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The Wates Group has reported its highest ever operating profit of £40 million after a record year for orders. The business secured £2.3 billion of new work during 2021 and ended the year with a record forward order book of £7.1bn, up 7% from its previous record in 2020.

Site work starts next week on a new heat network for the community of Torry which will provide almost 300 homes with low-cost energy.

Wates Group has secured a £90 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) from a three-bank syndicate led by Lloyds Bank.

Engineering consultancy Will Rudd Davidson has been appointed by City of Edinburgh Council as consultant civil and structural engineers to oversee two housing projects in the capital and a survey of the condition of high-rise homes in the city.

Building work has started on the development of 150 new homes in Aberdeen.

A sod cutting ceremony has been held at the former Nestle Purina Factory site on Glasgow Road in Barrhead to officially mark the commencement of work on a new £16 million retail park.

Westpoint Homes has purchased a city centre residential development site with detailed planning permission for 92 units, just one mile south east of Glasgow City Centre at Old Rutherglen Road in the Gorbals area.

Local company WM Donald has been appointed as the main contractor for the planned South College Street Junction Improvements project in Aberdeen, it was announced yesterday.

The former Lythe Care Home in Cullen could be converted into service accommodation for wind farm workers under new plans.

Reinstatement works for a section of wall cladding for the games hall at Wick Community Campus will be carried out during the coming summer holiday period, it has been agreed.

Construction work is set to begin at a prime Cala Homes project that will see 980 homes delivered to South Queensferry.

Wheatley Group has appointed Frank McCafferty as its new group director of assets and repairs. Mr McCafferty joins from South Lanarkshire Council, where he was head of property services.

Steven Henderson is to be the new chief executive of Wheatley Group. Mr Henderson, currently the group director of finance, will take over from Martin Armstrong, who announced last year he had decided to step down after more than 11 years at the helm, plus two and a half years as CEO of Glasgow Hous

The third development launched to market by Webster Homes will be its most sustainable to date, the Kinross-based housebuilder has revealed.

Construction works have commenced on the installation of a new section of Rising Foul Sewer Main between Pickaquoy Road and Ayre Road in Kirkwall, including crossing a section of the Peedie Sea. Orkney Builders (Contractors) Limited have begun the installation of a new section of sewer rising main,&