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Atlantic Islands Centre A new community facility and visitor centre, designed by Shauna Cameron Architect, on the Isle of Luing, one of Scotland’s slate islands in Argyll and Bute, has won the Scottish Civic Trust My Place Awards 2016.

An independent panel of judges has announced the finalists of the fourth annual North-east Trades Awards, after receiving the highest number of applications to date. The awards, which are once again sponsored by Stewart Milne Group, aim to reward and recognise excellence within the North-east trades

A group of children helped police investigators make an arrest by quickly constructing an arrow using their own bodies that led a police helicopter in the right direction. Quick-thinking kids who were taking part in an Easter egg hunt in the English village of Capel, Surrey, realised they were in th

The Learning and Teaching Hub set for the Gilmorehill Campus Faithful+Gould has been appointed as programme and project manager for the 10-year, £1 billion expansion of the University of Glasgow's Gilmorehill Campus.

Dame Zaha Hadid (image by Brigitte Lacombe) World-renowned architect Dame Zaha Hadid, whose designs include Glasgow's Riverside Museum, has died aged 65.

Mark Robinson Scape Group has published details of its new National Construction framework for major public sector construction projects of more than £2 million.

The Sullom Voe oil terminal Plans to build a £500 million gas processing plant at the Sullom Voe terminal in Shetland have been put on hold by oil giant BP.

McLaughlin & Harvey (McL&H) has completed a £2 million fit-out for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport’s (SPT) new head office at 131 St. Vincent Street in Glasgow. The Glasgow office of McLaughlin & Harvey was on site for 18 weeks and delivered a full office fit-out for the transpo

A speculative industrial building at Link Park in North Lanarkshire Changes to business rates for empty properties in Scotland, which come into force today, could lead to a slowdown in industrial developments and limit choice for businesses looking to expand north of the border, according to Knight

An appeal to overturn a decision to reject plans to build new homes on the site of an ancient Perthshire battleground has been dismissed by the Scottish Government. Developer Ribbon Homes wanted to create 12 homes on land which was once the scene of the 17th Century Battle of Tippermuir.

Infrastructure firms Robertson gave a talk at the West Employability Hub in Dumbarton recently to try and attract jobseekers to careers in construction. Members of Robertson’s community development team, alongside the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), invited staff and clients of the Hub to d

Representatives from AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd, Clydebank Housing Association’s staff and voluntary Management Committee, Gregor Cameron Ltd and local councillors Clydebank Housing Association begins work to deliver 44 new homes

Researchers have crowned the mound building termite the “top engineer of the natural world”, as a new study demonstrates the supremacy of their building techniques, and reveals they possess remarkable engineering skills. Scientists have already shown that termites build their mounds in a unique

Glenn Allison Stewart Milne Group has said it is in a strong position to capitalise on further growth after reporting increases in both turnover and profit.

Construction work on a brand new secondary school in Falkirk for young people with additional support needs is starting soon after councillors gave the project the green light. The new £17.5 million school, which will replace the current Carrongrange School, will be built on land next to Moray Prim