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Solid rates of expansion in the commercial and civil engineering sectors have helped continue business activity growth for construction across the UK, according to the S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).
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As the Scottish Futures Trust publishes its Business Plan for 2024/25, the SCN Construction Leader for May, Peter Reekie, tells Colin Cardwell that net zero remains firmly on the agenda at the organisation. Peter Reekie laughs when he recalls his first work experience. It was certainly a s
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The Court of Session has allowed demolition work at the Ayr Station Hotel to continue after it dismissed a legal challenge from the building's owner.
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Argyll and Bute Council has welcomed the concept of fixed island transport links in principle but has called for more clarity on the proposals regarding its impact on existing roads and services.
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The design team tasked with bringing Grant Lodge in Elgin back to life is to be led by architectural practice Page\Park Architects.
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Perth-based waste manager Binn Group and French recycling and green energies firm Paprec have partnered on a new energy from waste (EfW) facility in Tayside. This €120 million project aims to provide low carbon energy to local industries, creating 200 jobs during construction and 30 long-term p
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North Lanarkshire Council is marking another completion of one of its new council housing developments.
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Kingdom Group has started work on 45 affordable new homes for social rent in Kinglassie, Fife.
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Work is underway to build a 40-bedroom care complex and 46 extra care flats alongside a day-care unit in Bonnyrigg. Ogilvie Construction is building the development, which will be constructed to the Passivhaus green-energy standards, on behalf of Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership and Mid
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An £18 million active travel corridor between Broughty Ferry and Monifieth has been officially opened.
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Fife Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to submit an Evidence Report to Gate Check, the first stage in preparing a new style Local Development Plan for the Kingdom.
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The windmill blades of the Moulin Rouge, the most famous cabaret club in Paris, have fallen off.
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Stolen plant equipment is being recovered with help from the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) and other organisations.
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Scottish-based Procast Group has been commissioned to work on an £800 million decarbonisation and renewables framework in the Midlands. The principal contractor will work on the Communities & Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) Healthy Homes Framework, a four-year model which boasts 200 c
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A dozen pairs of punch bag mitts have been donated to the Bronx Boxing Club in Tranent, East Lothian by construction company The JR Group.
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