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The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has set out a new vision for the way that future architects are educated and trained which, if approved, could be the most significant changes to architectural education and training in 50 years.

A public consultation is set to begin into plans for a major new residential development at Chesser in Edinburgh. Announced last month by Watkin Jones Group, the proposed mixed-use brownfield development to the rear of the Corn Exchange will comprise primarily of build-to-rent (BTR) homes, incl

Work will begin on Aberdeen's Countesswells Primary School and Nursery next week to help serve a community of 3,000 planned new homes.

Almost a quarter of a billion pounds is required over the next decade to bring Police Scotland's "mouldy" and "leaky" estate up to a "reasonable condition", the force has said.  Chief financial officer James Gray said a survey of more than 300 buildings found the estate to be in a "pr

East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee approved plans for three housing developments this week including an application by East Lothian Housing Association for 27 flats for social rent in Dunbar. The application, which is on the former garden ground at the St Andrews Centre on Bayswell Road

Developer Spectrum Properties has successfully appealed to have its plans to convert a Glasgow job centre into flats approved.

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Lizzie King to the new role of head of legal. In her new role, Lizzie will provide ongoing contractual and legal advice for BakerHicks’ project delivery an

The award-winning Queens Quay Heat Pump Energy Centre is providing low-carbon heating to the first phases of the £250 million Clydebank-based development and members of West Dunbartonshire Council, Vital Energi and Star Renewables recently gathered to celebrate the achievement at an official o

Work has commenced on the construction of 57 affordable homes in a prime location within Midlothian, being built by CALA Homes (East) on behalf of Dunedin Canmore. Comprising 16 cottage flats, 13 terraced homes and 28 apartments, the homes form part of the wider Mauricewood Masterplan in Penicuik an

Eight ambitious companies from south west of Scotland are taking part in hub South West's latest Building for Growth (BfG) programme which guiding them in their quest to win more, high-quality work from Tier 1 contractors undertaking projects in the region. Over eight weeks, the

Proposals to demolish part of Greenock’s Oak Mall Shopping Centre and build over 100 new flats have been recommended for approval by planning officers. A decision was due to be made on the plans at a meeting yesterday, however, planning chiefs ended up cancelling it as papers had not been issu

Aker Offshore Wind has outlined plans to utilise Scotland’s first offshore wind underwater substation as part of its bids for major offshore windfarms. The multi-million subsea innovation would be developed, manufactured, and supplied in Scotland by Aker Solutions and provide major export oppo

Electrical trade association SELECT has joined the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS) to warn that all heat, smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms being fitted under new legislation must comply with the relevant product standards.

The secret story of one of Glasgow’s most beautiful quarters and the extraordinary characters who helped create some of the city’s best-loved institutions will be told for the first time in a new book. Glasgow’s Blythswood, written by author and historian Graeme Smith, tells the st

A new nursery building at Kyle Primary School has been completed and handed over to the school and will be fully operational after the October holidays.