Edinburgh

A sod cutting event took place yesterday to mark the start of construction work at the new Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh.

A £30 million Old Town development in Edinburgh has been named the best building in Scotland for 2014.

Network Rail has awarded alliancing contracts to Costain and Morgan Sindall to deliver the core physical works on the Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). The £250 million deal will see Network Rail and its contractors electrify the main line between Scotland’s two biggest cities, comp

Eight men appeared in court yesterday charged in connection with alleged bribes to City of Edinburgh Council officials for building repair contracts. The defendants are believed to include former staff from the council and Action Building Contracts Limited, the contractors involved in council repair

International support services and construction group Interserve has announced a major hotel deal with Whitbread PLC for a new Premier Inn hotel in the West End of Edinburgh. The 150-bedroom hub by Premier Inn hotel will be developed and built by Interserve on a site in Torphichen Street. This will

Artist's impression of new Science and Technology galleries The Wellcome Trust is giving £1.3 million to the National Museum of Scotland to help fund six new science and technology galleries, to open in 2016.

The sod was cut on Scotland’s new national blood centre today as deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon marked the start of construction on the new facility.

Miller Mathieson Property experts have listed Edinburgh in the top three of European cities to invest in.

Construction work is finally starting today on Edinburgh's new Portobello High School after many years of planning and obstacles.

A £25 million terminal extension at Edinburgh Airport has been unveiled for the first time. It is thought the expansion, which will include a new retail wing, will help cut waiting times at check-ins and provide a boost to the shopping experience at arrivals.

A joint venture between international support services and construction group Interserve and Kajima Partnerships has achieved financial close on the project to build a new £33 million National Centre of Excellence for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) near Edinburgh.

Christa Reekie Housing developers are being invited to submit bids to deliver up to a further 500 new affordable homes for rent in Edinburgh after the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) launched an additional phase of the National Housing Trust (NHT) programme.

Donald MacDonald Ogilvie Construction has started work on a £24 million project to build two new student housing buildings for Ziggurat Student Living in central Edinburgh.

The firm behind the £150 million Caltongate development in Edinburgh’s Old Town has announced that work is set to begin before the end of the year. Artisan Real Estate Investors said that demolition works have now started with building work expected begin in November, according to The Scotsman.

Construction works are underway on the latest Premier Inn to be built in the capital. The development at York Place is for a new 127-bed hotel for Whitbread PLC in the heart of Edinburgh's New Town.