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Work is due to start to support the future of the pier at Rothesay Harbour by preparing it to accommodate larger vessels.

St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies is launching its revamped Edinburgh headquarters with a family fun day on Monday. The firm’s flagship Prestonfield branch has been upgraded to improve the customer experience across the site.

A new multi-million-pound project led by Heriot-Watt University’s global research institute for net zero is using AI to slash the time and cost involved in modelling carbon capture and storage (CCS) methods. Called ECO-AI, the research team is developing specialist AI techniques for scientific

A major mixed-use development at Ocean Point in Leith has been granted planning consent, subject to conditions, by councillors on Edinburgh’s Development Management Sub-Committee.

The Aberdeen skyline has seen a transformation in recent months spearheaded by the industrious team at Dem-Master Demolition Ltd.

The Scottish Government has been urged to "back words with action" and reverse the "hammer-blow" £196 million affordable housebuilding cut after it declared that Scotland was in the midst of a housing emergency. Cabinet secretary for social justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP revealed yesterda

A skinny home measuring just 10 feet wide has joined the growing list of “spite houses” built to antagonise nimby (not in my back yard) neighbours.

Sustainable design and engineering firm Stantec has acquired integrated engineering design firm Hydrock.

In a bid to tackle "systemic" gender disparity within the architecture sector, Glasgow-based practice Threesixty Architecture has introduced six months full pay maternity and adoption leave. With recent research revealing four out of five key roles in the industry are occupied by men, and only a thi

A team of 14 industry-leading organisations have joined forces to encourage the Scottish Government to take urgent action to strategically tackle the country’s draughty homes challenge.

Engineering and modular solutions provider Pier Solutions (Pier) has acquired electrical engineering businesses V-TES and V-TES Renewables in a seven-figure deal. Acquired from Valor Energy Group (Valor), the Aberdeen-based consortium of energy enterprises, the transaction marks a significant strate

Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been unanimously approved in the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of

Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Harley Haddow has unveiled new appointments and promotions to met growing demand across the UK.

Robertson Construction Central West has celebrated the topping out of Clyde Court student residency at Jocelyn Square in Glasgow with a secret art show by graffiti artist Taio. The new £33 million development will provide 169 studio bedrooms with best-in-class facilities to serve the Universit

Cala Homes (West) has unveiled a new Breathing Space bench at its development in Jackton to help boost mental health awareness among residents who live in the new South Lanarkshire community.