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The collapsed wall at Oxgangs Primary School in Edinburgh New interim guidance published by the Scottish Government for site inspection in the public sector has been described as “a positive step” by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).

Kier has awarded Spie UK an £8 million contract to carry out mechanical and electrical (M&E) works on a new secondary school campus in Kilmarnock. The new £45.3m William McIlvanney Campus is being built by Kier to accommodate the merger of Kilmarnock Academy, James Hamilton Academy, New Farm P

Plans to transform a B-listed former nursing home into flats have been approved. Kirkton House, near Kirkton of Skene, is to be turned into 17 flats, under the plans from developer Kirk Harrison, the Evening Express has reported.

The comeback story of Liberty Steel’s Scottish plants at Dalzell and Clydebridge turned another page this week with a decision to restart production of heavy-duty products used in structures such as bridges and public art sculptures. Known as ‘weathering’ steel, the environmentally tough grade

The inaugural RIAS/Saint-Gobain Emerging Architect Award recognises the crucial role architects play in delivering a better world and encourages the great architects of the future at the outset of their careers. This year, the award went to TAP Architecture, recognising two innovative and technicall

Leith Theatre The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is expanding its grant-giving programme and has launched a new Scottish Community Development Grant that enables historic building regeneration projects in communities across Scotland.

Charlene Geddes BAM Ritchies’ Charlene Geddes becomes first woman in UK to achieve Shotfiring qualification

(from left) Clarke Elsby, Karen Clark, Linda Kirkpatrick and Arthur Blower When surveyors from the Dumfries office of building preservation company Richardson and Starling began stripping plasterboard off a wall they discovered a bottle containing a message concealed in a fireplace 35 years prior.

A City Deal has been agreed which will deliver inclusive economic growth across Edinburgh and South East Scotland through housing, innovation, transport, skills and culture. A UK government investment of £300 million is being matched by the Scottish Government with contributions from councils and u

Workloads have slowed across most sectors of the construction industry in Scotland amid concerns over Brexit and domestic political instability, surveyors have reported. According to the Q2 2017 UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Image by Keith Hunter The City Campus at the City of Glasgow College is one of six buildings to be shortlisted for the 22nd annual Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building.

The integration of Hope Construction Materials has resulted in Breedon Group doubling its revenues, leading to a 50% rise in half-year profits. A trading update for the UK’s largest independent construction materials group revealed that income in the six months to the end of June jumped 100% to £

Work on a £2 billion wind farm off the Fife coast will begin next year after the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) lost a long-running legal battle against the development. The Inner House of the Court of Session yesterday refused RSPB Scotland’s application to appeal the Court’s

Plans to build a Regional Performance Centre for Sport in Dundee have been resubmitted after the Scottish Government changed its mind regarding the need for an environmental impact assessment. An application to Dundee City Council to build the centre in Caird Park was submitted in July last year wit

Two serviced plots with planning permission at Kilfinan Community Forest have been released for sale to self-builders with the aim of addressing the local affordable housing shortage. Released by Kilfinan Community Forest Company (KCFC), the sites in Tighnabruaich, Argyll, have a sale price of £30k