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View of shared surface courtyard More than 100 homes for health workers could be built as part of NHS Grampian’s battle to attract staff to the north-east.

The Scottish Government's decision to approve a 67-turbine wind farm near Fort Augustus has been described by a judge in the Court of Session as “defective” following a judicial review. Lord Jones said ministers made their decision on SSE's Stronelairg project "in breach of environmental obligat

Russ Burton (left) and Fergus Ewing (right) in Energy Centre at Borders College The first energy recovery system in the UK to be powered using sewage has been launched at the Scottish Borders College campus in Galashiels.

Councillors have approved the introduction of a new conservation area to protect the historic site of the battle of Culloden. The new designation for Culloden Muir near Inverness now means that within the conservation area, planning permission will be required for a range of developments that would

Cllr Danny Devlin (left) and Link Group chair Roy Stirrat Link completes affordable housing development in Newton Mearns

Staff from a north east builders merchants are spreading Christmas cheer with the publication of a unique calendar created to raise money for two local charities. Brave employees from GPH Builders Merchants, which is based in Westhill, Inverurie and Stonehaven, stripped off for the company’s 2016

Alternative proposals to transform Edinburgh’s former Royal High School into a new music school have been formally submitted by the Royal High School Preservation Trust. Backed by the philanthropic Dunard Fund, the Trust’s vision will provide an alternative to Hoskins Architect

Plans to develop a complex of mixed-use buildings just off Glasgow’s George Square are being unveiled today at a public exhibition. Chris Stewart Group will reveal its proposals for 59 serviced apartments, 375 student flats and 23,688 sq/ft of commercial space on vacant property which it acquired

Plans have been submitted for a 1,500 home development on the outskirts of a North-east village. The Aberdeen Evening Express reports that CHAP Group has lodged an application with Aberdeenshire Council for the new properties at Park Quarry near Drumoak. As part of the 1,500 homes scheme, 500 will b

Artist impression of planned extenstion to Greenbrae Primary School in Bridge of Don Work to create one of the Aberdeen’s largest school extensions is expected to start in January, the council has revealed.

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff Glasgow director Pete Dunbar (left) and UK chief operating officer Mark Naysmith with at the opening of their new office on 110 Queen Street, Glasgow Over 110 employees from WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, the recently merged global professional services and engineering consulta

City Building has presented two charities with £10,000 each following successful fundraising activities. The cheques were presented to Cash for Kids and Kidney Research UK at Glasgow City Chambers following a charity golf day jointly organised by the construction company and the Lord Provost’s an

Simon Little Ramboll Environ doubles Edinburgh presence

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today launched a new award which will celebrate the best new building in the world. Unlike the institute’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize, which was scrapped last year, the competition is open to any building, of any type and budget, in any country

The closure of the First Road Bridge could have been avoided if it were not for the “incompetence” of government agency Transport Scotland, an engineer has claimed. John Carson, who led the team behind the Skye Bridge, said condemned the government agency for ditching plans to strengthen part of