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Fire engineering consultancy OFR has announced four appointments to its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The appointments include fire engineer Ben Dempsey, whose past body of work includes consulting on logistics centres for Amazon, and graduate fire engineer Will Everitt, who both join the OFR Edinb

Hydro Ness, Highland Council’s new renewable energy installation, has scooped a prestigious national construction award. The Archimedes Screw installation on the banks of the River Ness in Inverness was named Small Project of The Year at the recent British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA 20

An equivalent MOT system for homes could help Scotland to achieve zero carbon goals and save energy, according to a former president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). Christina Gaiger, trustee of the Edinburgh Architectural Association and youngest ever RIAS president, bel

Miller Homes is holding a second community consultation on its proposals for a residential-led development in Kinross. Located in a sustainable and accessible location (by virtue of its close proximity to shops, services and schools, which are within walking distance), the development has the potent

Alex Plant has been appointed chief executive of Scottish Water and will take over from Douglas Millican when he steps down from the role on 31 May 2023 after a decade in the post. Mr Plant is currently director of strategy and regulation at Anglian Water, which supplies services to seven million pe

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Japan's oldest washroom has suffered catastrophic damage after a cultural heritage preservation worker accidentally drove a car through it. The washroom in Tofukuji Temple in western Kyoto is an important cultural asset believed to have been built around 500 years ago, The Guardian reports.

The construction industry must "embrace" the new Scottish Construction Accord in order to make it effective, the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV) has said. Launched last week by Scottish Government minister Ivan McKee, the new initiative is a collaboration between the industry and the p

Balado's famous "golf ball" spy station is set to be repurposed as an aerospace museum under plans currently in development. Aero Space Kinross (ASK) has agreed to buy the former Balado Satellite Ground Station, used by NATO to intercept aircraft transmissions until 2006, according to The Times.

Plans for 44 new homes on greenbelt land near Dunblane have been lodged with Stirling Council. Kippendavie Group Trust, which manages the Kippendavie Estate, has proposed to build the homes at land east of Kellie Wynd, Leighton Avenue and Leighton Court off Robertson Road, the Stirling Observer repo

Work to lay the foundations that will pave the way for the electrification of the Levenmouth Rail Link is about to get underway. The first phase of work between Thornton Junction and Haugh Mill Lade will see the project pile foundations for masts that will carry overhead wires in readiness for the i

The average price of a property in Scotland in August 2022 was £195,391, an increase of 9.7 per cent on August 2021, the latest provisional statistics from Registers of Scotland's UK House Price Index show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 0.2 per cent b

Campion Homes has submitted plans to Perth and Kinross Council for 100 homes in the village of Meigle. The Fife-based developer set outs plans for 90 houses and 10 flats on a Forfar Road site currently used for crop production in its application to the council, The Courier reports.

Angus councillors have approved plans submitted by Scotia Homes for 146 new homes on the north-western edge of Arbroath. The Ellon-based housebuilder submitted plans for the Crudie Farm site, adjacent to Arbirlot Road West, last year.

Bellway has warned of slowing demand for housing as a result of "rising interest rates and wider economic uncertainty". The UK housebuilder today published its preliminary financial results for the year ending 31 July 2022, showing revenue up by 13 per cent to a record £3.5 billion and gross p