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The latest construction output figures for March 2024 from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed a 0.4% fall in volume terms compared to the previous month.
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The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper, outlining its concerns on embargo times - police enforced movement orders which are preventing the movement of construction plant and equipment at the beginning and end of the day.
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Sustainable technology firm, Recycl8, has completed its first commercial project with Port of Aberdeen. The Aberdeenshire-based company in conjunction with Inverurie Pre-cast was responsible for manufacturing concrete blocks for defence at the South Breakwater of the North Harbour as well as slipway
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Holmes Mille architect Peter Edwards provides some jargon-busting advice to help people choose the right retrofit options for them. Do you know your EnerPHit from your CarbonLite Retrofit? And if someone mentioned PHPP, would you know what they meant? If not, I don’t blame you – the lang
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Plans to build 22 new homes for social rent in Arden have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. AS Homes Scotland Ltd wants to build properties to be let by Glen Oaks Housing Association on the outskirts of the city at Kilmuir Crescent.
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After his colleagues at Anderson Bell + Christie (AB+C) completed work on the second phase of the Laurieston development in Glasgow, Alasdair Blair was so impressed by the well-proportioned design and how light and space were so carefully considered, that it wasn’t long before he and his wife
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Haventus, the energy transition facilities provider, and owner of Ardersier Port, east of Inverness, has secured a £100 million joint credit facility from the Scottish National Investment Bank (the Bank) and UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) with £50m investment from each. The financing foll
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NHS Tayside has lodged an appeal with the Scottish Government to overturn the refusal of housing development plans for the former Royal Liff Hospital site. In February, Dundee City Council rejected a planning in principle application which sought to convert the land into residential use.
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A long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure' has been discovered on the floor of the Baltic Sea.
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Leading transport industry figures have called for cross-sector collaboration and a customer-centric approach to the Clyde Metro programme. Clyde Metro, a multimodal, mass transit public transport system, initially emerged as a key recommendation from Transport Scotland’s national Strategic Tr
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A B-listed disused school is to be refurbished and extended to become the fourth dedicated Gaelic school in Glasgow.
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A new secondary school for Rosyth came one step closer this week as Fife councillors approved the final business case for the project. Councillors at a meeting of the council's Cabinet Committee discussed the plans which will see a new state-of-the-art school built on the Fleet Grounds as a replacem
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Balfour Beatty has said its trading from 1 January 2024 to date has been in line with expectations and that it continues to expect an increase in profit from operations from its earnings-based businesses and an increase in group earnings in 2024.
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The University of Glasgow has reappointed Robertson Construction Central West to its construction framework agreement for a third consecutive time. The successful appointment to Lot 3 of the framework provides the opportunity to deliver projects valued at £7 million+.
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A Highland Investment Plan worth £2 billion over the next 20 years has been approved by the local authority.
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