Edinburgh

Qmile Group CEO, Paul Curran, said the company’s ambition is to expand across key UK cities Two directors of Edinburgh-based property developer Quartermile Developments have launched a new development company following a successful management buyout (MBO).

Talented engineers of the future have completed an immersive introduction to the industry thanks to a partnership between Robertson and the Constructionarium initiative. Forty-five second year civil engineering, quantity surveying and project management students from Heriot-Watt University spent a w

Image by 3DReid Architectural practice 3DReid has been enlisted to design the transformation of the Grade A-listed Buchan House on Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square into a boutique Malmaison hotel.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has delivered a comprehensive range of construction services to the new £1.2 million Howat Foundation CCLASP Centre in Edinburgh. Situated next to the new Sick Kids hospital in Little France, enabled by a generous donation from the Howat Foundation, t

ISG has been selected to deliver two new multi-million pound hotel projects in Edinburgh city centre. Both schemes will transform underused properties and cumulatively add 417 new hotel rooms to the city.

Social enterprise Social Bite has officially launched its village in Edinburgh which aims to tackle homelessness by providing a safe living environment for around 20 people per year. Developed on vacant land in Granton, the Social Bite Village is made up of 11 two-bedroom nest houses intended to pro

The regeneration of Meadowbank sports facility in Edinburgh will reach another milestone next month when councillors meet to consider two planning applications for the site. Two hearings will be held on Friday 29 June, one of which will consider detailed planning consent for a new £47 million sport

Drum Property Group has unveiled plans to deliver a new music venue at Stead’s Place in Edinburgh as part of redesigned proposals for the area. Following extensive consultation with the local community, plans now include a row of independent retail, restaurant and entertainment units facing di

Gerard Boyce (left) and Thomas Peoples from ASG Tunnelling & Civil Engineering Services Two tunnellers have helped Scottish Water progress a major new sewer beneath Edinburgh by hand-digging 90 tonnes of debris.

A long-running heritage watchdog has objected to plans for a capsule hotel in Edinburgh’s Old Town and called for a moratorium to be placed on any such developments in the capital’s historic quarter. The Cockburn Association claims the historic character and vitality of the Old Town is being put

Development company S Harrison has appointed Sharkey as the principal contractor to transform a historic Edinburgh building into the latest boutique hotel for Malmaison Hotel du Vin Group. Grade A-listed Buchan House is located in a prime position on St Andrew Square in the heart of Edinburgh’s Ne

The City of Edinburgh Council is examining “ambitious plans” to revamp the public realm of the Scottish capital’s city centre in which over £3 billion worth of projects are currently underway, delegates at a planning event were told. Delivering the opening keynote at a Built Environment Netwo

A council hub in the heart of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile has been significantly refurbished by Esh Construction and is now delivering a more efficient and user-friendly service to the public. The Livingston-based construction specialist recently completed the fit out of the Customer Hub at 249 High St

A £23 million animal science innovation centre and campus hub has been officially unveiled at the University of Edinburgh by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. Designed by Atkins, the Charnock Bradley Building at the university’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies provides a place at t

80 George Street NFU Mutual has commenced a major programme of works to transform a high profile office development in Edinburgh’s city centre.