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A riverfront project to build 49 new flats in Edinburgh on the banks of the Water of Leith has been completed as a result of full civil and structural services from the engineering consultancy Will Rudd Davidson.

Today's instalment in our COP26SCN feature highlights the pioneering retrofit of a pre-1919 tenement to Passivhaus enerPHit standards being undertaken on behalf of Southside Housing Association in Glasgow. Glasgow has around 73,000 iconic pre-1919 sandstone tenements. Their age, built form, con

Real estate investment firm AM alpha has announced 200 Broomielaw is to be fully electric from 100% renewable sources to minimise the building’s environmental impact.

The owners of a hotel in Renfrewshire have failed to overturn a decision of Renfrewshire Council to remove land adjacent to the hotel from a list of sites allocated for residential development.

The Local Authority Forum of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) in Scotland is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. It first started out with just three attendees and over the years has grown to more than 25. At the height of the pandemic, the forum went from meeting once a

Councillors have approved plans for 49 new homes in a north east village. Aberdeenshire Council's Garioch Area Committee cleared the way for Kirkwood Homes to build the third and final phase of its Cluny Meadows development.

CCG Asset Management has completed the first phase of a multi-million-pound planned maintenance project on behalf of Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association.

A bold and ambitious strategy to transform Inverness into the place to live, work, enjoy and do business in Scotland will be presented to the City of Inverness Area Committee next week.

The Scottish Land Commission has strengthened its Good Practice team this month with the appointment of Calum Stewart and Karen Grant as good practice advisers. Calum Stewart and Karen Grant will support the organisation’s work shaping change on the ground to ensure more people benefit fr

Students from Fife College helped lay the foundations for their future careers at the former Tullis Russell paper mill site in Glenrothes this week. They were given a practical demonstration of some of the skills they are learning about, seeing concrete floors being poured and bricks being laid as p

‘Great oaks from little acorns grow, as the saying goes’, and on a young tree in Glasgow during COP26 this week, a transformative technology was unveiled which could have a lasting impact on the future of all the trees on the planet. On the imposing concourse of the City of Glasgow Colle

Planning applications will have to show how they help meet Scotland’s ambitious targets to cut emissions to net-zero by 2045 to get approval under new proposals tabled by the Scottish Government. Applications that create more town centre homes or help reuse vacant and derelict land will be mor

Aberdeen City Council is set to accelerate delivery of its hydrogen hub and reinforce efforts to build a hydrogen economy in the city following a £15 million funding boost.

Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale has announced the appointment of Lee Hollywood as the new lead for its Scottish operation. Mr Hollywood originally joined Barhale in January 2020 and moves into the role from his previous position as senior contracts manager for Scotland. He pr

Work has started on a prestigious new-build housing development in Dalkeith town centre. The development is Midlothian Council’s first ‘Passivhaus’ housing project.