Highlands

A new recording studio has been created for singer Edwyn Collins by Edinburgh engineering firm Applied Engineering Design (AED). Coincidentally the post-punk pioneer’s studio will house the Analogue Enhanced Digital (AED) record label which he co-founded in 2011.

Plans for a 42-home housing development in the Highland village of Strathpeffer have been approved by councillors. The Highland Housing Alliance development, situated off Kinellan Drive on the outskirts of the village, will be made up of 15 two-bedroom homes and 27 three-bedroom properties.

Drochaid a' Chaolais Chumhaing / Kylesku Bridge in Sutherland has been awarded Category A status by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) after it was recognised as being of special architectural interest. The bridge, which spans the deep sea inlet of An Caolas Cumhang, will also be the first to be le

Highland Council has submitted a planning application to construct a new centralised waste management facility in Inverness. The Materials Recovery Facility, which recovers recyclates and produces Refuse Derived Fuel, forms part of the council’s preferred interim arrangements for meeting the r

The contract for refurbishment works including the removal and replacement of the existing viewing tower at Nairn Courthouse has been awarded by Highland Council to Laing Traditional Masonry Group (LTM Group). The £809,000 project at the Category B-listed Court House involves the renovation of

A contract for an extension and partial refurbishment at Invergarry Primary School has been awarded to Morrison Construction. The £800,000 project will see the replacement of a double classroom unit that is in poor condition with an extension to the school comprising two classrooms, toilets an

Morrison Construction has begun work on two multi-million pound projects at the Glenmorangie Distillery near Tain in Ross-shire, as part of the distillery’s expansion plans. Located in the heart of the distillery, the new still house will showcase two more of Glenmorangie’s signature cop

Work has officially started on a new 130-bedroom hotel near Inverness Airport. Situated within Inverness Airport Business Park, the modular build will be the Highlands airport's first hotel.

A contractor is currently being sought to conduct the design and construction phases of a £17 million redevelopment of a Caithness harbour Scrabster Harbour Trust hopes to create dozens of jobs as a result of its investment into St Ola Pier in Thurso.

West Highland College UHI has lodged plans to create a new science and technology centre at its Fort William campus. Designed by Colin Armstrong Architects, the £14 million development will create a building of approximately 3400m2 on a 2.5-acre site on the Blar Mor, adjacent to the planned ne

A planning application for the Coul Links golf course at Embo in the Highlands could be under threat by a team of animal charities and a super rare fly. Golf tycoon Mike Keiser and his business partner Todd Warnock want to build the new course on protected dunes along with the erection of

A north of Scotland care home provider has unveiled plans for two new developments after it secured a £5 million investment from business investor BGF. Parklands Group provides high-quality residential care for older people at eight care homes across Moray and the Highlands, the most recent be

Scotland's oldest nuclear reactor in Dounreay is to be demolished following the appointment of a contractor by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's (NDA). The three-year contract has been awarded to Cavendish Nuclear and its partners, local firm JGC Engineering, KDC and Frazer-Nash Consultancy, f

LDN Architects and Robertson Northern have revamped Victorian school buildings in Inverness to deliver a creative hub for the region’s artistic talent. Providing urgently needed studios for everyone from photographers and textile designers to an artist who knits glass, the opening of the Inver

JML Contracts has spoken of its joy after one of its projects was named House of the Year 2018 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Lochside House in the Scottish Highlands was revealed as the winner in the final episode of a special Channel 4 series Grand Designs: House of the Year,