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A 39-point plan to upgrade and improve Dundee’s Olympia leisure centre at a cost of £6.1m is to be considered by councillors. Completed by Balfour Beatty in 2013 for £31.2 million, the pool was forced to close in October last year after engineers identified a host of problems; incl

H&H Properties has submitted a planning application to Dundee City Council seeking to build 40 new homes at the former site of Lochee Primary School. The school was demolished in 2018 following its closure in 2013.

FW2040, the Masterplan and Delivery Programme for Fort William and Lochaber, has taken a significant step forward with the appointment of its first dedicated project manager. Martin Culbertson has been appointed and will co-ordinate its overall delivery, help support and develop individual projects,

Persimmon Homes has submitted plans to Glasgow City Council for the remaining parcel of land at Darnley Mains.

Proposals to build 12 homes for private sale at a site in north east Glasgow have failed to gain planning permission.

The conversion of a former office building in Irvine into new homes has been approved by North Ayrshire Council.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr William Sawers

Tarmac has placed an order with Renault Trucks for the first battery electric mixer truck in the UK as part of the company’s commitment to net zero.

Councillors will this week be asked to approve two Highlands bids for the UK Levelling Up Fund. The projects are North Coast 500 and Portree Harbour.

Redpath has secured its first project with the University of Edinburgh. The project comprises the alteration and refurbishment to various teaching rooms at Minto House which is the home of the School of Architecture.

Glass and aluminium specialist Cube Glass has further increased its presence in the lucrative stadium market with a contract for the stunning glass feature attractions in the new state-of-the-art Blue Sky Lounge at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow.

Two UHI Inverness graduates have got their careers in the construction industry off to a flying start by securing jobs in an architecture practice within 48 hours of completing their studies. Jody Smart from Inverness and Simon Praill from Ardross finished their BSc (Hons) in Architectural Technolog

Steve Byer, group director for WSP Highways, has been named a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland. ICE Scotland, the country’s leading source of expertise in civil engineering policy, has over 8,500 members, who design, build and maintain the country’s vital tr

A second course will be built, alongside new property, retail and restaurant offerings Castle Stuart Golf Links near Inverness has been bought by Canadian resort developer Cabot who plans to create a second course that will play around the site’s 400 year-old castle.

The Scottish Land Commission has today published recommendations to Scottish ministers to shape the land market and the carbon markets so that they work in the public interest. The recommendations are: