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Dr Francesco Bandarin © Malcolm Cochrane Photography The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has presented UNESCO consultant Dr Francesco Bandarin with an Honorary Fellowship.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is inviting tenders to design and build a new bridge linking the north end of Inverness Campus with the Inverness retail and business park. The bridge will cross the main Inverness-Perth railway line and enable access for pedestrians, cyclists and buses to and

The start of work on Dundee’s Regional Performance Centre for Sport was marked yesterday at the city’s Caird Park. The new £32 million facility will feature an indoor athletics centre with an 80m running straight providing all-weather training for athletes.

The hub team collecting Sponsor/Developer Award (from left) Hal Cruttenden (host), Joanne MacDougall (hub South East marketing & communications manager), Kevin Bradley (hub South East Board member), Paul McGirk (hub South East chief executive), Tunca Ataoglu (regional director, EMEA - sponsor of

Not having a place to call home is one of the most stressful situations a person can find themselves in, and as ‘stress’ is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May) the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is urging property firms in Scotland to get behind

Glasgow City Council and the Passivhaus Trust will soon host a conference that points the way forward on delivering affordable and energy-efficient homes and public buildings. The event - Passivhaus Social: Glasgow - will take place at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Strathclyde Suite on May 29, and

Ten charities that support disadvantaged young people across Scotland are to benefit from a share of a £1.3 million Building Brighter Futures Fund (BBFF), established by the Hub Community Foundation (HCF). The £1.3 million has come directly from the funding and construction of community buildings

Aberdeen Standard Investments targets Edinburgh’s private rented sector with £27.5m deal Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has expanded its private rented sector interests with a £44 million investment in two residential blocks in Edinburgh and Leeds.

Atkins is to carry out a feasibility study on the relocation of fresh water and salt water service reservoirs to caverns in Hong Kong. The relocation will release the existing sites for housing and other uses to meet the long term social and economic needs of Hong Kong whilst ensuring a reliable, ad

The circumstances which led to a historic jute mill being demolished over the weekend are to be investigated by Dundee City Council. The former Wallace Craigie jute works, known locally as Halley’s Mill, on the city’s Broughty Ferry Road was razed to the ground after diggers moved on site on Fri

Scan Building Services directors Graham Prophet (front centre with navy coloured jersey) and Mark McKenzie (front centre, tie and white shirt) with other staff on Dundee Law A Dundee-based building engineering services company has completed its transition to become Scotland’s latest employee-owned

Mark Farmer speaking at a Construction Scotland Innovation Centre event. Picture © Andy Buchanan ‘Modernise or Die’ report author Mark Farmer believes that carrying on as normal is not an option for the Scottish construction sector.

The regeneration of Meadowbank sports facility in Edinburgh will reach another milestone next month when councillors meet to consider two planning applications for the site. Two hearings will be held on Friday 29 June, one of which will consider detailed planning consent for a new £47 million sport

Staff members from Crossreach and Portakabin joined teachers and local pupils to prepare to break ground on the new build The development of an education campus on Erskine Waterfront, Renfrewshire, celebrated another milestone as modules arrived on site

Charles Church will be part of a team helping to build schools in India Charles Church, a land manager with Mactaggart & Mickel Homes in Glasgow, is heading to India in September to help build new homes for those in urgent need.