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Craft beer brewer and pub chain BrewDog has shared its plans for a beer-themed hotel in Edinburgh's Old Town.

Laing O’Rourke today announced far-reaching new global sustainability targets, including a commitment to decarbonise its own operations by 2030, and achieve equal numbers of men and women among its 5,500 global staff. The decarbonisation target, which will also see the company develop a plan t

Architecture and planning practice Halliday Fraser Munro has become the first Scottish firm to invest in a pioneering peatland restoration project in Wester Ross in the north of Scotland. This investment in carbon offsetting units at the restoration project is in partnership with Highland Carbon, a

ScottishPower has submitted plans to build Britain’s largest 'green' hydrogen production facility on the outskirts of Glasgow.

Scotia Homes has submitted plans to build almost 150 new homes, a quarter of which will be affordable homes, on the land at Crudie Farm on the north-western edge of Arbroath. A proposal of application (PAN) notice submitted to Angus Council details plans for the open farmland site which ha

Craigdale Housing Association has reached a significant milestone on its way to delivering its first new-build development project since 2007.

Clyde Gateway's project manager Amy Wimpenny details the introduction of a 20-minute neighbourhood scheme in the area. The last twelve months have seen a dramatic change to the way we live and work. Never have we all spent so much time in and around our local area. The concept of 20-minute neighbour

The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has announced that its current chief executive Hannah Vickers is stepping down to join consultancy and construction firm Mace. The infrastructure and built environment association has already started the process of finding a replacement.

The University of Edinburgh's Old College Quad is one of three locations that will host live performances in temporary outdoor pavilions during the 2021 Edinburgh International Festival. The reimagined festival takes place from 7 to 29 August using bespoke outdoor venues to safely reunite artists an

Viridor and TOMRA have formed a partnership in a bid to design, build and operate the Scottish deposit return scheme (DRS) counting and sorting centres. Deposit return schemes for beverage containers play a vital part in preventing littering and driving sustainable recycling outcomes in more than 40

Owners of a Scottish building firm defied the odds when they took on a project just as covid struck but completed it with weeks to spare. Scorgie Construction Ltd was awarded the contract to renovate a former hostel and day care centre in Banff by Aberdeenshire Council last spring but the project wa

After a year in which the construction industry has led the way in terms of the safe return to work during a global pandemic, organisers of a North East awards ceremony are preparing to celebrate this year’s construction heroes at a live online awards ceremony. The Trades Awards are organised

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has brought to market a multi-let investment opportunity in Dumfries on behalf of Mapeley.

The reconstruction of a 17th-century creel house using traditional methods is now underway at Glencoe. Led by the National Trust for Scotland, a team of heritage building craftspeople has broken ground and raised the house’s 6m-high timber cruck frame.

Kier has held a UK-first trial of a technology to support its strategy delivering net zero carbon emissions. Through its work with procurement partner, Sunbelt Rentals, it is using PUNCH Flybrid flywheel technology on its Shakespeare North site, to assess if the innovation could reduce the energy re