Dundee

Work on a £15 million mixed-use transformation of a former Dundee college will start towards the end of the year after councillors gave their backing for the development. Property developer Whiteburn Projects said its innovative Vox Dundee development will offer a “dynamic space to work, rest and

More than £390 million could be invested in capital projects in Dundee over the next five years, according to a new report. Dundee City Council has unveiled an updated Capital Plan to cover the period between 2016 and 2021 with expenditure grouped into key areas.

A report into the spiralling costs of the V&A Dundee project has found that a series of management failings in the early stages of the project meant there was “little prospect” of it being kept to its original budget. The independent inquiry into the increase of expenditure for the new water

Balfour Beatty look set to be appointed to the Dundee Rail Station Concourse, despite project cost being more than £7 million over the pre-tender estimate. The contractor submitted the lowest tender and received the highest quality score for its £28m bid, which includes a commitment to create loca

Dundee City Council has published new planning and design guidelines that will provide the framework for the new buildings in the £1 billion waterfront development following the completion of most of the infrastructure work. Architects, designers, planners and investors are being encouraged to work

A 150-metre long comic book strip has been unveiled at BAM Construction’s site hoardings at the V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Comic illustrator Will Morris and graphic designer David Mackenzie were commissioned to design the giant comic strip. Called Adventures in Design, it tells the story of

A thief has admitted stealing rolls of lead from a Dundee roofing supplier by putting them the account of former building firm Muirfield Contracts. The Courier has reported that Steven Flynn admitted stealing the lead rolls over several trips to Asphaltic Roofing Supplies on Dryburgh Industrial Esta

Arbroath based architectural practice The Voigt Partnership has won a national design competition to create a garden room within the grounds of Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. The competition asked entrants to create a bespoke Garden Room at the community garden at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee – a pla

Muirfield's former HQ The Dundee headquarters of collapsed building firm Muirfield Contracts is to become a regional management base for major projects undertaken by Robertson Group.

BAM is inviting local contractors and suppliers to breakfast on 14 August, so that they can find out about opportunities to work on the prestigious V&A at Dundee Museum. The BAM team will be joined by some of the main subcontractors already working on site. “We want to meet local businesses in

Plans for more than 80 homes to be built on the site of the former multis in Dundee have been lodged with city planners. Dundee City Council and Hillcrest Housing Association have formed a partnership to build social rented houses on land south/east of Alexander Street in the Hilltown area where hou

Plans have been lodged for almost 60 new homes across two sites in Dundee. The first will see 24 new homes at Aberlady Crescent as part of a regeneration initiative to create a total of 900 houses.

A council laid off six labourers before offering five of them new contracts in a bid to get rid of one of the employees, The Courier has reported. Dundee City Council's environment department made the workers redundant because of what bosses called a “downturn in current workload”.

The High School of Dundee has launched its campaign to create a centre of excellence for performing and visual arts. A gala dinner at the Palace of Westminster gave those in attendance the chance to learn more about the school's plans to transform Dundee's prominent former Head Post Office, acquired

The first major milestone in the construction of Dundee's £80.11 million V&A museum has been reached with the completion of a coffer dam in the River Tay. Beginning the construction of the museum in March, BAM Construction has now completed the temporary watertight structure built around the pa