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The £16.8 million project to revamp the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh has been hit by a delay due to complications with the planned construction programme. The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) said the delay of the planned extension to its headquarters into East Princes Street Gardens,

Northern Ireland construction firm FP McCann is in advanced negotiations with Laing O’Rourke to buy its precast concrete manufacturing plant in Uddingston. It is understood that around 50 staff and assets at the site will be transferred across to FP McCann, and no jobs will be lost.

An indicative image of a potential design for the cinema Plans for a new eight-screen cinema, together with four new restaurant/bar units within the Mercat Shopping Centre in Kirkcaldy, are to go on exhibition to the public for the first time this month.

Proposals for a new bridge to cross the River Spey near Kingussie go on display today as part of the consultation process for the preferred option for the A9 Dualling Crubenmore to Kincraig scheme. The existing bridge and embankment will be removed and a new dual carriageway bridge crossing the Riv

The V&A Museum in Dundee An increase in funding for Scotland’s budget announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond can help tackle Scotland’s infrastructure deficit and boost the country’s competitiveness in the global market, according to RICS Scotland.

(from left) SPF vice chair Andrew Sutherland, Michael Portillo and SPF chair Paul Curran More than 200 delegates gathered at the EICC yesterday as broadcaster and former cabinet minister Michael Portillo, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson MSP and Scottish cabinet secretary for the economy,

Let’s just get this out there shall we? Contractors and subcontractors are “bad” people. Boffins* have told us this, therefore it must be true. Contractors are out to screw you over, every single last one of them. Even their name contains the word “con” which is conclusive evidence of thei

(from left) Stephanie Hyams, Mark Saunders, Mitchell Clarke, Gillian Pettigrew and David MacDonald at the Robertson Collegelands site Pupils at Uddingston Grammar School have been laying the foundations for a career in construction thanks to a new initiative carried out in partnership with Robertson

Graham Simpson MSP with joinery apprentices at New College Lanarkshire Graham Simpson MSP has visited the New College Lanarkshire campus in Motherwell to meet Modern Apprentices who are earning while they learn to coincide with Scottish Apprenticeship Week (March 6–10).

Sophie Martin as Odette and Christopher Harrison as Siegfried in David Dawson's Swan Lake. Photo credit Andy Ross Scottish construction, property and energy businesses give £1.2m boost to culture projects

A feast for all LEGO lovers, featuring over fifty LEGO models including the impressive 2x4m St Pancras Station, has opened at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition aims to appeal to all ages inspiring creativity and an appreciation of architecture and the iconic scenes that make up our cities

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The number of building apprentices registered in Scotland rose by 6% to 1,778 last year according to new figures from the Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC), the body responsible for registering construction apprentices throughout Scotland. Published to coincide with this

(from left) Bethany Greig, apprentice administrator; Keith Brown, cabinet secretary for economy, jobs and fair work; Andy Mallice, managing director, Robertson Construction Scotland and Jack Goodfellow, apprentice business support administrator Robertson Group welcomed the cabinet secretary for econ

Pupils, staff and presenters at the Women in Construction 2017 presentation at Borders College Almost 90 girls aged 14-15 from secondary schools throughout the Borders attended a Women into Construction presentation at Borders College recently by a team from construction and residential development