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A builder and his wife who invested in a North Sea oil firm when its shares were worth pennies have seen them soar so high that they have now hit a £38 million jackpot.

Riverside Inverclyde (Ri) has awarded a £1.6 million design and build construction contract for its Inverclyde food and drink incubator to local contractor Stewart and Shields. Baker Street Food & Drink Enterprises will be built on land recently cleared at the corner of Greenock’s Ba

Commercial real estate specialist Jonathan Seddon discusses the Brexit concerns that now regularly feature in construction contract negotiations and the implications being felt with regards to workforce and tariffs. With less than five months to go until the UK formally leaves the EU, Brexit concern

During the development of East Lothian Community Hospital, the physiotherapy team based at Roodlands needed a space to continue to provide much needed rehabilitative in-patient care. The £70 million development will create a modern, purpose-built hospital on the existing Roodlands Hospital sit

The British Army should be drafted in to build a temporary bridge for cars affected by the closure of a condemned Aberdeenshire railway bridge, according to a local MP. The deteriorating Abbeyton Bridge, on the B966 just north of Fordoun, was shut in July after inspections found serious failings in

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: PATRIZIA

A £10 million hotel and retail/food village at the Tomatin junction on the A9 has been approved by Highland Council. Over 100 new jobs will be created in the area as a result of the project which will include a 99-bedroom hotel, farm shop and 200-seater restaurant, drive-through bakery and foo

The Scottish Government has ordered a review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board as its to

Rebecca Barrass provides an insight on a Court of Appeal ruling into a ‘smash and grab’ construction case. Back in March of this year, we issued an update “Smash and Grab”: where are we now? following Mr Justice Coulson’s decision in S&T (UK) LTD v Grove Development

Eildon Housing Association has submitted an application to build 69 homes on the outskirts of Galashiels.

The 'lovelocks' attached to Pitlochry's Port-na-Craig footbridge are to be removed to allow for structural assessments. The padlocks are currently preventing Perth & Kinross Council from carrying out a full inspection on the structure. They are also causing damage to the bridge paintwo

RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Perceton Homes Ltd

An Aberdeenshire contractor has died following an accident involving a tractor – just five years after his brother was killed by a combine harvester at the same farm. Neil Ironside, director of construction company KW Contractors, died on his family farm on Saturday, November 10.

The expansion of the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank has reached an important milestone after the Scottish Government’s Capital Investment Group approved the outline business case for an integrated ophthalmology unit. Principal supply chain partner Kier Construction Scotland will

Councillors in Dundee are being asked to approve funding towards the replacement of cladding at a city school as part of new measures to further improve fire safety in council buildings following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Members of the council’s policy and resources committee will hear that