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The City of Edinburgh Council has partnered with community councils to ask residents, businesses and other interested groups how they think Seafield could be transformed and regenerated into a vibrant new 20-minute neighbourhood.

A town has announced an unusual plan to reduce crime by planting 1,200 trees. Local officials in Alief, a suburb of Houston, Texas, will spend $2 million (around £1.6 million) to plant the trees along 17 miles of road by 2025.

Aberdeen City Council officials have opened the door to the city's upcoming seafront regeneration going ahead without a new football ground to replace Pittodrie, new documents have revealed.

International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has appointed Ian Shearer as global chief information officer (CIO) to support its digital transformation journey, based out of the company’s UK headquarters. Ian joins the business from ITIS Consulting and brings with him over 30 year

The head of the world-leading source of expertise in civil engineering excellence has praised work being done to support the transition of the North East of Scotland into a globally integrated energy cluster. Dr Janet Young, director general of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), visited Aberd

The Scottish Hospitals Inquiry will resume next week with a focus on various stages of the project to construct the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.

Clark Contracts is currently on site constructing a new library and early years facility in Ratho for the City of Edinburgh Council.

Projects that encourage walking, wheeling and cycling in Glasgow are to receive a £3.6 million cash injection after the council secured funding from Places for Everyone - an active travel infrastructure programme funded by the Scottish Government and administered by Sustrans.

Wheatley Group has revealed the eight contractors to have been appointed to a £500 million framework for the provision of housing construction and all other associated construction works.

Affordable housing specialists Cullross Ltd has submitted detailed planning for its Newcraighall East development in Musselburgh.

Tenants are settling into their new homes as North Lanarkshire Council marked the completion of its latest new council house building project at Community Road, Bellshill. The Community Road development, which comprises 29 new homes for rent, is in the heart of the local community and forms part of

A specialist engineering contractor is to utilise an innovative approach which allows the deconstruction and de-fabrication of the existing structural steelwork from a 1980s building, allowing it to be recertified, refabricated and reused in a new proposed structure.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr James Welch Polmood House Tweedsmuir Scottish Borders

The next president-elect of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is to be Karen Anderson, a founding partner of Anderson Bell + Christie Architects. Once her election is ratified and approved by the RIAS Council on 24 May, Karen Anderson will serve as president-elect for one year

A mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy which has experienced rapid growth in demand has appointed Sarah Peterson to head up its Edinburgh office and lead energy and sustainability services across its UK operations. The former director of energy and sustainability at Harley Haddow has jo