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Project partners and contractors have got the ball rolling on construction work to create Aberdeen’s second Cruyff Court. (from left) Steve McKnight (trustee), Graham Thom (chairman of the Denis Law Legacy Trust), Councillor Jenny Laing, Alistair Findlater (trustee) and Street Sport staff Kian

A helter-skelter, lego exhibition and crazy golf course are some of the unlikely new instalments at cathedrals across the UK as a bid to reinvigorate these ancient buildings and raise awareness gets under way.

Work is under way on the new £16.78 million primary school and community facilities at Danderhall.

Output in the UK construction sector declined for the third month running in July as lower volumes of work were recorded across all three broad categories of activity.

Energy, services and regeneration company ENGIE has been appointed to deliver two projects in East Ayrshire that will upgrade housing stock in the area while increasing the energy efficiency of resident’s homes.

Mechanical and electrical contract Taylor and Fraser has started its work on the Wolfson Building at the University of Strathclyde for Kier. The overall project investment by the University is circa £15.5 million with the mechanical and electrical (M&E) works being around £3.8m.

After a century of flight to the suburbs, urban living has come into vogue for a variety of reasons. Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, explores further. For much of the 20th century, living in the heart of a city was unfashionable and even somewhat undesirable

The owners of land earmarked for a proposed spaceport development on the Moine Peninsula have agreed a lease option with developer Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Representatives of Melness Crofters Estate (MCE) and HIE signed the agreement this week which secures the option for HIE to lease

Hanover Scotland has established a working partnership with Health & Social Care Moray (HSCM) and Allied Healthcare which is focused on the delivery of a new independent living area in an Elgin housing development. Loxa Court is a purpose-built housing development providing housing with care fac

A development of 24 flats in Pollokshaws has been completed on behalf of Home Group.

Oak Tree Housing Association has submitted plans for 69 new homes in the Bow Farm area of Greenock. The proposed site at Tay Street and Tweed Street was formerly occupied by multi-storey blocks Pentland Court, Nevis Court and Grampian Court which were cleared more than a decade ago.

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments. There are almost 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK, and that demographic is forecast to grow by an additional 8.6 million people ove

Internationally-recognised Jurassic sites on Skye, containing rare evidence of how dinosaurs and early mammals lived many millions of years ago, have been granted greater legal status under a Nature Conservation Order (NCO). The order, signed by the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environ

The second phase in a major upgrade of Scrabster Harbour in Caithness has secured up to £3 million investment from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

A Scottish civil engineer is hoping that Lego will choose his design of the Forth Bridge for a future box set after spending a painstaking four months building a 4.7 metre model of the landmark. Michael Dineen, who worked in South Queensferry for two years, went to extraordinary lengths to get