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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

Collective Architecture has been selected from six shortlisted practices by Camphill School Aberdeen (CSA) to design a £10 million transformation of two of its three campuses.

Restoration work has started at the site of a new £2.5 million visitor destination on the banks of Loch Ness. Housed within the former Dochgarroch village hall, the new unique destination is due to open its doors in May 2019 and is poised to become a beacon of Highland hospitality.

Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure has successfully handed over a new state-of-the-art £13 million school to Aberdeen City Council in time for the start of the 2018 academic year. Stoneywood School, located in the Bucksburn area in the north of Aberdeen, was built on the site of the f

A key milestone has been reached at the Inverness Justice Centre after main contractor Robertson poured more than 5000 cubic metres of concrete to form the centre’s complex concrete frame. Designed by architects Reiach and Hall, the landmark construction project aims to change the way resident

Glasgow City Council has outlined the ongoing success of the regeneration of Central Govan, with investment of around £90 million since 2006, and plans for the area's future. The investment has seen new homes, business and community space in Govan as well as more attractive streets, shops and publi

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the abolition of a cap on what local authorities in England can borrow to build houses. In her keynote speech to the Conservative party conference yesterday, Mrs May said the move shows her commitment to help fix the housing crisis.

The new homes in Dougrie Drive A development by Glasgow Housing Association of 130 homes for social rent in Castlemilk has been hailed as the best in Scotland.

Arc-Tech rounds off successful debut into student housing sector in Stirling Mechanical and electrical services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has added to its reputation for reliability by successfully delivering the £1.7 million building services element of the overall construction contract f

Willmott Dixon has teamed up with robotics firm Eksobionics to trial a high-tech exoskeleton vest to protect supply chain partners working on a new school development in Cardiff. Willmott Dixon is the first company in the construction industry to trial ‘Eksovest’ – an upper body exoskeleton ve

Brunton Design has received formal instruction from its client to make an application for planning approval for its mixed-use development on Dundee’s Marketgait. Under the plans for the prominent city centre location, the £6 million development will deliver 43 residential units as well a

Six men have been jailed for more than 30 years over a solar panels scam that defrauded 1,500 vulnerable customers out of £17 million. Brothers David Diaz and Ludovic Black from Glasgow targeted elderly, retired and vulnerable people who were “manipulated” into buying panels on the false promis

A formal planning application has been submitted for a £158 million wind farm at Glenshero in the Highlands. SIMEC, part of the GFG Alliance, said its proposal follows a year of environmental and technical studies and extensive public consultation.