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Work on the new £5 million Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility is to begin in January 2016 after planning permission was granted for the project. The new building – a partnership project between South Ayrshire Council and South Carrick Community Leisure (SCCL) – will be site

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by over 40 per cent over the previous year, according to new figures. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,543 new homes were registered between May and July this year, when compared to 2,492 homes du

The construction of a £1 million holiday home gifted to families who have children with cancer has started following the fundraising success of a small Edinburgh charity. It’s Good 2 Give, the charity run by volunteer fundraiser Lynne McNicoll OBE, has turned the turf on a plot of land on the ban

Work on the walled Memorial Garden at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh is due to start today. Parents were asked to choose between four different designs which aimed to provide a private and peaceful place for personal contemplation.

A9 near Dalwhinnie An exciting new educational initiative is being launched which will give pupils in schools along the A9 between Perth and Inverness the opportunity to learn more about the massive engineering project, apply mathematical, scientific and design aspects of the scheme to their schoolw

The Glasgow CarStore Peter Vardy to open new CarStore in Dundee

Kier Group has been retained by public sector owned built environment specialist Scape Group as the sole contractor to deliver up to £1.5 billion of construction and maintenance work over the next four years. Scape Group is a local authority owned built environment specialist offering a full suite

Councillors are to consider proposals for a new £333 million Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) after full plans were submitted by developers. Henry Boot Developments is to partner Aberdeen City Council on the public/private project at Bucksburn which includes a four-star hotel w

The SNP is seeking “urgent clarification” on pre-qualification contract notices worth almost £30 million which have been issued despite no decision being taken by MPs on the refurbishment of the Palace of Westminster. Neil Gray MP, a member of the Joint Committee set up to review the findings o

Philip Hogg A six per cent fall in home ownership levels between 2009 and 2014 is largely the result of the dramatic decline in private home building and ongoing issues surrounding large mortgage deposits, according to a homebuilder’s trade body.

Fife Council has announced it wants to dual the notorious A92 from Glenrothes to the Tay Road Bridge on safety grounds. The Courier reports that the authority views the ambitious proposal as a long-term aspiration and is dependent on both agreement and funding from the Scottish Government.

£900,000 sought to ‘future proof’ Buchanan Bus Station Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will be asked to approve a spend of just over £906,000 to overhaul the heating and ventilation systems and fund additional repairs and alterations to the staff quarters at Buchanan Bus Station in

Planning consent has been granted for a brand new office development and multi-storey car park in Edinburgh’s city centre for Hermes Investment Management. Centrally located off Morrison Street in the heart of the Exchange district, the ‘Capital Square’ building will comprise 152,623 sq ft of

Plans have been submitted to flatten the site of a former Aberdeen city centre pub and build a 100-room hotel and office development. Archial Norr have submitted proposals on behalf of Status Properties for a 4/5 star hotel and spa on the site which housed the former Budz Bar as well as the current

Prof David McClean outside the new Scott Sutherland School building Robert Gordon University (RGU) has completed the second phase of its £120 million Garthdee campus project in Aberdeen, with the new £16m Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment set to welcome its first studen