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Heart of Midlothian FC has submitted plans to create a 22-room hotel within Tynecastle Stadium. Plans lodged with City of Edinburgh Council state that the new bedrooms will be located in a disused section of the main stand which was previously granted consent for use as hospitality lounges and offic

Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for "the world’s first fully immersive experiential marine life centre" featuring a huge man-made reef. Located in the Triple Bay Marina at AMAALA, a luxury tourist destination on the Red Sea coastline of Saudi Arabia, the institute will give visitors a g

Work has been completed and tenants have begun moving into a development of new council flats which are part of a programme building 2,000 new council houses across Aberdeen. The development at Auchmill near Bucksburn is one of nine sites across the city where Aberdeen City Council is building new c

Campion Homes Ltd has been recognised with an award for its recent-completed development of 45 new homes in Auchterderran, Fife. Checkmate, an insurer providing new home warranty insurance policies across the UK, awarded Campion its "Best Development" award for September 2022 as part of its Excellen

Scottish glass and aluminium specialist Cube Glass has announced a new share scheme that will see 11 long-standing team members own part of the business. The employees have been allotted up to one fifth of the equity shares in the company by existing shareholders, principally founder and managing di

Aberdeen-based Cater Group has partnered with Hillcrest Homes to demolish and convert a former Aberdeen printworks into residential properties. Full planning permission for the redevelopment of the site of the former Scottaspress printworks on Maberly Street was granted last month following previous

Argyll and Bute Council has opened submissions for its 2022 Built Environment Design Awards. The awards, open to anyone who has completed planning projects from 1st July 2015 to 31 December 2022, aim to recognise, promote and celebrate examples of exceptional design and sustainability across the who

CHAP Group staff have emerged as winners of the Street Soccer Scotland five-a-side tournament in Aberdeen. Sponsored by law firm Burness Paull LLP, the event was held to raise funds for Street Soccer Scotland, which uses football inspired training and personal development as a medium to empower peop

Millions of families are set to see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 between now and the end of 2024, according to new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. With the low-interest rate era firmly at an end – the Bank of England is on course to have ra

Plans for the refurbishment of Brookwood Villa in Bearsden have taken a significant step forward with financial close achieved on the £2 million project. A landmark agreement has been reached between East Dunbartonshire Council, development partner hub West Scotland and main contractor Linear

Aldi has submitted plans for a new £4.6 million store in the Broomhouse area of Glasgow. The development will create up to 35 local jobs within the store, along with new employment during construction and within the Aldi supply chain.

The first Women in Plant event, organised by the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA), has been hailed a success. The event, which sold out in advance, took place earlier in October at the Cromlix Hotel in Dunblane. It was an open forum for all women in the plant industry.

The built environment’s leading professional bodies have joined forces to align the data standards that are used to manage costing, carbon and building and facilities maintenance, in a bid to clear up confusion and shift the digital focus from new build to whole life building performance. In w

The first stage of construction works for the development of a heritage park within the former Prestongrange Colliery and Brickworks between Prestonpans and Musselburgh is well underway with the erection of the steel framework for a new engine shed. The engine shed will be a purpose-built location t

Network Rail has announced the option that will be taken forward to detailed design for the redevelopment of Troon station following feedback from the local community, Following the fire which destroyed the station building at Troon in July 2021, Network Rail developed three concept design opti