The caretakers of the centuries-old Glenfinnan Monument have found it remains structurally sound despite beginning to replicate the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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Dundee City Council has approved plans to redevelop a former Victorian school into residential flats. The conversion of Downfield House was proposed by Aberkell Developments which purchased the building for a price believed to be of almost £500,000.
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) has launched a webinar events series as part of its i-Con COVID-19 support initiative for the built environment.
Glasgow City Council has approved plans to redevelop a historic West End church into 29 flats. The category B-listed Hillhead Baptist Church will be extended and converted into apartments with church/community facilities underneath the new homes.
Plans have been submitted to convert the empty floors above a KFC restaurant in central Glasgow into flats.
Ian Appleton, the highly regarded architect and academic whose work as a lecturer helped to inspire younger generations into the profession, has died.
akp Scotland director Martin McColl details his firm’s commitment to adopt digital technologies as soon as the current coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
Contracts for design work on two key Inverness Campus projects awarded before the COVID-19 lockdown are progressing well thanks to remote working.
Almost one third of Scotland’s MSPs have now given their support to SELECT’s campaign for regulating the profession of electrician after two more politicians added their names to the electrical trade body’s Wall of Support. Lib-Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton and SNP MP Alan Brown this
A managing partner of Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) has urged more businesses to apply for the government COVID-19 loan schemes with the aim of positioning themselves strongly for the ‘new normal’. Lyn Calder, who is also the firm’s head of deals for the Central Belt, said th
Aberdeenshire Council is preparing to focus on an online means of public engagement as part of an eight-week consultation on its Proposed Local Development Plan 2020 (LDP). In light of social distancing measures, changes introduced though the coronavirus emergency legislation and guidance from the c
An Inverness man with a heart of gold has vowed to run the equivalent of ten marathons in May to raise money for the country’s NHS heroes. Billy Baxter – a Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) apprenticeships manager who referees professional football matches throughout Scotland i
For the first time in over 25 years, the dry dock facility at Kishorn Port near Lochcarron in Wester Ross has been fully opened to the sea to allow a shipping vessel into the dock.
The owner of the scenic Fingask Castle in Perthshire has lodged plans to transform part of his country estate into a huge cemetery, complete with a burial mound.
Construction activity suffered a substantial weakening in April as coronavirus-related restrictions increasingly hampered activity and construction sites were closed.