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Four design consultancies or joint ventures are to be invited to bid for the contract for a 26-mile stretch of the A96 from east of Huntly to Aberdeen. The contract, worth up to £50 million, is expected to be awarded later this year.

Stefano Smith The Scottish Government needs to establish national development priorities across the country and map them out clearly in a new National Development Plan (NDP), according to the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI Scotland).

(from left) GHA chair, Bernadette Hewitt, Christopher Conn, apprentice joiner at City Building, City Building managing director, Graham Paterson, Nicole Woodburn, apprentice joiner at City Building, and Morag Johnston, executive director of financial services for Glasgow City Council A new £3.7 bil

Work to deliver a new hospital and healthcare facilities in Orkney will get underway soon after Robertson Capital Projects achieved financial close with NHS Orkney on the £64 million project. The project will see the development of a purpose built facility to replace the existing Balfour Hospital i

Purchasing managers have reported a slowdown in growth across the UK construction sector, led by a weaker rise in residential building activity. The latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI survey for March 2017 also pointed to only a marginal increase in new work, which contributed to slower employme

Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Councillor Ronnie Nicholson (in cab), with (from left) Alison Wilson, hub South West construction manager; Councillor Jeff Leaver, chairman of the council’s children, young people and lifelong learning committee and Craig Bridges, framework director, Graham Con

East Lothian Council has granted planning permission for 107 homes at Aberlady. The proposed development is to be delivered by Cruden Homes on land owned by Wemyss and March Estates.

Senior buyer Lauren Kidd and groundworks manager Robby Reilly Ogilvie gears up for growth with new machinery upgrade

Two contractors who bribed officials at the City of Edinburgh Council have had more than £266,000 confiscated by the Crown. Kevin Balmer, 54, and Brendan Cantwell, 46, who were co-directors of Action Building Contracts (ABC) Ltd, were found guilty of bribing council officials Charles Owenson, 62, a

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Sir Robert McAlpine has reported a £10.2 million pre-tax profit after suffering a combined operating loss of £128m in the previous two years though a deficit in its pension scheme has pushed the contractor into the red again. Results posted at Companies House for McAlpine’s holding company, Newa

Stewart Milne Timber Systems is to spearhead a new project between construction and academia which aims to address the ‘triple threat’ to the UK’s new homes ambitions – shortages of materials, skills and quality new housing. The timber systems designer and manufacturer has joined forces with

The average decision time for major housing developments has improved by more than nine weeks over the last three months though decisions for local housing developments have slowed down, according to new figures. Latest quarterly statistics on planning applications decided in October to December 201

Balfron High School in Stirling was forced to close for repairs last year The private finance initiative (PFI) funding mechanism which paid for hundreds of new schools during Labour’s years in power at Holyrood will cost local authorities £426.8 million in this financial year alone, new analysis

Donald MacKinnon Ahead of the introduction of the apprenticeship levy which comes into force tomorrow, director of legal services at Law At Work, Donald MacKinnon, reflects on the implications this will have on UK businesses.