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(L-R) Stuart Parker; Maria Leonard, St. Andrew’s Hospice Capital Appeal; Marion Gardiner, Business Gateway; Karen McFadyen, St. Andrew’s Hospice. Construction and Infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has signed up to take part in St Andrew’s Hospice’s ‘You’re Hired’ fundraiser challen

Gallowgate Street project, Largs New Largs housing development gets green light

Image courtesy of GMP Architects A 2000 year-old Roman amphitheatre in the northern Italian city of Verona could be in for a long-overdue revamp after a German architecture firm won a design competition with its novel idea for a scallop shell-like retractable roof.

Andrew Kerr An independent report into the closure of 17 Edinburgh schools has been published.

Humza Yousaf Work will soon begin on a project to lengthen platforms at Edinburgh Waverley for the introduction of new longer, faster, greener trains between Edinburgh and Glasgow and on the East Coast main line.

The Edinburgh and Dundee based planning and architecture practice of Manson has strengthened its senior management team and increased its planning consultancy division.

Jim Rooney Experienced housing practitioner Jim Rooney has been working in asset management for the past 25 years and this year will chair HouseMark Scotland’s new Active Asset Management Specialist Club. He considers the main challenges currently facing registered social landlords in asset manage

Kingdom Housing Association has reported “excellent progress” on its development of 22 new homes at Paton Street in Dunfermline and announced that completion of the first phase is now expected for May this year.

Topping out ceremonies have been held to mark the completion of brickwork at the new Holy Trinity Primary School in Kirkintilloch and in Bishopbriggs at the new Thomas Muir Primary School and Cleddens Early Learning & Childcare Centre (CEL&CC).

Plans submitted for glass box restaurant overlooking famous Dundee city centre site Plans have been submitted for a new restaurant and whisky bar overlooking Dundee’s famous and historic Howff cemetery.

A chimney stack that looks like brick but is actually plastic has been developed by the UK's largest brickmaker. The prefabricated, brick-effect FastStack chimney helps builders to significantly reduce the time spent on installation, according to Ibstock.

The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre at Polmadie Doosan Babcock has been contracted to replace Interserve as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor at the Glasgow Recycling & Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC).

Image courtesy of David Springford of Infinity Photography Architects from around the world are being invited to submit designs to replace an iconic bandstand in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

Owners of a derelict nightclub venue in Dundee have unveiled fresh £5 million proposals for a toy store and gym after plans for a Sports Direct superstore on the site fell through. TJ Morris Ltd, the business behind the Home Bargains discount brand, has submitted fresh planning proposals with Dunde

A project to generate electricity through two kites tethered to spool drums is among the shortlisted projects A first of its kind energy project is among eight projects in Scotland to be competing to win one of the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence.