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Plans to build a 28-storey hotel at the Waterfront in Edinburgh have been unveiled. Ocean Terminal and Hodder Planning held a public consultation this week into proposals for the 96m tower which would be situated to the north east of the existing waterfront shopping mall.

Gordon Cunningham Clark Contracts has secured over £20 million of new construction and refurbishment contracts across Scotland so far this year.

Last year's overall UK winner Advocate’s Close Scotland’s most impressive new and regenerated building projects will go head-to-head in the RICS Awards as the Scottish shortlist for 2016 is announced.

The Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian which produces enough power for two million homes is to remain operational for at least an extra seven years, operator EDF has announced. In a statement to the stock market this morning, the French energy firm said the plant would now be operational

Proposals have been put forward by Cruden Homes to deliver 105 homes at Aberlady. A Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) has been lodged with East Lothian Council signalling the intent to lodge a planning application following a period of community consultation for the proposed site lying to the wes

HGV opening hours extended on Forth Road Bridge The phased reintroduction of heavy goods vehicles to the Forth Road Bridge is continuing and the hours during which HGVs can cross the bridge are being extended.

A new water taxi service to take tourists up and down the River Tay is to get underway next year, after councillors approved a plan to build a series of pontoons along the river where the Venice-style vessels can pick up and drop off sightseers. The Scotsman has reported that Perth and Kinross Counc

Perthshire-based I&H Brown has seen an expansion out of Scotland pay off with a two-thirds rise in turnover to £55 million, while pre-tax profit rose 75 per cent to £2.1m. The landowner and civil engineer currently has a £28m order book, up from £23m a year ago, and its property development

An example of a Hampton by Hilton hotel A deal has been signed to bring a 228-room hotel to the Fountainbridge regeneration scheme in Edinburgh.

The £25 million redevelopment of Edinburgh's Haymarket Station scooped the top prize in 2015 The search is on for Scotland’s top engineering and construction projects completed in 2015/16 with the launch of the 2016 Saltire Society Civil Engineering Awards.

Renfrewshire Council has brought in additional resources to clear a backlog of streetlighting repairs following a dispute with the original contractor. A dispute over the agreed costs of the project with Lightways Contracts resulted in the contractor's failure to carry out the maintenance scheme.

Steve Radley Steve Radley, CITB director of policy, discusses the organisation's business plan for the next three years.

A project to adapting Scotland’s cities for active travel and public transport has been named on a shortlist of low carbon, future-proof engineering projects fit for the 21st Century and beyond. Speaking at the Edinburgh based Green Investment Bank last week, climate change minister Dr Aileen McLe

Work on the long-awaited community hub and high school in Midlothian got underway last week as pupils, staff and councillors joined the construction team to cut turf on the project. The state-of-the-art community hub and high school will replace Newbattle Community High School, providing high qualit

St John’s High School Almost half a million pounds is set to be invested in two Dundee schools if proposals are backed by councillors next week.