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A 760 mph capsule-based transportation system which would connect London to Glasgow in as little as 30 minutes could be built in the UK, according to its developers. Speaking at BaseStone's Construct//Disrupt, an event held in London to explore the future of transportation technologies, the company

Architects have drawn up plans to redevelop the Port Edgar Marina into an exciting sailing destination along the Firth of Forth. GLM’s designs will see the construction of a new hub incorporating a restaurant, visitor’s centre and the marina’s yacht club and the redevelopment of the existing b

A Highland housing association has confirmed its intention to build over 700 affordable homes over the next five years. Albyn Housing Society will build 500 social rented, 100 mid-market rent and 125 new LIFT shared equity homes by 2020, growing its social rented estate by 20 per cent. It will also

Tata Steel's Clydebridge plant is set to close Communities and employees affected by the closure of Tata Steel plants in Scotland have been promised £1.5 million to help support the creation of new jobs.

A long-awaited report on proposals for a major retail development on Common Good land at Forres will go before members of Moray Council’s policy and resources committee next week. They will be asked to recommend to full council how, or if, the plans by Aberdeen-based Redco Milne for the land at Bo

An environmentally-friendly energy firm has unveiled plans to build an experimental green energy park at a former Scottish nuclear plant in Dumfries and Galloway. Scotia Global Energy said the hybrid power station intended to radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which would be built on a 90 he

Inception by Patrick Mouzawak 2014 Art of Building Photographer of the Year The renowned built environment photography prize run by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is now open for entries.

Scottish Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, Josh Taylor, Ziggurat Student Living Director, Jim Pike and Barry McGuigan MBE Leith Walk student accommodation unveiled

Did you know that the most expensive building in the world is the Abraj Al Bait in Saudi Arabia, costing a staggering $15 billion USD? Or that the second and third most expensive structures are in Singapore? An infographic created by Cliona Moynihan from Irish architecture practice Cantrell & Cr

Philip Hogg Homes for Scotland has announced that chief executive Philip Hogg is to leave the organisation in the coming months to become managing director of Bancon Group's homes business.

Scotland’s construction industry is facing its greatest skills challenge as workloads continue to outpace availability of skilled professionals, a survey released today by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed. Almost two-thirds of respondents (63 per cent) to the latest

Select Property Group has secured planning permission for a new £41 million student accommodation development at Fountainbridge in Edinburgh. Operating under the developer’s Vita Student brand, the residence will comprise of 261 self-contained studios, a 5,000 square foot social hub area includin

Glasgow City Council has given initial permission in principle for an extension to the city’s Silverburn shopping centre. Developers Hammerson want to build dozens more shops, a new leisure complex, a 110-bedroom hotel, a community centre, a park by extending the complex on the other side of the M

Plans for a new supermarket in Edinburgh have been rejected amid fears the development would lead to increased congestion and poorer air quality. Proposed to be located within the St John's Road Pollution Zone in Corstorphine, the 21,000 sq ft store would have had a 140-capacity car park and brought

Jim McCabe The leader of North Lanarkshire Council, who was reported to a watchdog for not declaring his friendship with executives at a company at the heart of a multi-million-pound council housing repairs deal, has been cleared of any wrongdoing.