Gun is fired on offshore boom
OFFSHORE wind developers have invested around £165m in the Scottish economy so far, according to new figures published by Scottish Renewables.
The industry body asked...
Bar raised for biomass
WOOD fuelled biomass stations with an installed capacity greater than 15MW must provide good quality combined heat and power or miss out on support...
Housing firm backs moves to accelerate planning permission
A house builder which spends three times as much gaining consents as it does buying blocks has backed moves to streamline the planning process.
Springfield...
Whisky galore as new distilleries go ahead
CONSTRUCTION of a new whisky distillery and visitor centre in Fife is expected to begin in April with the first spirit flowing within a...
Thousands of hectares could be developed in short term
PUBLIC funding helped bring large swathes of Scotland’s derelict land back into use between 2011 and last year according to updated statistics. And 4,000...
A fitting HQ for SEPA
CONTRACTORS have started fitting out the new headquarters of Scotland’s environment watchdog.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), which last year took a 20-year lease...
Scots are left at the starting gate
Industry will continue to struggle as England picks up the pace
THE construction industry in Scotland will be left behind this year as the rest...
Canal campus bid in
AN application has been submitted for the first new build project in a multi-million pound canal project in Glasgow.
The bid by Speirs Wharf Developments...
Handful of hopes
JUST five projects in Scotland – two of them by the same architect – are among the 86 winners in the 2013 Civic Trust...
Twin beds deal for airport site
PLANS have been submitted for two airport hotels in Aberdeen.
The 140-bed Novotel and 112-bed Ibis will be built on the city’s new business park...
It’s looking good on the surface at Highland bridge
A surfacing material that been used only once before on a large-scale UK project is to be installed at a bridge in the Highlands.
Balfour...
The public gets its chance
THE proposed blueprint for a major housing development in Aberdeen is out for public consultation.
The city council is gauging reaction to the Hopecroft Planning...
‘We mean business’
THE search has started for developers to continue the regeneration of a Paisley community.
The Cart Corridor Joint Venture Company said its plans are starting...
Flood talks set
A multi-agency meeting will be held this month to discuss flooding and storm damage that affected the north-east town of Stonehaven and surrounding areas...
Beat that
A house building company has laid claim to Scotland’s best selling development of 2012.
Springfield Properties said its Riverside Point site at Braehead near Glasgow...
Take it to the bank
BAM Construct brought in the new year by starting work on its multi-million pound office and retail development on a prime site in Glasgow...
It’s a shore thing for ‘refined’ V&A design
LATEST plans for the V&A museum in Dundee go on public display this month.
Plans for the site, as well as the latest ‘fly through’...
Cost controller appointed for north east’s new town
A cost manager has been appointed for infrastructure development of the first phase of Scotland’s biggest planned new town.
Elsick Development Company (EDC) has appointed...
Theatre will stage the big move with £2m culture cash
CULTURAL projects will be big winners under the £205m capital projects package announced last month by finance secretary John Swinney.
Up to £2m of Government...
Council architect gets unanimous backing to be RIAS president
IAIN Connelly of Fife Council is to be the new face of the architectural profession in Scotland.
The council of the Royal Incorporation of Architects...
