Scottish News
Loch Lomond golf course plan
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
A planning application by Loch Lomond Golf Club to create a second course near Luss has been approved by the National Park planning committee.
Stewart Milne Moray Coast plan
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
A consortium led by Stewart Milne Group has unveiled a £25m plan to regenerate the centre of Forres, a town on Scotland's Moray Coast.
Andrew Doolan prize deadheat
Monday, 10 November 2008
The RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award has been awarded to two buildings for the first time in its history.
Sir Brian Stewart heads Miller Group
Thursday, 06 November 2008
Scottish based construction group Miller has announced the appointment of Sir Brian Stewart as a non-executive director.
More jobs to go at Stewart Milne
Wednesday, 05 November 2008
Aberdeen-based contractor and housebuilder Stewart Milne Group is to make another 40 staff redundant.
Donald Trump scheme approved
Monday, 03 November 2008
Donald Trump's controversial proposal to build a £1bn golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been approved by the Scottish Executive.
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
| Edinburgh zoo setback |
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Plans for a £72m redevelopment of Edinburgh Zoo has been set back after councilors declined to allow the zoo to commercially develop part of its land. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has expressed it extreme disappointment in the outcome of the Special Meeting of the Planning Committee to discuss the Edinburgh City Local Plan. Edinburgh Zoo's £72m masterplan envisaged selling off part of the site at Corstorphine for 100 new homes. However, Edinburgh City Council's planning committee decided not to earmark the land for development in the city's finalised local plan. RZSS says will consider the implications of this decision and will seek the earliest possible meetings with the council. A feasibility study revealed that the land to the west of the Zoo was surplus to the animal needs of the proposed new collection and was in contravention of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) due to its steep gradient making it an area visitors could not use. |
