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Trainee joiner Karen Jeffrey (left) with summer placement student Eimear McLaughlin GRAHAM Construction is set to support an innovative new course to create better links between education and the construction industry.

Jamie Boot Henry Boot Construction has reported a 40% rise in profits in its results for the year ended 31 December 2017.

A beam being installed by AWPR workers on North Deeside Road Galliford Try has completed a rights issue to raise £157.6 million of new equity capital to cover over-run costs on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR) project.

The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre at Polmadie The developer of an energy from waste plant in Glasgow said it has been hit by higher-than-anticipated costs for the facility’s construction after having to replace Interserve as the main contractor.

The Botanics by David Wilson Homes is nominated for Private Development of the Year – medium The shortlist for Scotland’s premier home building industry awards has been announced as Homes for Scotland prepares to celebrate the sector’s successes at the largest annual gathering of its kind.

Allan Callaghan As the construction sector becomes more diverse and lucrative, there is still more work needed to ensure it is viewed as a genuine career option for those seeking an aspirational career, says Allan Callaghan.

(from left) Joy Roy, St Ambrose depute headteacher; Ryan Lindsay; Liam Gardner; Reece Rooney and Robert Stewart, Robertson site manager Pupils from Coatbridge have visited the site of their old school to take part in a construction challenge led by infrastructure firm Robertson Group.

(from left) Front: Robert Higgins, DGHP chairman and Marion Gracie, operations director with SERS. Back: April Devlin, quantity surveyor with DGHP; Hugh Carr, DGHP’s director of finance; Jane Urquhart, DGHP’s senior investment manager; Andrew Thompson, interim director of investment and regenera

(from left) Bruce High, chief executive of St Andrew’s Hospice; Mr Boyd Tunnock MBE CBE; Lady Susan Haughey; Elaine Smith MSP; Mr Gilbert Cox CVO MBE; Alex Neil MSP (Photo credit: Robert Perry) CCG officially handed over the keys to the newly refurbished St Andrew’s Hospice to the charity’s ch

10 George Street Robertson Group has started work on refurbishment of 10 George Street in Edinburgh ahead of Standard Life Aberdeen’s move into the building.

Chris Blythe OBE and Francesca Berriman MBE sign the Memorandum of Understanding The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) have reinforced their commitment to collaboration and partnership by renewing their Memorandum of Understandin

John Forbes CECA Scotland member John Forbes outlines how Scottish SMEs could be adversely affected by the overly complex procurement practices coming down the line via the UK government’s £30 billion Crown Commercial Services Construction Works ‘Vehicle'.

The HALO project in Kilmarnock The team behind multi-million plans for the regeneration of Ayrshire have welcomed UK government support as a major step forward for their proposals.

Simon Knott Lack of awareness of a recent regulatory change could lead to significant and costly delays in both large and small construction projects in Scotland, an environmental consultancy has warned.

McCarthy & Stone’s Beacon Court in Anstruther McCarthy & Stone and Barratt Developments in Scotland are the latest housebuilders to have achieved the maximum five star rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) following an independent customer satisfaction survey.