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Plans for a suspended swimming pool have been unveiled for a new neighbourhood on London’s South Bank. Named ‘Sky Pool’, the outdoor pool at the Embassy Gardens development will link two residential buildings at the 10th storey – a world first – and allow residents to swim from one buildin

Historic Scotland makes Stirling Engine Shed progress Historic Scotland has announced progress is being made on its £8.9 million Engine Shed project in Stirling.

Phil Ford The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is to make it easier for employers to apply for training funding for their staff by simplifying the application system.

Ken Macintosh New Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has announced her front bench team with key construction roles for Ken Macintosh and Jackie Baillie.

Plans for a new £24 million modern education facility in Oban took a step forward yesterday after Argyll and Bute Council announced it was minded to grant planning permission for the new school. Due to the formal objection from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a statutory consultee, the counc

Construction group Cruden has delivered its 16th consecutive year of profitability after a near 50 per cent increase in annual earnings. The Edinburgh-based group recorded a pre-tax profit of £7.1 million for the 12 months to the end of March. Turnover during the period, which included the retrofit

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The Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow is to undergo a £40 million modernisation to return the building into a leading edge facility for 21st century medicine and research. The hospital building, which opened in 1971, will be transformed to include a £5m University of Glasgow and NHS Gr

Councillors are to consider proposals to create a £17 million state of the art education campus in Alexandria incorporating two schools, an early learning centre and a specialist language unit. The proposals would develop a new Riverside Early Learning and Childcare Centre and new Renton Primary Sc

Mark Robertson A research report which will inform the basis for the next wave of planning reform, has been published by the Scottish Government.

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Councillor Ian Miller, chair Perth Theatre project board, Magnus Linklater, chair Horsecross Arts and Kevin Dickson managing director of Robertson Construction Tayside. (Photo credit: Fraser Band) Work to restore and redevelop one of Scotland’s best loved and most historic venues moved forward thi

Inverurie has been named as Scotland’s solar capital as new figures reveal the nation’s love affair with home-grown energy for the first time. Figures from industry body Scottish Renewables and Scotland’s Rural College show that around 42,000 solar schemes (equivalent to around 660,000 250W so

Big Ben challenge raises thousands A team of brave trekkers scaled the heights of Britain’s highest mountain to raise money for a very special children’s charity.

Developer Harwood International has this week broken ground on a twisted tower designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Dallas, Texas. The seven-story 136,857-square-foot building for luxury watchmaker Rolex, will see a series of staggered floorplates that gradually rotate to create the impressi