Fife Council has committed to further investment in fire safety at two high-rise blocks of flats following the findings of a new report. Consultants commissioned by the council to evaluate work by contractors carrying improvement works to fire stopping at Swan and Memorial Court in Methil have made
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In the recent case of Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited v Ove Arup & Partners Scotland Limited CA117/21 [2023] CSOH 53 the issue of prescription was revisited by Lord Harrower at a preliminary proof, writes Karen Cornwell. By way of background, the ongoing case involves the development of a f
New images have been released for the proposed redevelopment of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow following a public consultation. Landsec said the new imagery reflects how the proposals for key parts of the development have evolved and marks the next stage of the developer's consultation on the fu
A masterplan application has been submitted for the Scottish Prison Service’s new HMP Glasgow prison facility, the modern, fit-for-purpose replacement for HMP Barlinnie which is due to open in 2026. The masterplan for the 54-acre site, at the former Provan Gas Works on Royston Road to the nort
Built environment consultancy Arup recently won two notable awards for the £68 million revitalisation project of The Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow.
Built environment consultancy Arup has won four Institution of Structural Engineers’ Scottish Structural awards. The awards ceremony, held in Glasgow on 27 October, celebrated the best structural projects completed by Scottish design engineers within the last two years.
Leeds City Council is leading a partnership of expert organisations in carrying out a feasibility study into the development of an innovative methodology for deploying domestic heat pumps at a high-density within urban communities. In 2021, approximately 85% of UK domestic heating was provided throu
The towns and cities of the future may be able to rely on green hydrogen stored below ground, if a newly funded UK project succeeds. Gravitricity and Arup have together secured £300,000 from the Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to study the feasibility of storing
Network Rail's revised proposals to install a bridge walk and visitor hub at the iconic Forth Bridge have now been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council.
Consulting engineer Arup will undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments for all its buildings projects – new and retrofit – from next year and will no longer take on any new energy commissions involving the extraction, refinement, or transportation of hydrocarbon-based fuels
Communities across Scotland are set to see a significant increase in legacy benefits created by local construction projects with the signing of a new Community Legacy Charter. In signing the charter, SCAPE Scotland and a collective of the nation’s leading construction, civil engineering a
Arup has teamed up with IHG and Schneider Electric to outline a routemap for further decarbonisation of two hotels in Scotland.
Plans to expand the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow to create “the best event campus in Europe” have been approved by Glasgow City Council.
A specialist survey to inform the final design and construction of the proposed satellite launch site in Sutherland is expected to get under way today on the A’ Mhoine peninsula. Regional development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) plans to establish Space Hub Sutherland as a cor
Arup is to adopt an innovative hybrid model that will give its 15,500 worldwide employees greater flexibility in deciding how and where they work. Known as Work Unbound, the new model means that its 6,000 UK-based members will be able to work their hours flexibly over the