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East Dunbartonshire Council has officially opened the new £40.9 million Boclair Academy building in Bearsden. The new school, built on the site of the previous Boclair Academy building in Inveroran Drive, Bearsden, is now home to around 1,000 pupils.

Perth and Kinross Council has approved plans for a 77-metre turbine at insurer Aviva's Pitheavlis site. The turbine, sited adjacent to the overflow car park area on the Pitheavlis site in Perth, will allow 100 per cent of the office's electricity demand to be met through renewable energy.

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Proposals for a new housing development on the site of the former Scottish headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Edinburgh are set to go out to consultation next month. Regeneration specialists Artisan Real Estate has formed a joint venture company with fund manager REInvest Asset Management to redevelop

Scotland’s largest construction trade association, SELECT, is celebrating after winning a prestigious national award for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The campaigning trade body scooped the award for Best Membership Support Since Covid-19 at the Association Excellence Awards, which

The Cruden Group has seen its turnover increase by 29 per cent to £247.7 million and profit before tax increase to £4.9 million, according to its latest financial results. The residential and construction business said it had delivered "a 23rd consecutive year of profitable trading with

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's reversal of the vast majority of measures announced by his predecessor in the "mini-budget". In an emergency statement today, Mr Hunt scrapped high-profile cuts to income tax and corporation tax which led to market cha

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Heart of Midlothian FC has submitted plans to create a 22-room hotel within Tynecastle Stadium. Plans lodged with City of Edinburgh Council state that the new bedrooms will be located in a disused section of the main stand which was previously granted consent for use as hospitality lounges and offic

Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for "the world’s first fully immersive experiential marine life centre" featuring a huge man-made reef. Located in the Triple Bay Marina at AMAALA, a luxury tourist destination on the Red Sea coastline of Saudi Arabia, the institute will give visitors a g

Work has been completed and tenants have begun moving into a development of new council flats which are part of a programme building 2,000 new council houses across Aberdeen. The development at Auchmill near Bucksburn is one of nine sites across the city where Aberdeen City Council is building new c

Campion Homes Ltd has been recognised with an award for its recent-completed development of 45 new homes in Auchterderran, Fife. Checkmate, an insurer providing new home warranty insurance policies across the UK, awarded Campion its "Best Development" award for September 2022 as part of its Excellen

Scottish glass and aluminium specialist Cube Glass has announced a new share scheme that will see 11 long-standing team members own part of the business. The employees have been allotted up to one fifth of the equity shares in the company by existing shareholders, principally founder and managing di

Aberdeen-based Cater Group has partnered with Hillcrest Homes to demolish and convert a former Aberdeen printworks into residential properties. Full planning permission for the redevelopment of the site of the former Scottaspress printworks on Maberly Street was granted last month following previous

Argyll and Bute Council has opened submissions for its 2022 Built Environment Design Awards. The awards, open to anyone who has completed planning projects from 1st July 2015 to 31 December 2022, aim to recognise, promote and celebrate examples of exceptional design and sustainability across the who