Construction has started on cloud hosting solutions firm Pulsant’s South Gyle site in Edinburgh – the largest commercial data centre in Scotland. The expansion will see the addition of two secure data halls to the Tier 3 facility, featuring autonomous mechanical services to ensure complete redun
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Dundee City Council has approved plans for a major new Sports Direct shop and gym in the city, despite city planners recommending that the £5 million scheme should be refused. Sports tycoon Mike Ashley’s company had lodged plans for the unit in a former nightclub at The Stack Leisure Park in Loch
A topping out ceremony to mark progress on the new Portobello High School took place in Edinburgh yesterday. After many years of planning, and obstacles along the way, construction work started on the new school in October 2014 and is due to be completed next summer.
New ‘Help to Buy’ homes taking shape at former Edinburgh school Progress is well under way with the first new homes now on site at a new housing development in Niddrie, Edinburgh.
Work starts on £2.5m Ayr town centre project Ayrshire Housing has announced the start of work on a new £2.5 million housing development in Ayr town centre.
Nick Boles The CITB has backed UK Government plans to give apprenticeships legal protection and make sure they have the same status as university degrees.
Ken Creighton A new global standard on measuring residential property has been today published for consultation.
The building restoration phase of the £2.9 million Verdant Works High Mill Open Gallery Project is nearing completion.
Integrated solar at the Athletes Village - Glasgow Nine housing projects across the UK, from the Athlete Village in Glasgow to eco-homes near Bristol, will be competing for the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) prestigious planning awards this year.
The building project for West Dunbartonshire Council’s new offices in Dumbarton town centre will begin this week.
Work will start this month on hundreds of student flats at a £67 million development in Glasgow's West End after a property investment firm bought the site. Select Property Group acquired a 2.9 acre site near the University of Glasgow for a 441 student apartment development.
The value of projects under construction delivered through the Scotland-wide hub programme has leapt 78 per cent in the past six months. Latest statistics published today by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), which manages the hub programme, shows the value of community buildings being built by the f
Interserve has today published its annual report on the progress made against its sustainability targets. Following the launch of its SustainAbilities plan in 2013, a comprehensive, business-wide sustainability plan which sets out ambitious targets for 2020, the report reveals that Interserve is man
Brian McQuade Figures from the construction industry have remained upbeat regarding the sector’s future despite statistics pointing to a downturn in output.
Work on a section of the new £1.4 billion road bridge over the River Forth ground to a halt after a routine concrete pour went wrong. A source on the project said it was “a miracle” no one died when pipes carrying concrete from sea level to an upper deck on the new Queensferry Crossing burst ea