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Global engineering and sustainable development consultancy Arup has appointed digital expert Jeremy Doherty as its new Edinburgh officer leader. Jeremy has over 17 years’ experience managing and delivering a wide range of digital technology, engineering, energy, and environmental projects, spe

Scottish Renewables, the industry body for renewable energy in Scotland, has appointed three new directors to its board. The trio will help guide the organisation as it works to grow Scotland’s renewable energy sector and sustain its position at the forefront of the global clean energy industr

Bruntwood SciTech’s plans to transform Glasgow’s iconic Met Tower have been approved, with the first interior images of its reimagined future also revealed.

Global sustainable development consultancy Arup and ILF Consulting Engineers have signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for pumped storage projects in the UK, including Coire Glas, Glenmuckloch and up to 13 additional schemes in the pipeline. The partnership brings much needed capaci

Fife Council has committed to further investment in fire safety at two high-rise blocks of flats following the findings of a new report. Consultants commissioned by the council to evaluate work by contractors carrying improvement works to fire stopping at Swan and Memorial Court in Methil have made

In the recent case of Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited v Ove Arup & Partners Scotland Limited CA117/21 [2023] CSOH 53 the issue of prescription was revisited by Lord Harrower at a preliminary proof, writes Karen Cornwell. By way of background, the ongoing case involves the development of a f

New images have been released for the proposed redevelopment of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow following a public consultation. Landsec said the new imagery reflects how the proposals for key parts of the development have evolved and marks the next stage of the developer's consultation on the fu

A masterplan application has been submitted for the Scottish Prison Service’s new HMP Glasgow prison facility, the modern, fit-for-purpose replacement for HMP Barlinnie which is due to open in 2026. The masterplan for the 54-acre site, at the former Provan Gas Works on Royston Road to the nort

Built environment consultancy Arup recently won two notable awards for the £68 million revitalisation project of The Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow.

Built environment consultancy Arup has won four Institution of Structural Engineers’ Scottish Structural awards. The awards ceremony, held in Glasgow on 27 October, celebrated the best structural projects completed by Scottish design engineers within the last two years.

Leeds City Council is leading a partnership of expert organisations in carrying out a feasibility study into the development of an innovative methodology for deploying domestic heat pumps at a high-density within urban communities. In 2021, approximately 85% of UK domestic heating was provided throu

The towns and cities of the future may be able to rely on green hydrogen stored below ground, if a newly funded UK project succeeds. Gravitricity and Arup have together secured £300,000 from the Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to study the feasibility of storing

Network Rail's revised proposals to install a bridge walk and visitor hub at the iconic Forth Bridge have now been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council.

Consulting engineer Arup will undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments for all its buildings projects – new and retrofit – from next year and will no longer take on any new energy commissions involving the extraction, refinement, or transportation of hydrocarbon-based fuels

Communities across Scotland are set to see a significant increase in legacy benefits created by local construction projects with the signing of a new Community Legacy Charter. In signing the charter, SCAPE Scotland and a collective of the nation’s leading construction, civil engineering a