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Pinsent Masons lands role on £400m Aberdeen Harbour project Aberdeen Harbour has appointed Pinsent Masons as legal adviser for its proposed Harbour Expansion Project.

Plans have been unveiled to build the UK’s next mega tower, which will rival the Shard for the title of the tallest building in Europe, and will dwarf all other office blocks in the City of London. The 73-floor skyscraper at 1, Undershaft, will be 309.6m high when completed, making it on a par wit

Plans to develop the former Triple Kirks site in the heart of Aberdeen into a world-class new accommodation facility for academics have been approved. The derelict church has lain empty for many years, and the 13-storey project will include 175 studio flats and 166 en-suite rooms.

Housebuilder M&K MacLeod is set to focus on its own apprenticeship schemes after admitting to difficulties in attracting tradesmen to settle in rural areas. The family owned construction and manufacturing firm, based in Lochgilphead, said shortages were evident in a number of areas including bri

The new facility looking north west Plans for a new recycling centre in Aberdeen that could save the city £5 million each year have been approved by councillors.

Danny O'Neill A new company has been launched which promises to inject around £100 million in the social housing and mid-market rental sector over the next four years.

Planning permission has been granted for a new 60-bedroom residential care facility in Dundee. Work on the new facility, to be set in the grounds of Wellburn House on Liff Road, will begin in 2017.

Tenant Marion Copeland with GHA chair Gordon Sloan and Tracy Sinclair of Safedem Scotland’s tallest residential multi-storeys have been brought down in a first for the UK demolition industry.

Kilmarnock's Palace Theatre Kilmarnock town centre, a community housing build in Sutherland and an employer’s charter by Wheatley Group have been recognised for best practice in community regeneration.

(from left) Gwen MacKenzie (Kier), Arjan Shan (Kier), Emma Connor (MacMillan), Callum Leslie (commercial director, Kier), Lynne Fraser (Kier) and Chris McGhee (Kier) Employees at Kier Construction in Scotland have helped raise £10,200 over the past few months as part of the Kier Group’s ongoing s

Craigmillar housing plans submitted by CCG Plans have been submitted for 121 new homes in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh.

A family of 12 ducks has refused to quack under pressure of construction all around their home in New Zealand. A mother duck dutifully caring for a brood of 11 ducklings while giant construction equipment roared all around was unlike anything Alastair Bennett had seen in his 22 years as a foreman fo

Edinburgh council planners have urged councillors to reject proposals to transform the former Royal High School into a £75 million hotel. Jointly developed by Urbanist Hotels and Duddingston House Properties the Calton Hill project has long been a bone of contention in the city.

Developers have submitted plans for the first phase of a £700 million new district which will see a business park complete with homes, offices and shops built at Edinburgh Airport. The 90-acre International Business Gateway is being led by a consortium comprised of Murray Estates, New Ingliston, Fr

Aberdeen's £333 million Exhibition and Conference Centre has been given full approval by councillors. Developer Henry Boot will build a new exhibition centre, a 200-bedroom hotel and clean energy power station on the site of the former Rowett Research Institute in Bucksburn.