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The man responsible for revolutionising Glasgow’s water supply has been honoured with a new plaque at Mugdock Reservoir. Following his work on Manchester’s water supply, John Bateman was asked by Glasgow City Council in 1852 to find a new source of water for the Greater Glasgow area. He

Avant Homes has marked 15 years of success at its Richmond Gate development in Oatlands. The development is built in a 32.2-acre area of Glasgow once characterised by four-storey tenements built at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. The tenements were demolished in 1999 f

Network Rail is to undertake essential maintenance work at Garve level crossing on the Kyle of Lochalsh railway line, which will require an overnight closure of the main A835 trunk road.

Living by Robertson has announced a partnership with Scottish artisan candle maker JoJo Co. to create a bespoke scent as a final finishing touch for its new homeowners.

The Farm Energy Company has reached financial close and broken ground on its 28MW solar and wind power development at GSK’s Irvine facility, one of Scotland’s largest individual consumers of electricity.

Contracting firm Alpha Projects is targeting reaching the £10 million turnover mark just four years after being founded. When Kevin Brown and Paul Cortese pulled together the £5k they needed to launch the firm in October 2017, they could only aspire to have achieved a long period of

JR Scaffold has appointed Ronnie Charters as HSQE Manager for the business. Bringing with him more than 30 years of experience, Ronnie is a well-known figure within the industry thanks to his involvement with the National Access Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) for Scotland and Northern Ireland

The gap in earnings between male and female employees at Laing O'Rourke has increased since 2019, new analysis has revealed.

Morgan Sindall Construction has completed its first project as a result of its position on the University of Glasgow’s capital projects framework, undertaking a complete refurbishment of Maclay Residences, which offers accommodation to postgraduate students.

A bespoke civil and structural engineering consultancy firm has become employee-owned just six years after being founded. Alistair Christie and Richard Gillespie of Christie Gillespie Consulting Engineers have taken their firm to £1 million-plus turnover after both leaving a multinational to s

Plans to build more than 500 council homes on the northern edge of Aberdeen are progressing after Bancon Homes gained sign off for a number of planning conditions from the local authority. Since gaining planning permission in principle last November for the development at Cloverhill, immediatel

Parabola welcomed the Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Rt Hon Cllr Frank Ross to its new zero carbon urban quarter Edinburgh Park to inspect progress on phase one of the development which includes the first flagship office building 1 New Park Square. With progress on 1 New Park S

An extensive residential development opportunity has been launched in the heart of Cumbernauld.

Historic walls in Ahmedabad redesigned to help pomegranate growth, a community centre in Ratho rebuilt around circular economy principles and server towers that use big data to farm oysters are just some of the projects that scooped the prizes at this year’s Scottish Student Awards for Archite

A new independent body tasked with helping Scotland to achieve the highest environmental standards, and ensure the environment is protected, has been officially launched. Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) will play a crucial role to secure compliance with environmental law, the effectiveness of