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Plans have been approved for the construction of apartments and cottages within the grounds of Dornoch’s Royal Golf Hotel. Working alongside Dornoch Development Ltd and Lippe Architects, Kirkwood Homes is to deliver two apartment blocks each housing twelve, two bedroom apartments as well as four a

The Scottish Government and Highland Council have given approval for a £500 million development by Hazledene Inverness which will feature 1,500 homes, surrounding a new town centre with retail, leisure and community facilities. Minister for local government & housing, Kevin Stewart MSP, visited

The new £32m West Calder High School West Lothian Council has approved plans to invest £48.4 million in public assets such as schools, roads and open spaces.

Margaret Davidson Developer contributions in the Inverness area could be increased to help the local authority cope with increasing rolls at city schools.

A non-profit skills initiative has launched in Scotland to equip more of the country’s aspiring housebuilders and property developers with the skills they need to secure finance and build more homes. The LendInvest Property Development Academy was established by LendInvest, an online lender of pro

Gail McEwen To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, site engineer Gail McEwen tells her inspiring story of achieving career goals against the odds.

Stacey McArdle Graduate quantity surveyor at Balfour Beatty, Stacey McArdle, discusses her journey into engineering in celebration of International Women in Engineering Day.

Katrina Speirs (far left) with other female engineers at WSP Three female engineers are sharing their experiences for International Women in Engineering Day in the hope that more women and girls will consider a career in the industry.

Isla Hill Isla Hill of Kilsyth-based geotechnical company BAM Ritchies, an operating division of civil engineers BAM Nuttall, has been recognised as the Best Woman Quantity Surveyor in the European Women in Construction and Engineering (WICE) Awards 2017.

Garry Henderson at Williamwood Mactaggart & Mickel celebrates four Pride in the Job awards

An excavator operator working in a peat bog in southeast Poland has stumbled on a rusted longsword from the 14th century. The discovery has kicked off an archaeological expedition to the area in the hope of finding more artefacts from the time period.

Three Scottish projects have today been named on a 49-strong shortlist for the UK’s best building of the year by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The City of Glasgow College’s City Campus by Reiach and Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects, Ann Nisbet Studio’s Newhouse

Barratt Developments has announced the appointment of Jessica White as its new chief financial officer with immediate effect. Ms White steps up from group financial controller to join the main board of Barratt as an executive director and CFO, replacing Neil Cooper who left in January after just 18

Sandy Duncan A councillor who lobbied colleagues about a proposal to build a wind turbine on his farm has been suspended from certain duties for six months.

A third of the UK’s construction firms employ migrant workers citing skills and availability as the top reasons, according to a major industry report. An inquiry into migration and the construction industry carried out by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) revealed that some employers