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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed elevator technologies that achieved a speed of 1,230 meters per minute, or 20.5 meters per second, which the company claims is the fastest elevator speed in the world. The new technologies will be installed to one of three elevators at China's tallest bu

Andrew Kerr An independent inquiry into the closure of 17 Edinburgh schools over structural concerns is to begin after the summer break and conclude before the end of the year, the City of Edinburgh Council confirmed today.

Plans have been approved to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts on the site of Dundee’s former Head Post Office. Dundee City Council has given its support for the £16 million development which will serve as a home for the High School of Dundee’s art, music, drama and ho

Barratt Homes West Scotland has appointed the first female director to its board in more than 20 years. Estelle Sykes has been appointed sales director for West Scotland, bringing with her over 22 years’ property experience from when she began her career at the same company.

Balfron High School A high school is Stirling has been forced to close to allow repair works to get underway.

Graham Construction has completed work on the state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit (CCU) at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie. The £5.5 million 10-bed unit, which has been handed over to NHS Lanarkshire, is just one of 12 phased work projects that Graham Construction will complete by Spring 2018 as part

122 Waterloo Street Levels of office take-up in Glasgow city centre and Edinburgh out-of-town markets for the first quarter of the year are the highest since the economic downturn in 2008, according to commercial property consultants Bilfinger GVA.

Huge variations and changes to relevant national and UK wide affordable warmth policies has inevitably hindered progress to eradicate fuel poverty, according to a new report. The UK Fuel Poverty Monitor, produced annually by National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS), was publishe

Sibbald Limited is the first professional training provider in Scotland to be certified by NQA for BS EN ISO 9001:2015, BS EN ISO 14001:2015 and BS OHAS 18001:2007. After enduring an eight day certification audit early in April, Sibbald Limited have achieved triple management system certification aw

New Brunstane Final masterplan proposals for New Brunstane to be shared with community at second event

The Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan by Zaha Hadid Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 30 buildings in contention for its first global architecture award, The RIBA International Prize.

Over 250 workers who say they were blacklisted by construction companies are set to share more than £10 million in compensation following a long-running legal battle. Unite, the country's biggest union, said is understood to have secured a further £4m for 97 of the 256 claimants, whose original co

Two separate developments which would provide a combined total up to 4500 homes near Perth are set to be considered by council planners on Wednesday. Currently at the ‘in principle’ stage, both the Almond Valley and Bertha Park schemes are marked for approval, with finer points on the developmen

A twelfth consecutive rise in construction activity has done little to lift the prevailing mood of uncertainty within the UK sector ahead of the EU referendum, according to an industry survey. The latest Construction Trade Survey from the Construction Product Association (CPA) showed that constructi

Norfolk Court The high rise flats at Norfolk Court in Laurieston were demolished yesterday to make way for a development of 201 homes by New Gorbals Housing Association.