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Super-stretchy wormlike robots capable of ‘feeling’ their surroundings could find applications in the construction industry, scientists say. A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow have developed robots with forms of motion inspired by the movements of inchworms and earthworms

A block of offices in the centre of Edinburgh could be demolished to make way for 42 new homes, under new plans submitted to the local authority. The Henderson Place Lane site extends over approximately 0.2 hectares and comprises an existing currently unoccupied two-storey office building constructe

Councillors have given the green light for a new £64.3 million health and care centre for the North East of Glasgow.

The refurbishment of the A-listed Burrell Collection building in Glasgow is now nearing completion with the project set to reopen in March 2022, the charity Glasgow Life has announced. The installation of works from the 9,000 strong Burrell Collection is now underway.

The site of a former police station in Glenrothes has been earmarked for a new development comprising 20 homes and a mixed-use commercial building comprising of a nursery, offices and a cafe.

An Angus architecture practice has promoted a long-serving member of its team to director level as it continues to plan for future growth and diversification. Crawford Architecture, based in Montrose, has promoted David Paton to the post of associate director having been with the family firm for mor

Brunton Design has been granted planning approval for a leisure park in the Hilltown area of Dundee.

Drinks giant Diageo has launched its landmark Johnnie Walker Princes Street visitor experience store. Four and a half years in the making, Johnnie Walker Princes Street is the centrepiece of the firm's £185 million investment in Scotch whisky tourism in Scotland.

Construction work on a new multi-level golf entertainment complex in Rutherglen has recommenced following a Covid-enforced interruption.

Fife Council has granted a not-for-profit company planning permission to turn a former hotel in Leslie into homeless accommodation. New Hope Community House Ltd had applied to transform the 15-bedroom Greenside Hotel into a new type of residential care facility that will provide treatment and c

Civils contractors have joined six other industry trade bodies to call for the UK Government’s super deduction allowance (SDA) to be extended to include leasing and short-term hire. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have issued a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequ

Training for the construction industry to help combat the climate crisis has been developed and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful in collaboration with four UK-wide firms. The environmental charity is now rolling the training out to employees from McLaughlin & Harvey, GRAHAM, M

Lismore Real Estate Advisors (Lismore) have advised joint venture partners, Chancerygate and JR Capital on the £6.5 million acquisition of G3 Arrol Road in Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, Dundee from West Ranga Property Group.

Plans have been submitted for a wedding marquee at Edinburgh Zoo.

Fourteen new Scottish buildings have been named today as winners of Scotland’s national architecture awards by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). As well as exemplary new housing, education and healthcare facilities, this year’s RIAS Awards winners include a new tr