WORK has started on a seven-storey ‘capsule hotel’ in Edinburgh city centre, developed by TARKA Hotels in collaboration with architect Studio LBA. Situated just off St. Andrew Square, TARKA draws ...

ABERDEEN City Council has gone against normal criteria to approve plans for a commemorative plaque for Denis Law in a move that the local authority said shows the depth of feeling in the city for the ...

Stuart Batty, SSE Energy Solutions; Simon Oldham, Highland Spring Group; councillor Liz Barrett, Perth and Kinross Council; and Jim Fairlie MSP SSE Energy Solutions is to build a 7-megawatt solar ...

OFFSITE timber frame manufacturer Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) has published third party accredited environmental product declarations (EPD) for its full wall panel range. Last year, the DTS open ...

THE Scottish Government has vowed to remove barriers on stalled housing sites to deliver up to 20,000 new homes – but housing bodies have warned that measures announced in the Programme for Government ...

MAC Mic Group has contributed £3,000 towards playground upgrades at Carolside Primary School in East Renfrewshire. Donated through the firm’s charitable arm, the Mac Mic Foundation, the move follows a ...

BRAND Access Solutions has been providing scaffolding solutions to help with the restoration of the historic A-listed Jenners department store building in Edinburgh. Last year, Project Scotland ...

THE Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has awarded £400,000 to help deliver a dedicated Energy Transition Skills Hub (ETSH) in Aberdeen. Plans for the hub were unveiled in ...

Neil Turner, technical sales manager for Ecological Building Systems, explores the role of EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations) in supporting the construction sector’s move towards truly ...

THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released new figures, which reveal the organisation provided almost £130 million in grant support for construction employers during the financial ...

DEMOLITION work has been completed in Elgin town centre on the South Street regeneration project. Several properties on both South Street and Elgin High Street, including two former toy shops and a ...

ABERDEENSHIRE Council has collaborated with Bluesky International to assess residents’ access and proximity to trees and green spaces. The work used a new analysis service that applies the ...