Highlands

Robertson Northern has been appointed to construct a new £4.5 million building on Inverness Campus to support growth in life sciences and technology sectors. Inverness Campus developer Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has commissioned the firm to build the new 2460 m2 facility. It will be cal

Robertson Homes has extended its presence in Inverness with the launch of three new developments in the city. In a major expansion of its profile in the Highlands, the company is to build more than 180 new homes at Ness Castle, Great Glen Heights and Great Glen Hall.

The Highland Council has agreed to use City-Region Deal funding to part fund new mid-market housing projects throughout the Highlands.

An Inverness hospital which had to postpone a number of operations due to dust contamination in its theatres has ruled out recent construction work as the cause. Floors of the theatres in the main theatre complex at Raigmore Hospital were found to be contaminated by dust resulting in a number of pos

Architects Covell Matthews’ impression of the finished hotel The historic Kings House Hotel is set for a major facelift following Highland Council’s approval of plans to rejuvenate the Glencoe landmark.

Highland councillors have approved plans for an alloy wheel manufacturing facility at Fort William in Lochaber. The facility, which involves an investment in excess of £130 million and will sustain and create around 570 jobs, was unveiled by industrial group GFG Alliance in September.

Whisky producer Glenmorangie has announced plans for a new still house as part of a multi-million-pound expansion of its distillery in Tain. The Highland firm has submitted plans for the facility and subject to approval, aims to start work this year with completion scheduled for 2019.

Work is underway on a “game-changing” transformation of former Inverness school buildings to give the Highlands its first creative hub. The initial £1.2 million project is the first phase of a wider £5.7m scheme to transform the Midmills buildings (once part of the Inverness Royal Academy and

The newly-opened £20 million Nucleus building in Wick, built by Morrison Construction, took home two awards at the inaugural Architects' Journal Architecture of the Year Awards this month. The building, designed by Reiach and Hall and home to the national archive for the civil nuclear industry, won

Capital Developments Ltd has submitted a planning application for a new residential and commercial development in Inverness in partnership with the Highland Housing Alliance and the Highland Council. The development at 79 Academy Street will add to the regeneration of a gateway to the city centre to

A blog on Inverness by the Scottish Cities Alliance featuring The West Link as it opens to traffic and Inverness Airport Business Park's opportunities. A vital piece of infrastructure has opened in Inverness which will boost economic growth and ease congestion.

George Fraser, chief executive of Tulloch Homes, outside another development in Inverness Proposals for 767 new homes in Inverness look set to be granted planning permission by councillors next week.

Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has started work on the full concept design for the new £70 million HMP Highland in Inverness. The initial designs by BakerHicks, which were used to achieve Planning Permission in Principle, are now being developed by their design team to

Inverness is regarded as a high priority area for the new homes A five-year strategy to enable the delivery of 6,000 new homes across the Highlands, of which 2,500 will be socially rented, has been agreed by councillors.

Two major planning documents that will shape the growth of Inverness have been approved by members of the Highland Council’s city of Inverness area committee. The Draft Inverness East Development Brief sets out plans for developers to deliver up to 3,000 new private and affordable homes and a suit