Scottish News
£150m retirement village plan
Friday, 05 December 2008
Details have been submitted to East Ayrshire council for the £150m retirement complex at Galston.
Scotland's planning system to remove red tape
Wednesday, 03 December 2008
Fewer household developments in Scotland will require planning applications under new proposals unveiled today by the Scottish Executive.
New hydro plant for Perthshire
Tuesday, 02 December 2008
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued a licence for a new hydro power station near Crianlarich.
Inverclyde regeneration plans launched
Monday, 01 December 2008
A £180m redevelopment of Inverclyde’s historic James Watt Dock by Riverside Inverclyde and Peel Holdings will see the creation of state-of-the-art commercial, marina and leisure facilities set alongside modern residential and retail space.
Grangemouth bio-plant shelved
Monday, 01 December 2008
Plans to build one of Europe’s largest bio-plants in Grangemouth, Scotland, have been postponed.
£2bn power station for Ayrshire
Friday, 21 November 2008
Peel Energy and Dong Energy are behind plans to create a £2bn power station in Ayrshire.
Scottish Features
Black Gold
Landpac Ground Engineering Limited is working on the Trailblazer Project at the former Polkemmet Colliery, proving that where there's muck, there is indeed brass.
Compost helps to unlock green potential of Scottish central belt
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Scotland is at the forefront of turning contaminated, industrialised groundscapes into usable green and urban spaces.
Wasting away
According to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the construction and demolition industry in Scotland creates more than 10 million tonnes of waste each yea, and reducing this figure is a key aspect of government targets for greater sustainability.
Imagining new possiblities for play
'The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless' - Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Think global - act local
The City of Edinburgh has adopted the Edinburgh Standards for sustainable building.
Piling on the pressure
Stent, part of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, has started work on the foundations for a brand new eight-storey office block at One Waterloo Street, in Glasgow's city centre for the main contractor Miller Construction.
Caledonia Play
Aberdeenshire Council taking learning outdoors
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Lancashire Wildlife Trust has announced the five architects that have made the shortlist in its competition to design the new multi-million pound visitor centre for the Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve. 61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs for the centre near Preston, which will include a café, shop, gallery, as well as education and meeting rooms. The emphasis was on conceiving a practical, affordable and sustainable design, which would symbolise the aspirations of the Wildlife Trust for the reserve.
The five shortlisted architects are: The judging panel includes Wayne Hemingway, founder of fashion house Red or Dead and key player in the drive to regenerate Pennine Lancashire. Brockholes is a 106hectare former quarry site that sits in a key strategic location aside junction 31 of the M6 motorway. It is the latest site to be purchased through Newlands - a £59 million, NWDA-funded Forestry Commission-managed regeneration scheme that is transforming over 900 hectares of northwest brownfield land into community woodland and green space.
Keith Jones, regional director of the Forestry Commission said: The winner will be announced in early November with building work expected to commence in summer 2008. |
