University Of Edinburgh

Graham Construction has begun work on a £22 million student accommodation project at the University of Edinburgh. The Buccleuch Place & Meadow Lane student accommodation project involves the conversion and refurbishment of two grade B-listed tenement blocks and the construction of four new buil

Plans for the University's Data Technology Institute Ambitious plans to transform the University of Edinburgh's campuses have been boosted by a £200 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Graham Construction began its work to deliver the Higgs Centre for Innovation yesterday as the final designs for the building were unveiled at Edinburgh’s Royal Observatory where the new centre will be housed. The Higgs Centre for Innovation is named in honour of Professor Peter Higgs of the Unive

The University of Edinburgh has selected contractor McLaughlin & Harvey to deliver its £28 million Data Technology Institute. Designed by Bennetts Associates, the building is to be the third and final phase of the University’s Potterrow development, following the completion of the Informatics

A disused landmark building is to be transformed by the University of Edinburgh as part of a major development. The A-listed Surgical Hospital in the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will be sensitively restored and bring together different strands of the University’s cutting-edge activities fr

The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI) has become the first refurbished building in UK to achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘Outstanding’, achieving a score of 87.5 per cent. Created by Graham Construction, the building is the world’s first carbon innovation hub and was opened in the centr

A low-carbon innovation group from the University of Edinburgh has opened a permanent office in Hong Kong. First minister Nicola Sturgeon was in the city to officially open the centre at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park as part of a Scottish Government trade mission.

Andy McLinden ISG has been awarded a multi-million pound contract at the popular Fort Kinnaird Shopping Park in Edinburgh.

Appleton Tower, part of the University of Edinburgh’s central estate, is to undergo a major upgrade to improve the appearance and environmental performance of the building. The refurbishment works will see CCG (Scotland) Ltd undertake over-cladding of the tower to improve the buildings’ environm

The renovation of University of Edinburgh’s historic McEwan Hall has been won by Interserve with a bid of £19.1 million. The university says that its vision is to restore the Grade ‘A’ listed building to its former glory while taking the opportunity to open the ceremonial hall for the wider u

Easter Bush Campus Barr Construction has been awarded a £25 million contract for a new building complex at University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus in Roslin, Midlothian.

The University of Edinburgh is to create a new biology complex with world-leading laboratory space for 350 researchers and to establish a new Centre for Tissue Repair, thanks to a £25.7 million investment by the UK government. The two projects are the only Scottish bids to secure funding in a fierc

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a contractor to build its new £28m Data Technology Institute. Designed by Bennetts Associates, the Data Technology Institute is to be the third and final phase of the University’s Potterrow development. The first two phases were constructed and completed in

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a contractor for the £20 million refurbishment of its Law School Old College.

An independent review has vindicated the BRE Trust’s investment in its four UK based University Centres of Excellence. Results from the Research Excellence Framework (REF) ranking, which measures the quality of a university’s research output, found that BRE Trust funded research is world leading