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The lost townscape of sixteenth-century Edinburgh has been brought back to life by researchers at the University of St Andrews. The new digital reconstruction is the first to be created of the period, and is based on a drawing from 1544, thought to be the earliest accurate depiction of the capital.

Persimmon Homes has been ordered to stop carrying out extensive groundworks for a 300-home development in Kinross after it was revealed the firm didn’t have permission to do so. Contractors employed by the housebuilder have been digging up land west of Lathro Meadows adjacent to the A922 over the

Keith Adey Scottish independence would not impact Bellway’s growth strategy north of the Border, the housebuilder has said as it revealed healthy growth in turnover and profits.

Building work is set to get under way at Glasgow’s new satellite business district after project costs for the development’s first building were approved by the board of Clyde Gateway. The largest office development with planning consent in Scotland, Magenta will comprise 1.2 million square feet

The UK’s communities secretary Sajid Javid started the year with a visit to the Netherlands and Germany to look at how self- and custom-build homes can make a contribution to the enduring challenge of adequate housing delivery. This comes hot on the heels of the Scottish Government’s recent conf

Andrew Davies Wates Group has announced a 20% increase in revenue thanks to its acquisition of Shepherd Group’s construction businesses.

Govanhill Baths Ten communities are to share more than £10 million of lottery funding for a range of new builds, developments and extensions to buildings for community use.

Green light for Inverclyde Early Years Centre Planning approval has been granted for a new build Early Years Centre in Greenock for Inverclyde Council.

Connecting Rødbyhavn in Denmark with Puttgarden in Germany, the 18km Fehmarnbelt Tunnel project will be the world's longest immersed tunnel and the world's longest road and rail tunnel under water. In contrast to a bored tunnel, an immersed tunnel is made up of hollow concrete elements, cast on lan

Detailed plans have been lodged for a £40 million conversion of the former Scottish Power headquarters in Cathcart, Glasgow. Following extensive public consultation and positive feedback, the property developer FM Group has refined the design of the Spean Street site with the local authority’s pl

Willmott Dixon Construction Limited has submitted a tender worth over £17 million for a new primary school and nursery campus in Dundee. The new North East Campus, which has been designed by Holmes Miller Architects, will house two schools and a nursery and replace St Luke’s & St Matthew’s,

Original plans by Stewart Milne Homes for Mains of Cowie An appeal to overturn a decision to turn down plans to build a supermarket, school and 250 homes in Stonehaven has been rejected by the Scottish Government.

The Raven’s Cliff pub A 40-bedroom hotel is to open in Ravenscraig, Motherwell, next year following a successful planning application.

The UK’s largest union for construction workers is calling on the industry to take radical action to reduce the high number of suicides among its workforce. New analysis by the Office for National Statistics found that the risk of suicide among low skilled male labourers, particularly those workin

The demolition of all non-listed buildings at the Inverness College site at Midmills in the city centre is to begin next month to make way for more than 80 retirement homes. Retirement home provider McCarthy & Stone, which acquired the site from Highland Council, will build 45 homes on the vacan