Location selected for new £14.7m West Lothian school

WEST Lothian Council has approved plans for the build of a new £14.7 million school in Livingston. To be located at council-owned land off Grange...
St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh

Large-scale Edinburgh site poised for PBSA and residential future

CALEDONIAN Trust has appointed Scarlett Land and Development to market 151 London Road (St Margaret’s House) in Edinburgh. The 1970s-built property, owned by Caledonian Trust...
Turf cutting

Build of £88m Passivhaus school underway in Fife

A groundbreaking ceremony has been held at the site of the build of the new South West Fife High School. The £88 million school, which...

Council to press ahead with Tobermory school build despite inflation pressures

PLANS to deliver a modern 2-18 learning campus at Tobermory on Mull are to resume, Argyll and Bute Council has confirmed. In 2025, work paused...
Learning Places Scotland (LPS) Awards

Hub South East celebrates recognition for education projects

HUB South East is celebrating after two education projects delivered for West Lothian and East Lothian Councils received recognition. Beatlie School Campus and Wallyford Learning...

School building has ‘significant’ and ‘high-risk’ backlog of maintenance issues

DUMFRIES and Galloway Council has released a report detailing the final elements of their Dumfries learning town programme (DLT). Phase one of the programme was...

Steel milestone for £124 million Aberdeen school build

STEEL is being erected on site as Robertson Group marks a major milestone in its build of the new Hazlehead Academy Campus in Aberdeen. Around...

Number of Scottish school buildings in good condition hits record levels

A record number of pupils in Scotland are being taught in schools in 'good or satisfactory' condition, official figures show. The 2024 School Estate Statistics...

Collaborative approach brings benefits on £2.5m Heriot-Watt University project

AN associate professor at Heriot-Watt University has revealed he is relishing the collaborative approach being taken with contractors on the learning institute’s £2.5 million...

Modular specialist honoured for work at West Lothian schools

MODULAR construction specialist Portakabin has celebrated being awarded the ‘Supplier of the Year’ accolade at the Learning Places Scotland event in Glasgow last month. The...
Highlands and Islands Enterprise Inverness Campus

Dundee practice appointed by HIE for Inverness Campus design work

DUNDEE-based architecture practice Andrew Black Design has been appointed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to deliver design and consultancy services for a new...

Construction business appoints national education director

TILBURY Douglas has appointed Ben Hull as national education director. He has more than 20 years' experience within Tilbury Douglas, most recently as regional design...
Aberdeen

Aberdeen named as UK’s cheapest city for private student accommodation

ABERDEEN has been named as the cheapest place for students to rent private accommodation in the UK. The findings by StuRents, the UK's largest student...

Work begins on build of new £14.8m Inverness school

KIER Construction has commenced work on the £14.8 million build of a new primary school in the Highlands. The Inverness development comes following housing builds...
CGI of student accommodation in Glasgow

Vacant Glasgow office block site tipped for bright future as PBSA

A vacant office block in Glasgow city centre could soon be set for a new lease of life by being transformed into a student...

Cruden builds new facilities for Inverclyde primary school

CRUDEN Building has helped out a primary school in Inverclyde by transforming outdoor play areas and building new pieces of equipment for pupils to...

Construction begins on £100 million Dundee community campus

CONSTRUCTION work is underway on Dundee’s new £100 million community campus, designed by Holmes Miller with Robertson Construction the main contractor. Scotland's education secretary Jenny...

100-day countdown begins for opening of new East Lothian school

ONLY 100 days remain until the Rosehill High School opens as part of the £47.2 million Wallyford Secondary Learning Campus project. Morrison Construction is leading...
An illuminated crane at Central Quay

GRAHAM competition sees Glasgow pupils light up city skyline

THREE pupils from St Patrick’s Primary in Glasgow were given the chance to help switch on the festive lights at the Central Quay site...

Student accommodation build planned for vacant Glasgow city centre site

PLANS have been launched for the build of 288 student apartments on a vacant site on the corner of Glasgow's Osborne Street and Old...