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The Gyle at Edinburgh Park Premier Inn has become the UK’s first battery-powered hotel in a bid to improve energy efficiency, secure power supply and enable energy cost savings on-site. In a UK-first, the Whitbread-owned company is trialling a new 100kW lithium ion battery at the 200-room site

The Scottish Government is to fund the remaining £40 million required to construct the Cross Tay Link Road at Perth, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The £120m project, which will link the A9 over the River Tay to the A93 and A94 north of Scone, aims to reduce congestion in

The next step in the redevelopment of the Scottish National Gallery (SNG) in Edinburgh has began in earnest with work underway today to improve access to the complex. The work will create a new accessible path, new landscaping and wider steps in East Princes Street Gardens.

Dunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Ltd has opened a new facility in Scotland to support its continued growth and its commitment to deliver site investigation projects nationwide across all construction sectors. The firm said the new regional office in East Kilbride offers a prime location to de

Aberdeenshire Council has approved planning permission in principle for more than 700 homes and community facilities on the outskirts of Inverurie. Crichie Developments, led by Dandara, is looking to build 737 homes, a primary school and retail development at Crichie, which is just outside the Aberd

The one-off cost of clearing the total maintenance backlog for around 14,000 local authority bridges in Scotland has doubled in just two years, according to new statistics. Figures compiled by the RAC Foundation found that the repair backlog rose from £252 million in 2015-16 to £374m in

The independent scaffolding contractor behind the construction of the Scottish Parliament building has been bought by a US industrial services firm. Lyndon Scaffolding, which operates in Scotland from a base at Broxburn, has been acquired by Georgia-headquartered BrandSafway.

Scotland’s Architecture Fringe has launched its call for participants for the 2019 open programme. The Architecture Fringe was launched in 2016 by a group of architects, designers, photographers, engineers, visual artists and curators to encourage public debate about architecture and design in

Plans for 12 new homes in Macduff have been given the go-ahead by Aberdeenshire Council. Businesswoman Elaine Duthie had submitted plans to turn a former dry cleaners into flats.

The ongoing threat of poor and potentially dangerous electrical work has been highlighted once again by the industry body for Scotland's electrical sector professionals after counterfeit copies of vital wiring regulations became available for sale. SELECT said the bogus PDF copies of BS7671:2018, th

One of the senior managers at Lochmaben-based Russell Roof Tiles is celebrating a major milestone. After he first joined as a graduate trainee manager, regional sales director Alan Young is now celebrating 15 years with the firm.

The City of London Corporation has today released updated images of how its City Cluster skyline will look in 2026. Now including the recently approved 100 Leadenhall Street, the images show the area in the eastern corner of the Square Mile which is home to some of London’s most iconic skyscra

Transport Scotland has named Farrans Construction as the preferred contractor to deliver the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement project in Aberdeen. The firm was named on a final shortlist of two in March alongside Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd, which pulled out of the running later in the year.

Berwickshire sawmill business BSW Timber has followed up a loss-making year with a pre-tax profit of nearly £2.6 million Accounts newly filed at Companies House show the firm post the profit for the year ended March 31, 2018, after making a £2.1m loss the year before.

CALA Homes has teamed up with NHS Grampian to submit a planning application to Aberdeen City Council for a development within the former Royal Cornhill Hospital Grounds. The application outlines a proposal for the creation of 36 one and two bedroom apartments at May Baird Avenue.