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https://youtu.be/e-DVIQPqS8E A new video has been produced by the people at YouTube's Practical Engineering channel, presented by civil engineer Grady Hillhouse, explains how erosion at the subsurface can lead to sinkholes.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) plans to continue the regeneration of the Barrowfield community, located in Glasgow’s East End, with 52 new affordable homes.

A new guide to help construction businesses move towards more sustainable ways of working has been launched by Zero Waste Scotland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzCSZghK5s&feature=youtu.be Professional engineering services consultancy Mouchel has changed its name to WSP across all offices in the UK.

Nicola Barclay The number of households that have purchased a new home through the Scottish Government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme has topped ten thousand, according to latest figures.

(Image: Rob McDougall) The Engine Shed, Scotland’s national building conservation centre, is inviting people to come and find out what the new national building conservation centre has to offer as it opens its doors to the public for the first time today.

New Typologies for The School, Town Hall, Community Centre, Public Toilets and Town Square are an invigorating vision of the future of Britain's buildings

Student Ross Robinson developed a children’s home which was suspended in the trees for protection Architecture students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have laid out their ideas for how the land surrounding Aberdeen’s new bypass can best be utilised.

Fly-through video showcases missing piece at Park Circus

A new mobile app, enabling people across the world to explore one of Europe’s finest chambered tombs, Maeshowe in Orkney, is now available.

An investigation launched in the wake of the Edinburgh school wall collapse has found nine schools in Aberdeenshire, built under Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts, with structural issues requiring remediation works.

The Scottish Government has unveiled proposals to reform planning doctrine for homes and infrastructure projects.

Plans have been approved by the Scottish government for a £14 million maternity unit conversion plan in Dumfries.

Plans for a new primary school in south east Edinburgh and the relocation and expansion of Victoria Primary School have been approved by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Annie Mauger The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland has responded to a Scottish Government consultation proposing new minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector (PRS) by joining calls for these standards to be made more ambitious.