "Bollocks to Brexit" sign on the roof of his headquarters in central London, even if it means going to prison.
Robin Webster OBE FRIAS Robin Webster has been elected the next President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).
East Renfrewshire Council has submitted £23 million plans to build five new nurseries in the region. The facilities, three of which will operate as family centres providing childcare for 50 weeks of the year, are planned to be open by August 2020.
(from left) Karen Shaw (business development manager at CCG), John Kerr (West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing development and homeless manager), Cllr Diane Docherty, convener of housing and communities, Calum Murray (director at CCG), and Cllr Caroline McAllister, vice convener of housing and com
Roof window manufacturer Velux has unveiled plans for a £7 million expansion to its iconic UK and Ireland head office building at Woodside Way in Glenrothes. A new customer service centre, training facilities, office space, meeting suite and a staff restaurant will be housed within a 3,500 metre ne
Royal Bank of Scotland has today officially released for sale its former office and data centre site at Dundas Street in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town. Branded ‘New Town North’, the 5.89 acre plot is the largest site to be sold in the city for more than a decade and is expected
A deteriorating road-over-rail bridge which threatens the East Coast Main Line in Aberdeenshire will be demolished in the interest of safety. Abbeyton Bridge, on the B966 just north of Fordoun, was shut in July after inspections found serious failings in the 170-year-old structure, which continue to
Highland Council has submitted a planning application for a low head hydroelectric development at the Torvean Weir on the River Ness. Using an Archimedes screw, the hydroelectric scheme will have a generating capacity of up to 100kW and an average annual renewable energy output of approximately 600,
The £110 million new University of the West of Scotland (UWS) campus at Hamilton International Technology Park has opened its doors to the new student intake. Developed by HFD Property Group (HFD) and designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, the new 235,000 sq.ft. Lanarkshire campus offers a
John Swinney joins pupils Nina Biagi, Jack Biagi and Rehan Sohail in one of the school's new Nooks New primary school officially opened in Portobello
An innovative installation of mosses, which can help combat air pollution, has been installed in Musselburgh. Known as the ‘CityTree’, the structure uses a combination of mosses which are cultivated to thrive in urban areas and which is claimed has the capability to remove air pollutants from th
Flammable insulation which has been linked to the spread of fires at Grenfell Tower and the Glasgow School of Art is installed in the roof of the V&A Dundee, according to reports. The flagship £80 million museum, which opened last month, is fitted with two different types of lining, which both
Plans to deliver Scotland’s first purpose-built film and TV studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh appear to have suffered a major blow following a ruling by the Scottish Land Court. Farmer Jim Telfer had faced eviction from his smallholdings at Damhead where Scottish Ministers formally granted plan