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Lab space developer and operator Pioneer Group has begun work on 20,000 square feet of high-quality purpose-built lab space at the company’s Edinburgh Technopole campus. Branded Moubray, the new building will see Pioneer Group’s footprint in Scotland grow to over 238,000 square feet

An Edinburgh sports centre and a primary school in Morningside, both designed by architects Holmes Miller, will go head-to-head later this month in a bid to take home a top architectural award. Meadowbank Sports Centre and Canaan Lane Primary School are both shortlisted in the ‘Large Project&r

Former Bauer Media sales chief Jak Carlin has been added to the board of an energy sector education centre. Mr Carlin brings a wealth of marketing and business development experience to the advisory role with The Energy Training Academy CIC having spent eight years at Radio Forth, while he latterly

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

Mechanical and electrical subcontractor Castle Building Services has completed the first stage of a £60 million education facility in Winchburgh, West Lothian. The development is part of West Lothian Council’s biggest-ever investment in education which includes the construction of two se

Renewable energy company Drax has kick-started a £2 million refurbishment of the historic Tongland hydroelectric power station in the south of Scotland. Tongland power station, near Kirkcudbright, is part of the Galloway Hydro Scheme which was developed in the 1930s. The scheme has six power s

Network Rail has submitted the planning applications for the development of new stations at Cameron Bridge and Leven as part of the Levenmouth Rail Link project. It is the latest milestone in the development and delivery of the project that will reconnect the local community to the mainline rail net

People and communities across Caithness are set to benefit from a new £3.75 million community fund created by ScottishPower Renewables’ Halsary windfarm. The 30MW, 15 turbine Halsary windfarm – which came into operation in July 2021 – generates enough clean energy for the equ

A Highland care home operator has resubmitted plans for new affordable housing for key workers in Inverness. The project forms part of a multi-million-pound care hub in the city which comprises a 58-bed care home, currently under construction, which will then be followed by a later living village on

The founder of the North Coast 500 Tom Campbell has been appointed as the first managing director of Edinburgh-based glamping site design consultancy Glampitect. Mr Campbell was chairman of NC 500 for seven years until he stepped down last month and joins Glampitect as it prepares for another p

Plans have been submitted for 17 new affordable homes on a brownfield site in Westquarter, Falkirk. Developer C&S Group and SB Architects have come forward with designs for 2 & 3-storey housing and 3-storey apartment blocks which they say "sympathetically infills a wasteland s

One of Scotland’s leading house builders is seeking skilled workers, sub-contractors and suppliers from across Aberdeen, Inverness, Moray and Tayside to help fulfil demand for new homes. Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland are hosting their annual 5 Star Partners Event at the Village

A third attempt to bring a former independent school in Glasgow into residential use has won the favour of councillors. Designs by Wellwood Leslie Architects, submitted last winter, will see the former villas at the Craigholme campus on Hamilton Avenue at St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields co

A new development of up to 1,200 new homes, a neighbourhood centre and a primary school is being proposed at Hatton Mains in Edinburgh. Urban design consultancy Pegasus has filed a proposal of application notice for the plan on behalf of Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd and landowner W&S Crawford

The unveiling of a luxury floating home in Panama last month quickly sank when the structure ended up becoming partially submerged. Touted as the first step on the road to man's colonisation of the ocean, the £1.3 million SeaPod suffered an awkward pump malfunction, resulting in