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A recycled brick conceived by Heriot-Watt academics has scooped the coveted STEM Research Project of the Year at this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) awards.  Widely referred to as the ‘Oscars of higher education’, the awards are the biggest celebration in the UK HE calend

A public engagement exercise is underway on plans for a new road with connected active cycling and walking links between Ravenscraig and Motherwell.

A stained glass window artist has made the perfect gift for his beer-loving friend. Australian Reddit user DiscoDogs unveiled the Victoria Bitter stained glass window and has since been inundated with requests to do the same type of work.

Tulloch Homes has begun infrastructure works on its new all-bungalows £10 million development at Culbokie in the Black Isle. Initial site investigation works have just been completed for Glascairn Meadows, a mix of 20 two and three-bedroom bungalows on land adjacent to the village shop.

New high-quality homes for rent are coming to Govan in a £10.2m housing boost from Linthouse Housing Association. The Association revealed this week that it has begun work on brand new properties at the former Drumoyne Primary School in Shieldhall Road having purchased the land from Glasgow Ci

Scottish principal contractor akp Scotland is including a dedicated insurance reinstatement and small works offering across both commercial and domestic markets in the scope of its portfolio. The firm will utilise its 30-year tenure in construction and refurbishment as a firm foundation for the succ

East Ayrshire Council has appointed Kier Construction as the preferred contractor for the construction of a new build primary school at Netherthird. The project team and head teacher, Jemma Donnelly will be working closely with Kier Construction over the next few weeks to formalise the delivery prog

Plans submitted by private cosmetic surgery provider Cosmedicare to build a new hospital in Livingston have been given the green light. The existing facility located at the Kirkton Campus has previously been home to companies such as Glenmorangie, WL Gore, Quintiles and BskyB.

We often think of flight to the suburbs as a modern phenomenon, but a conflict has raged for centuries between urban and suburban living. Cruden Homes’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, explores this eternal dilemma. Travel out of any British city and you’re likely to find new

Plans to build a specialist support centre in Aberdeen for children with complex disabilities and life-limiting conditions have been approved by the council. The £8 million Charlie House charity project which will support babies, children and young people will be located at Woodend Hospital.

Revived plans to convert the empty upper floors of a B-listed premises in central Glasgow into a backpackers' hostel are being brought forward to the council. If approved, Metro Inns Ltd plans to convert the first, second and third storeys at Virginia House, at the corner of Virginia Street and Wils

Sarah Alexander, senior associate at Dentons, discusses the intricacies of the NEC3 subcontract. With fewer than 10 reported decisions from the Court of Session on the interpretation of NEC3, any guidance from the court is welcomed with open arms. This is particularly so while the NEC suite of contr

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has written to Hanson UK about three breaches of the Cement Market Data Order 2016. The order concerns data disclosed which could have been a proxy for Individual Cement Market Data.

Planning officers at Glasgow City Council are recommending that councillors reject the latest application to build flats at a disused Finnieston Bowling Club.

A football club has said it is pressing on with plans to install UV-C lighting to combat Covid-19 in spite of concerns about their use.