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The topping out ceremony for the Adagio Hotel and Arches shops opening party on Market Street Edinburgh’s £150 million New Waverley development, currently transforming the heart of the city’s Old Town, has reached another major milestone with the ‘topping out’ of the Adagio Aparthotel on th

CALA Homes has submitted plans for a development of 36 homes in an East Lothian village. Following extensive engagement with local residents and the Dirleton Village Association, the developer has sought to design the site in a manner that respects the village setting, with a host of unique, tailore

How Shed 25 could look Work to transform the vacant Shed 25 at Dundee’s City Quay into a mixed use office and leisure development is now underway.

Calum Macaulay, chief executive at Albyn Housing Society, and Scott Pettitt, development manager at Barratt North Scotland Work starts at Ness Castle site for new affordable homes

A 350ft statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was unveiled in Puerto Rico last week after a host of cities in the United States turned down the chance to house the sculpture, The Guardian has reported. The voyage of Russian-based sculptor Zurab Tsereteli’s monument, which is 45ft taller

Councillor Ian Miller A half-billion-pound infrastructure plan to build new schools across Perthshire is to be discussed by councillors this week.

Work has commenced 173 studio student accommodation scheme at Causewayend in Aberdeen. Hardies Property and Construction Consultants is fulfilling the role of Project Manager and Employers Agent on the Spademill Lane project, which is for student developer Visage Properties and has been designed to

Image courtesy of Scene-it Media Experts in housing, healthcare and home-design from across the Highlands have come together to form a unique partnership to build sustainable homes for people with assisted living needs.

A Perth-based stonemasonry company has been fined after an apprentice was electrocuted by an overhead power line. T&M Stonemasonry, of Highfield Road, Scone, Perth, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It was fined £16,000.

Impression of the Donside Hydro scheme The construction phase has begun on Scotland’s first community urban hydro scheme, in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen.

Plans have been approved for a unique family home on a coastal site just outside Charlestown near Dunfermline. Fife Architects said its brief was to design a family home with an industrial meets rural design concept to match the home's Firth of Forth location. Formerly part of the Elgin Estate the s

The proposed layout of the development Plans emerge for over 280 new Arbroath homes

A construction worker who was cheated out of wages while working for a US contractor has finally been reimbursed for his labour after a taxi driver recognised him ten years later. CBS reports that Jose Lopez had no idea his wages had been short while he worked on a building for the city of New York

John Cole CBE The City of Edinburgh Council has confirmed that respected construction and procurement industry expert John Cole CBE will lead the independent inquiry into Edinburgh’s school closures.

Image courtesy of Rob McDougall The best housebuilders in Scotland have been named at the national awards celebration for housing held in Edinburgh last night.