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A public consultation on proposals to create a new £320 million harbour on the Aberdeen coast has been agreed following a meeting of city councillors. Aberdeen City Council’s communities, housing and infrastructure committee discussed the plans for Nigg Bay at their meeting yesterday which were f

Fife Council has announced it wants to dual the notorious A92 from Glenrothes to the Tay Road Bridge on safety grounds. The Courier reports that the authority views the ambitious proposal as a long-term aspiration and is dependent on both agreement and funding from the Scottish Government.

£900,000 sought to ‘future proof’ Buchanan Bus Station Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will be asked to approve a spend of just over £906,000 to overhaul the heating and ventilation systems and fund additional repairs and alterations to the staff quarters at Buchanan Bus Station in

A unique gaming collaboration saw a group of schoolchildren use virtual TNT to ‘flatten’ a part of a Stockholm city centre district in the Minecraft world at the same time as contractors began construction work on the real site nearby. The project is the first time a property development has bee

Work on the walled Memorial Garden at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh is due to start today. Parents were asked to choose between four different designs which aimed to provide a private and peaceful place for personal contemplation.

A9 near Dalwhinnie An exciting new educational initiative is being launched which will give pupils in schools along the A9 between Perth and Inverness the opportunity to learn more about the massive engineering project, apply mathematical, scientific and design aspects of the scheme to their schoolw

The Glasgow CarStore Peter Vardy to open new CarStore in Dundee

Work on a new stadium for the Sacramento Kings in California is being monitored by drones. Drones are flown over the construction site once a week during off-hours and take videos that are converted into 3D images, which can then be compared to construction plans to highlight areas of structure that

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NHS Grampian has unveiled plans to invest more than £150 million into building new facilities at its Foresterhill Campus in Aberdeen over the next five years. The health board took the first step in the formal process towards creating at least 10 new facilities on the site by lodging a pre-applicat

A new pan-industry survey of the experiences of lesbian, gay and bisexual employees has revealed an ‘outdated’ approach to diversity. A survey by Architects’ Journal revealed that homophobia is rife in construction, with more than 80 per cent of gay men and women in some parts of the industry

Work on the new £5 million Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility is to begin in January 2016 after planning permission was granted for the project. The new building – a partnership project between South Ayrshire Council and South Carrick Community Leisure (SCCL) – will be site

The number of new homes registered by local authorities in Scotland has increased by over 40 per cent over the previous year, according to new figures. The National House Building Council (NHBC) said that 3,543 new homes were registered between May and July this year, when compared to 2,492 homes du

The construction of a £1 million holiday home gifted to families who have children with cancer has started following the fundraising success of a small Edinburgh charity. It’s Good 2 Give, the charity run by volunteer fundraiser Lynne McNicoll OBE, has turned the turf on a plot of land on the ban

The Scottish Government overrules local authorities more often than not when applicants take their planning permission appeals to ministers, according to new figures. Statistics compiled by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have revealed that 77 of the 145 planning appeals so far th