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The UK’s first hospital-owned solar farm has surpassed expectations by providing enough electricity to not only contribute to the daily power needs of the hospital but to also cover 100% of its demand for 50 hours despite only operating during the shortest days of the year.

Only two Category ‘A’ listed buildings will remain ‘at risk’ in Edinburgh's World Heritage Site once current or planned restoration work is complete – down 14 from a decade ago - according to new figures released today by the City of Edinburgh Council. In 2012, there we

AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE), a pan-European solar developer, and Edinburgh Airport Limited have announced a deal to develop a new solar farm linked with battery technology and electric vehicle charging infrastructure at Scotland’s busiest airport.

Plumbing and heating professionals have been essential workers in public health and safety throughout history with World Plumbing Day the perfect time to show their evolution into the vanguard of Scotland’s greener recovery and revolution, leading on the front line in the just transition to ne

Monthly output in the UK’s construction industry increased by 1.1% in volume terms in January 2022 to reach its highest level since September 2019, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.

Plans to create a global attraction in the heart of Dundee have taken another step forward with an agreement to complete detailed development design and formal planning for the Eden Project.

North Lanarkshire Council has agreed a deal in principle to purchase The Centre Cumbernauld as a first step towards realising the vision for the town centre.

Mairi Murray, head of sustainability at the design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks, has been announced as Women in Property’s incoming Central Scotland chair for 2022/23. She will lead the regional property and construction industry influencing and networking organisation

Tayside-based civil engineering contracting company Kilmac Limited is adopting an employee ownership model – guaranteeing the future of 130 jobs. Kilmac Limited is being placed in an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) by its founders Athole McDonald and Richard Kilcullen, 18 years after its incept

Building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) is to recruit six new trade apprenticeships this August. Arc-Tech apprentice Lee Cocozza

Ahead of the appointment of the team who will design the Peterhead Community Campus, the architects selected to lead the development of the design recently visited Peterhead.

Muir Construction has announced its sponsorship of Coatbridge Thistles 2014’s Orange Team as part of the continuing community benefit work carried out in association with local building projects.

Angus Council is to invest £11 million in the area’s roads infrastructure.

Mulholland Contracts Limited is continuing to invest in its expansion with the recruitment of 50 new staff members in the run-up to its 50th birthday celebrations in 2024.

Keepmoat Homes has officially started work on site at Westwood Park, Glenrothes, which kicks off the eight-year building programme to deliver 420 homes to the area.