Breedon Aggregates has said it is to consider further bolt-on acquisitions following a solid performance for the first half of 2016. Announcing its unaudited interim results for the six months to 30 June 2016, the UK’s largest independent aggregates it intends to continue its strategy of “consol
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MacLeod House Plans have been approved to extend a boutique hotel at the heart of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course.
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Plans have been unveiled to transform the BHS store in Edinburgh’s Princes Street into two new shops, a hotel and restaurant. The £50 million overhaul will see the B-listed property subdivided to form a 50,000sq/ft retail unit fronting onto both Princes Street and Rose Street, a 140 bed hotel and
Steve Rawlings Lakehouse founder Steve Rawlings, who was also founder and chairman of construction charity Building Lives, has died.
Detailed plans have been unveiled for a new build primary school and nursery campus in Dundee. The new North East Campus will take shape on a large greenfield site at Lothian Crescent between the existing Longhaugh and St Lukes & St Matthews primaries.
The brand new Cumbernauld Community Enterprise Centre has been handed over to North Lanarkshire Council and Culture NL. The project was delivered by development partner hub South West Scotland, with construction works completed by Kier Construction Scotland.
Arup has been appointed to develop a 21-storey tower that will be the world’s tallest wooden residential building to date. The 73 metre high Haut tower, located in the Amstelkwartier area of Amsterdam, will include 55 apartments, public plinth Hortus bicycles and an underground car park. It will h
John Graham Holdings, the parent company of Graham Construction, has more than doubled profit and broken through the £500 million revenue barrier. Northern Ireland headquartered John Graham, which operates across the UK and Ireland on projects from university buildings to roads, recently won a deal
Breedon Aggregates has been cleared to buy rival Hope Construction Materials after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today accepted a remedy to resolve competition concerns arising from the move. Breedon entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Constr
Keppie Design has been appointed as architects on the £60 million Hospital and Healthcare Facilities in Orkney. Being constructed by Robertson Construction Group, the new general hospital will facilitate and support the delivery of Health and Social Care services to the 21,000 strong population of
Tarmac has acquired 11 of the 14 readymix concrete sites which were made available as part of Breedon Aggregates’ takeover of Hope Construction Materials. A proposal by Breedon to offload 14 sites to remedy competition concerns arising from its £336 million acquisition was accepted by the Competi
The University of Glasgow has appointed Savills as its strategic investment and development advisor on a new five year contract. The instruction will see the transformation of the existing 70 acre (28 hectare) campus in the west end of Glasgow into a world class teaching and learning hub.
Output in the UK construction sector fell again in July, though new orders decrease at slower pace, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI. The seasonally adjusted index, the first compiled entirely after the EU referendum result, recorded the fastest overall drop in output since June 2009
St Joseph's College Graham Construction has been selected as principal contractor to deliver the three Phase 1 projects in the Dumfries Learning Town (DLT) programme.


