Edinburgh

Heart of Midlothian Football Club has upgraded its Tynecastle Park in Edinburgh with a new state-of-the-art hybrid pitch thanks to Aggregate Industries’ drainage stone, sand and rootzone. Having used a natural grass pitch and without a full pitch replacement in over 20 years, Hearts wante

Councillors have voted to press ahead with extending Edinburgh’s tram network after a lengthy debate in the City Chambers today. The £207 million Trams to Newhaven project is due to be completed by 2022 and open to passengers early the following year.

A new bridge will be built over the A90 near Kirkliston after a £3 million construction contract was agreed by councillors. Deterioration of joints in the original structure meant the old Burnshot Bridge had to be taken down in November 2017.

Plans for the restoration and redevelopment of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh have been lodged with the local authority. The Edinburgh Biomes project includes seven new and three refurbished buildings across two sites spanning both public and research spaces.

Plans to create a dedicated ‘digital quarter’ next to Edinburgh Airport are set to progress after the proposals were unveiled at international property fair MIPIM. The ‘Crosswind’ project could see the airport’s disused second runway transformed with offices and commerc

Robertson has completed a £3.1 million refurbishment project for the University of Edinburgh – with work also recently concluded on another campus development. The infrastructure firm has refurbished a four-storey building at 7-8 Chambers Street in the centre of the city. The former poli

Prime site property developer Queensberry Properties Ltd (QPL) has commenced construction of its latest residential project in Edinburgh. The new ‘Bonnington Mill’ flatted development is located in Edinburgh’s Newhaven Road on the site of former multi-let offices and workshops and

An application for planning permission for the development of student accommodation in Edinburgh has been lodged by property developer Summix Capital Ltd. Located on London Road, the 198-bed development will serve to redevelop a site recently in commercial retail use, as well as providing much-neede

Contracts for the potential Trams to Newhaven project have been approved, subject to the scheme being approved by the City of Edinburgh Council next week. The local authority’s finance and resources committee considered reports detailing the outcome of a rigorous and competitive proc

7N Architects has submitted revised proposals to provide a greater proportion of affordable homes at one of the residential plots at Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge.

Archaeological excavations of the Old West (Queen’s) Dock opposite Leith's ocean terminal are revealing part of the port’s Napoleonic defences. The remains the Georgian and Victorian docks are being excavated by AOC Archaeology with the City of Edinburgh Council, and preserved 

The City of Edinburgh Council has given the green light to a new primary school. The new Broomhills Primary School, which is being procured through City of Edinburgh Consultant and Contractor Frameworks, will be located within the new Heritage Grange residential development in the south si

Balfour Beatty has secured a £70 million contract to deliver the University of Edinburgh’s flagship Edinburgh Futures Institute refurbishment and extension project. The contractor will be responsible for restoring and connecting six wards; unlocking the building’s wide corridors to

The developer behind the Edinburgh Marina project has appointed McLaughlin & Harvey as the main contractor for the first phase of development. Comprising the new 373 berth Edinburgh Marina and the new 187 bedroom Hyatt Regency Spa & Conference Hotel with 98 serviced apartments, phase one of

Architecture practice 7N has revealed its full vision for a mixed use neighbourhood of more than 900 new homes at Western Harbour on Edinburgh’s waterfront.  To be delivered in collaboration with Forth Ports Ltd and Rettie and Co, the development will deliver 938 homes within a