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Work is to begin next year on the transformation of Arbroath’s historic courthouse into a community hub. Plans have been laid for essential repairs to the roof of the High Street building, eight years after the last sheriff court case was heard there.

Employee-owned architectural practice Collective Architecture has appointed four new directors to join Jude Barber in shaping the practice’s next chapter. Mairi Laverty, Gerry Hogan, Ewan Imrie and Nicola Mclachlan, all of whom have been appointed from within the business, look forward to taki

An Inverclyde housing project has been awarded 'Best affordable housing development - less than £20m' at the national Inside Housing Development Awards. A joint project between Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association and Mast Architects, the development is spread across four sites in Port

A significant affordable housing development delivered by Cairn Housing Association and its partners Barratt has officially opened to meet local housing needs in Mora. Developed with the support of the Scottish Government and Moray Council, and in partnership with Highland Housing Alliance, the 28 h

The Highland Council, working in partnership with Inverness City Heritage Trust, has created a free to download guide to help promote essential, regular inspection and maintenance of all traditional buildings. Throughout the Highlands there are many examples of commercial, retail, business, public a

North Ayrshire Council's planning committee has approved plans for a new 426-home development in Kilwinning after concerns about traffic issues were alleviated. The Persimmon Homes development is located at West Byrehill, which had been identified as an employment area by Irvine Development Corporat

New plans have been brought forward for the creation of 48 apartments in an area of open space next to the Clydeside Expressway in Glasgow. The proposal from development company Nixon Blue could see two new six-storey residential buildings raised at Beith Street in the Partick area.

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is building a case against a video game developer whose new horror game is set in a furniture store. One-man indie game studio Ziggy recently raised almost £57,000 to fund the development of its new survival horror game, The Store Is Closed.

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Kier has been appointed by NHS Ayrshire & Arran to deliver a mental health facility at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine. Foxgrove will be the first medium secure adolescent inpatient service for young people in Scotland and has been procured through The Health Facilities Scotland Framework.

Plans for the redevelopment of the former Marks & Spencer Store on Sauchiehall Street have been brought forward for consultation. Developers have announced that a public consultation event will take place this week on their proposals for student, and potentially other residential accommodation,

Real estate investor CA Ventures has revealed proposals to develop purpose-built, managed student accommodation at the former Archaos nightclub site in Queen Street, Glasgow. Providing active ground floor uses, which may include retail or commercial uses, the proposed development could generate arou

A move to sell land north of Admiralty Road in Rosyth has paved the way for a new supermarket in the town and a new home for local football club Rosyth FC. Councillors at a meeting of Fife Council's Cabinet Committee agreed to the site sale which is part of the former Recreation Park, used by Rosyth

The developer of the West of Orkney Windfarm has completed its 2022 offshore surveys for the project area, located around 25km north of the Sutherland coast. The 2 GW project is a joint venture comprising Corio Generation, TotalEnergies and Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) and is sc

Construction industry organisations and individuals across the north east celebrated on Friday evening as the 2022 Trades Awards winners were announced. Also celebrating its 10th anniversary, the annual awards ceremony took place at Ardoe House in Aberdeen and saw 370 people attend and enjoy an even