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Theresa Hunt Burness Paull’s senior associate Theresa Hunt believes the construction industry will be disappointed with the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce increased planning fees.

Brian Berrry The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned that housing and infrastructure manifesto pledges will be “redundant” unless the construction sector has enough skilled workers post-Brexit.

(from left) Iliana Portugues, National Grid, Khadim Hussain, National Grid, Jamie Hepburn, MSP, Scottish Government minister for employability and training, Gregor Alexander, finance director of SSE, Craig McTaggart, SP Energy Networks, and Dave Gardner, director of transmission SSEN. Photo taken by

New M8 fully opens For the first time ever, Glasgow and Edinburgh are now fully connected with uninterrupted motorway.

A conceptual scheme by a team of South Korean designers calls for inserting towers within the hollowed-out trunks of giant sequoias in the western US, Dezeen has reported. Called Tribute: The Monument of Giant, the visionary scheme imagines buildings constructed within the empty trunks of giant sequ

The masterplan for a £150 million mixed use development in Aberdeenshire has been completed with the approval of a food hall, hotel and leisure facilities at Blackdog. Plans by Ashfield Land for a regional food hall that could be used by farmers and producers’ retail outlets, an 850-seat cinema a

Proposals to transform the old Boroughmuir High School to create 87 mezzanine apartments and 28 affordable homes have been rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council. Councillors on the city’s planning committee rejected advice from their own officials, who had earmarked the designs for approval, t

Plans have been submitted to build a hotel and student halls at the site of a former Dundee furniture store. The £20 million proposals for the former Robertson’s furniture store in Barrack Street will also include a licensed restaurant unit with associated facilities and ancillary works.

Environmental planning consultancy Atmos Consulting has secured planning permission for a 19.8MW gas peaking plant and 20MW battery storage plant in Glenrothes. In keeping with Sainc Energy’s commitment to promote sustainable energy solutions, the development also intends to launch a research and

A Proposal of Application Notice has been lodged to deliver a £50 million replacement building for Madras College at Langlands. Earlier this year, Fife Council's executive committee conditionally approved the Langlands site as the preferred location for a new Madras College.

Alasdair Henderson The Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS) has welcomed the recent parliamentary debate calling for the introduction of legislation to protect cash retentions and has called on all parties to ensure the debate is followed with legislative action through the parliamentary process a

A Solar PV installation at Anderston Regeneration Masterplan where 206 homes are being constructed by main contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd on behalf of Sanctuary Scotland A building services firm is reporting a significant increase in demand for renewable energy installations.

(from left) SCAA Paramedic Graeme Hay, Scott Hadden, Hadden's Lynn Anderson & Helen MacGregor of SCAA Hadden builds support partnership for air ambulance

The UK’s toughest home, designed to withstand the blast from a 2,000lb bomb, has gone on sale for £350,000, The Scotsman has reported. Rosehearty Tower was constructed to observe RAF bombing practice off the coast of Aberdeenshire.

The SEC, Glasgow will host Scotland’s largest gathering of Health & Safety, Facilities Management, Fire Safety, Logistics, Cleaning and Maintenance professionals at Scotland Works, a two day event designed to support Scotland’s industrial, commercial and public sectors in running safe and ef