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https://youtu.be/E-bllZe0dLY A powerful “talking heads” film launched today to mark the annual Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) conference, is instigating an “open, candid discussion” across the engineering industry about why it fails to attract a wider pool of creative talent, partic

An under-developed section of Paisley Road West - which sits in between the Silverburn and Braehead malls - could be transformed into a new Glasgow retail hotspot. Shop fronts on the stretch - from Crookston Road to an area known locally as "half way" - could be given a facelift, pavements improved

Forster Technical Manager, Alan Collins receives Solar NFRC Scottish Roofing Contractor of the Year Award. Forster Roofing has picked up the ‘Solar’ award at the National Federation Roofing Contractor’s (NFRC) annual Scottish Roofing Contractor of the Year Awards, for integrated roofing and so

Laurieston Transformational Area The team behind the regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has won the Delivering in Partnership category at the Scottish Governments Quality in Planning Awards 2015.

Esh Group, supported by Esh Charitable Trust, has launched its fourth community bursary scheme – offering much-needed support to local groups.

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During the heavy rains of the 3 week monsoon season, Seoul Korea is transformed into a soggy grey metropolis and the population chooses mostly to stay inside. To combat the gloom, a team of designers has teamed up with Pantone on a fantastic street art project called ‘Project Monsoon’.

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Broadford Works Plans to build a new urban village of almost 900 units on the site of a derelict Aberdeen factory have been lodged.

Sarah Speirs The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has determined that Scottish house prices expected to rise by 4.2 per cent per annum, over the next five years (a cumulative increase of around 25 per cent).

Scottish Borders Council has given the go-ahead for a £12m replacement for Langlee Primary in Galashiels. The three-storey school will have 14 classrooms, a nursery, an adjoining special needs centre and a sports hall.

Plans for a massive new student housing scheme in an Aberdeen community have been officially lodged. Property management company, Telereal Trillium, is aiming to build accommodation for 425 students at the former BT telephone engineering centre, situated at the city’s Froghall Terrace.

Revised plans for an education overhaul in Dumfries mean the costs of its first phase could rise by more than £21m. Nearly £45m was allocated to a learning hub, north west Dumfries campus and an upgrade of St Joseph's College.

Johnstone Town Hall has been shortlisted as a Regional Finalist in the National Civic Trust Awards.

Scotland’s town planners are being given a run for their money by a group of students from West College Scotland who are taking on a challenge, called Place Matters -‘Images of Enterprise’, to come up with artistic interpretations of what an enterprising town should look like. One of the early