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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RGBE) has unveiled proposals to refurbish and rebuild its ageing glasshouses and deliver new world-leading facilities that will protect its work. The institution has drawn up plans for a new eco-friendly energy centre and a plant health suite to replace its existi

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has set out its final determination on Network Rail’s £4 billion plans to make Scotland’s railway more reliable. Covering maintenance and renewal along with improved daily operations, the plans will run for five years from 1 April 2019, known as Co

A detailed analysis of Scotland’s office, industrial, retail and investment property market activity in 2018 has been published as Ryden unveils its 83rd Scottish Property Review. At a time when Scotland’s overall economic growth forecast is positive, but remains below the long run avera

A Canadian businessman and his wife have gifted almost £8 million to the University of St Andrews, believed to be one of the biggest pledges ever made to a Scottish university, in an effort to help it lead international marine research. This major commitment to Scotland’s oldest uni

CITB has launched its biggest-ever funding opportunity opens with a £5 million commission to help under-represented groups into the construction industry. Pathways into Construction will help connect employers with people who traditionally don’t enter construction, including the unemploy

Glasgow City Council's city administration committee has approved a £350,000 plan to ensure the People's Palace remains open while structural repairs are made to the adjoining Winter Gardens glasshouse. The People's Palace provides fire escape routes for the social history museum, which is due

Gala Fairydean Rovers is to shut the spectator section of its iconic A-listed grandstand until early 2019 to allow an essential restoration project to get underway on the 54-year-old structure. The club is working in partnership with Scottish Borders Council and charity Live Borders to ensure the lo

Scottish education secretary John Swinney MSP has opened two schools in Midlothian developed by Hardies Property & Construction Consultants. Paradykes Primary School and Roslin Primary School both opened last month.

Hollywood actress Katie Holmes has been spotted on a computer generated image (CGI) created to advertise a proposed café in south-east London. The actress and her daughter Suri Cruise were superimposed on a billboard in Plumstead Common, which was used to advertise the new Slade Café t

Workloads for civil engineering contractors in Scotland have fallen for the fourth quarter in a row with future prospects continuing to remain weak, new figures have revealed. Figures released today by the Scottish branch of the CECA Scotland show work continuing to slow and order books continuing t

Morgan Sindall has said it is on track to deliver a full year results in line with its expectations following a “strong” trading performance in the second half of the year. In a trading update for the period from 1 July 2018 to date, the contractor said that margins in its construction a

A housing developer is challenging Aberdeenshire Council to repay more than £100,000 in developer obligations it claimed it was charged “erroneously”. Bancon Homes claims a change in the capacity figures for Banchory Academy means the charges it had to make towards secondary educat

Plans have been submitted for a £1.5 million extension to Buchan House in Peterhead that would provide dedicated space for Police Scotland. The two-storey extension would link to the existing Aberdeenshire Council base on St Peter Street, increase partnership working in the building and share

Donaldson Timber Engineering (DTE) has further extended its lead and coverage in the UK engineered timber market with the acquisition of Cambridge Roof Truss. The Fife-headquartered company said the strategic acquisition has an excellent geographic fit with its present business and will further supp

Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd is celebrating the launch of the firm’s first contract completions in the education sector with the completion two service installations for the new build construction of St Ninian’s Primary School and conversion of Moorfoot Primary School in Gourock. Undertaken o