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An £8.5 million scheme to build a new link road in Elgin has been scrapped by Moray Council. Councillors voted 13 to 11 in favour of abandoning plans for the Western Link Road during a Full Council debate on the council’s capital expenditure programme, which senior officers described in a report

Judy Hamilton Over £225 million is to be invested in Fife’s council homes over the next three years to ensure the local authority continues to reach the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).

Neil Sutherland The closure of the Longannet power station could lead to a sharp rise in the cost of redeveloping brownfield sites because the production of pulverised fuel ash has ended, construction experts have warned.

Plans have been submitted for a new civic square in Glasgow’s south side, The Herald has reported. The new Shawlands Cross Civic Square is expected to host a range of markets and events by next May and has been promoted by Glasgow City Council as “a key attraction on the gateway to the city cent

An example of a home planned at Heathfields Persimmon Homes North Scotland has started construction on a £30 million housing scheme in Muirhead and an £18m residential development in Dunfermline.

Stirling Council is set to save £31 million over the next 30 years by installing energy saving streetlights. The local authority is borrowing £9.87m from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to install light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of traditional sodium bulbs in 12,000 streetlights over four fin

Aberdeen Bypass beams set for delivery The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) works at Craibstone will take another significant step forward over the next two weekends when 20 beams are planned to be delivered to form the AWPR bridge over the A96 Aberdeen to Inverness tru

NHBC has created a list of ‘builder lingo’ to help homeowners better understand ‘builder banter’ and technical terms when appointing a builder. Head of house building standards, Mark Jones, said the list defines some of the terms used in new home construction, repair and maintenance, providi

Oxgangs Primary School Safety inspections will be carried out at schools built across Scotland by Miller Construction following the collapse of a wall at an Edinburgh primary.

A further eight week time extension for the new £22.3 million Third Don Crossing project has been agreed between Aberdeen City Council and the main contractors Balfour Beatty. The local authority said the extension was agreed “due to problems with weather, re-routing underground utilities and unf

The world's largest fish-farmer has identified a quarry on Skye as the place it wants to build a new £80 million fish feed plant. The site at Kyleakin near the Skye Bridge was earmarked for the development by Marine Harvest after consideration of a number of different sites on the west coast. It is

An £11 million pound scheme is to enable a University of Edinburgh campus to produce its own low-carbon energy. The new Combined Heat and Power system, to be installed at the University’s Easter Bush campus, will provide electricity for the Roslin Institute and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterina

An artist's impression of the new Oban High School A £60 million scheme to build new secondary schools in Campbeltown and Oban is set to start construction in July after the contract with project partners was signed last week.

A group set up to investigate where appropriate regulation could support and stimulate the district heating market in Scotland has published its first report. Set up by the Scottish Government in 2014, the Special Working Group (SWG) looked at the current regulatory environment and has made recommen

Plans have been revealed for a new jail at Milton of Leys in Inverness. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has notified Highland Council of its plan to potentially submit a formal planning application for an area of land in the Braes of Balvonie area. The proposed site is next to homes built for Scot