Dundee

The latest intake of Dundee City Council’s Construction Services apprentices have been welcomed to the council’s workforce by neighbourhood services convener Heather Anderson. More than a dozen apprentices will be learning trade skills in their new roles as joiners, plumbers, electrician

Reclaimed stone from a historic Dundee jute mill is to find new purpose in pointing future University of Dundee students in the right direction. Wallace Craigie Works spinning mill was built in 1836 and played an instrumental part in Dundee’s success in the jute industry, one of many mills tha

Kilmac is to continue its relationship with Tayside Contracts after being awarded the groundworks package for an active travel project on behalf of Dundee City Council. The 23-week contract will see Kilmac install footpaths and cycle routes along the coastal route from Broughty Ferry to Mo

Battery cell manufacturer AMTE Power has selected Dundee as the preferred site for its first MegaFactory in a boost to the UK’s ambitions to produce homegrown battery cells for a net zero society. The new factory will directly create up to 215 high skilled on-site jobs and 800 more across

Users of a footbridge to cross railway lines in Dundee’s West End are being asked for their views on its future. A consultation launched by Dundee City Council is seeking views on the replacement of the Magdalen Green Footbridge.

A public consultation has been launched into emerging proposals to demolish a Dundee nightclub to make way for student accommodation. Consarc Architecture, working alongside Scott Hobbs Planning, wishes to demolish the existing Carbon nightclub at 21 South Ward Road, freeing up the 0.11-he

A new image has revealed how an extension to Harris Academy in Dundee will look if plans for the project are approved. Dundee City Council has lodged proposals for an extension to Harris Academy – boosting the school’s capacity by nearly 200 pupils.

Lancashire-headquartered builders merchant General All-Purpose Plastics, trading as GAP, has opened a new depot in Dundee. Located on Dryburgh Industrial Estate just off the A90, the new depot in the region will utilise a new digital concept, which has been successfully trialled at other locati

A new sculpture commemorating the lifeboat service has been unveiled as part of the multi-million-pound Broughty Ferry flood protection scheme delivered by McLaughlin & Harvey. The public artwork, at Beach Crescent, takes the form of lifeboat davits, the arched cranes that hold emergency boats o

A proposed £3 million young persons’ home in Dundee could come a step closer next week as councillors are asked to approve contractors for the work. A recommendation that Robertson Construction Tayside Ltd is chosen to build the council-run facility in Southampton Road will be considered

A 39-point plan to upgrade and improve Dundee’s Olympia leisure centre at a cost of £6.1m is to be considered by councillors. Completed by Balfour Beatty in 2013 for £31.2 million, the pool was forced to close in October last year after engineers identified a host of problems; incl

H&H Properties has submitted a planning application to Dundee City Council seeking to build 40 new homes at the former site of Lochee Primary School. The school was demolished in 2018 following its closure in 2013.

Tales from Mother Earth and McLaughlin & Harvey launched a new children’s audio/picture story book yesterday with pupils from Eastern Primary School in Dundee.

More than £2.3 million could be spent on work in the coming months that will help Dundee continue its push to address the ongoing climate emergency. As well as upgrading four prominent city buildings by installing solar panels, a contract to construct a new segregated cycleway and footway as p

Consultation over proposals for a new primary school to serve the Western Gateway area of Dundee could be set to go ahead.