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Springfield signs £64.2m land sale agreement with Barratt

SPRINGFIELD Properties has signed an agreement with BDW Trading Limited, the principal operating subsidiary of Barratt Redrow plc, for the profitable sale of 2,480...
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Aberdeenshire Council unveils affordable housing plans

ABERDEENSHIRE Council has outlined its plans to invest more than £150 million in delivering affordable housing over the next five years. Following 'positive feedback' from...
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Ten years on: Glasgow City Region City Deal has been ‘catalyst for transformation’

THE UK and Scottish governments have joined local leaders to mark ten years of the Glasgow City Region City Deal and reflect on what...

Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries claims Scotland’s best building award

THE Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries has won the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for 2017. Designed by Richard Murphy Architects and built...
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Balfour Beatty lands £85m overhead line contract in west of Scotland

BALFOUR Beatty has secured an £85 million contract for the second phase of overhead line works between Port Ann and Crossaig, on behalf of...

£37m Stirling Health & Care Village opens its doors

THE Robertson-built £37m Stirling Health and Care Village has been officially opened. Scottish Government health secretary Jeane Freeman did the honours at the development, which has been...

SMEs benefit from £1 billion of hub programme works

NEW figures have revealed the value of construction work going through the Scottish 'hub' programme is over £1 billion and supporting thousands of jobs. Projects...

£270m NHS Dumfries and Galloway hospital project achieves financial close

NHS Dumfries and Galloway and High Wood Health, a consortium of  Laing O’Rourke and Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners (a fund managed by Aberdeen Asset Management),...
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45 redundancies as NRS ceases trading with immediate effect

LIVINGSTON-based NRS UK, which employs 47 staff and has a turnover of £33 million, has entered administration and ceased trading with immediate effect. Michelle Elliot...

Roofing and cladding skills shortage a ‘ticking time bomb’

THE National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has warned that the skills shortage in roofing and cladding is a 'ticking time bomb'. It comes following...

Scottish bodies reject CITB levy proposals

MEMBERS of two major Scottish construction bodies have chosen to reject the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) new levy proposals. More than two thirds of Scottish...

Sector brushes off ‘Brexit blues’ as output rises again

UK construction output has continued its recent recovery after increasing by 2.1% in Q3, according to new figures released by the Office of National Statistics...

Value of occupied NHT homes passes £100m

THE value of homes built and now fully occupied across the Scotland-wide National Housing Trust (NHT) programme has surpassed the £100 million mark and is...

Nine Edinburgh schools could stay closed until August

SOME of the schools recently closed in Edinburgh following the discovery of building defects could remain shut until August. 17 schools, built by the Edinburgh...

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel posts ‘strong’ set of financial results

MACTAGGART & Mickel has announced a 'strong' set of financial results, with a rise in turnover and double-digit profit result for the fourth year in...
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Grenfell Tower set to be ‘carefully taken down to the ground’

THE UK Government has confirmed Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, eight years after the fire that killed 72 people. Deputy PM Angela Rayner has...

Glasgow to build on success of Sighthill regeneration

THE leader of Glasgow City Council has told Project Scotland that the work seen in the Sighthill neighbourhood will be replicated across the city,...

Dalkeith school scheme marks GBSS’ largest contract to date

GBSS Civil Engineering has commenced work on delivering groundworks and civil engineering at the site of the new £41.8 million Mayfield Primary School in...
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Scottish builders highlight ‘growing policy divergence’ with rest of the UK

SCOTLAND'S house builders have responded to chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's Growth Plan announcement by highlighting the 'growing policy divergence' between Scotland and the rest of...

BAM bags Edinburgh Airport expansion project

BAM Construction has been appointed to deliver the first phase of Edinburgh Airport’s Terminal Expansion Project (TEP). Once completed, TEP will provide new domestic and...