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International management and construction consultancy Gleeds has been appointed to project manage the first phase of a significant new development at Loirston on the south side of Aberdeen. The £3.5 million scheme marks the beginning of a wider mixed use project involving Hermiston Securities Ltd,

Affordable housing work underway on Edinburgh’s Western Harbour Construction is now once again underway on the Western Harbour to continue the areas regeneration and deliver much needed homes for Edinburgh.

GMB has called on the UK Government to step in to deal with party tax avoidance abuse and scams which it said are costing workers income and the Exchequer much needed revenues. The union for construction workers is taking part in protests in London and Edinburgh today to highlight the abuse involved

Housing minister visits Pennywell site in Edinburgh

Kier Group has made a statement confirming it has held preliminary discussions regarding the possible acquisition of infrastructure builder Mouchel. Sources mention that the going price for Mouchel could be £400 million, although others say it could be as high as high as £500m.

Plans by the Unite Group to build student flats on the site of a derelict school in Aberdeen have been approved.

Plans for a new £100m energy research centre have been announced by the University of Aberdeen. The 19,000m2 purpose-built Energy Building will contain world class, sustainable facilities to build on the University’s and Aberdeen’s reputation for ground-breaking research and innovation, and cre

The overall pace of construction growth moderated for the second month running to its least marked since October 2013, data from Markit/CIPS published today reveals. However, the figures failed to dampen soaring subcontractor rates and demand for skilled staff.

Marshall Construction lends a hand in the Legacy

A man with an interest in a property which was found to be in a “state of disrepair” has failed in an appeal against the decision to grant a compulsory purchase order (CPO) over the house. Judges in the Court of Session Inner House were not persuaded that there was any force in any of the compla

Detailed design work for the new Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility is about to get underway, following the appointment of the contractors to design and construct the new building.

John Laing Infrastructure Fund has made a £1 billion offer for the public-private partnership assets of Balfour Beatty, highlighting the attraction of work on schools and hospitals for private sector firms. The non-binding offer equates to more than three quarters of the market capitalisation of Ba

Mitie Group has extended its transformational partnership delivering integrated facilities management (FM) for Lloyds Banking Group.

City Building Glasgow has revealed it is pleased with its results despite ending 2013-2014 more than £4.3 million in the red. The arm’s length external organisation, which lost £1.2m the year before, says it has performed well in tough economic times and remains a going concern, with backing fro

Glasgow based construction and manufacturing business CCG has been selected to deliver the ‘Panelised Systems’ Framework for public sector procurement consortium LHC. The LHC Frameworks are designed to support public sector organisations in accessing the best value, quality solutions for project