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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed the future of steel and engineering in Scotland as she formally reopened the country’s last major steelworks today. The Dalzell plate mill in Motherwell was mothballed by Tata Steel in 2015, with the loss of 225 jobs, before being taken over by Liberty Hou

A landmark regeneration plan that could create around 1,000 permanent new jobs on the site of the former Diageo bottling plant in Kilmarnock was today given the backing of East Ayrshire Council. The “HALO” Urban Park project, spearheaded by Kilmarnock-based developers Klin Group, will be mainly

The Greater Easterhouse area of Glasgow is set to be transformed with 6,000 new homes and new nurseries and schools as part of a 20-year revamp plan. A Glasgow City Council report yesterday outlined how the regeneration of Easterhouse and the surrounding area will also include transport infrastructu

Projects set to be improved under the initiative include (clockwise from top left) Brechin’s Bar & Cardell Halls; public realm improvements at Govan Cross; the Pearce Institute and Water Row Glasgow City Council has approved funding to proceed with the next stage of a regeneration scheme in Go

Plans for a major new Inverness development consisting of 60 new homes and a family restaurant have been granted approval by councillors. Aberdeen-based developer Kirkwood Homes and Tweed Estates applied to build the homes on land close to the city’s Asda supermarket at Slackbuie. A quarter of the

Housing associations collaborate to deliver new affordable homes for Methil Two Fife housing associations are working in partnership to deliver badly needed new affordable homes for the older and disabled people in Methil.

A 21-year-old Australian tradesman has been bitten by a venomous spider on the penis for a second time, the BBC has reported. The man was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Tuesday, when he suffered a repeat of the incident five months ago when he was treated for a redback bite.

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Housing minister Kevin Stewart during yesterday’s event In advance of this weekend’s International Day of Older Persons, Scottish housing minister Kevin Stewart has commended BRE for highlighting how assistive technology could help the older generation stay safely in their own homes for longer.

All 305 of Scotland’s historic, traditional thatched buildings have been recorded for the very first time as part of a unique 18-month field work project. Published today, A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland is a full-colour photographic survey of every thatched building across the country,

Southdale Primary School (image credit West Lothian Council) Pupils in West Lothian are enjoying their first weeks in one of Scotland’s most energy efficient primary schools, which was recently completed on time and budget by Ogilvie Construction.

Dundee’s new V&A museum is set to be turned into an illuminated work of art, two years before the waterfront attraction opens to the public, as the city prepares to host the 2016 Festival of Architecture finale this November. A headline event in the 2016 Year of Innovation, Architecture and De

Cameron House completes £3m refurbishment Loch Lomond resort Cameron House has revealed the results of a £3 million refurbishment in what is the first stage of a year-long multimillion-pound renovation.

Adverts surrounding a Dundee construction site were given a comedy makeover after a joker stuck giant googly eyes onto the billboards. The billboards, which wrap around the construction site for the £28m upgrade to the city’s train station, depict different Dundonians discussing the upgrades to t

Plans for the HALO Urban Park Three local authorities have outlined a number of regeneration projects within ambitious proposals to transform the economic prospects for Ayrshire.