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Local councillors Alec Clark, John McDowall and Alec Oattes with Bob Marr, contract manager, 3b Construction at Girvan harbourside as works on the new facilities begin Work on the much anticipated landside facilities for Girvan and South Carrick gets underway this week.

The airfield at Wick John O’Groats Airport is set for a major upgrade this year, boosting safety and enabling the airport to handle future growth.

The city of Paris has granted planning approval to overhaul a 1970s shopping complex in Montparnasse. Rotterdam-based MVRDV’s designs include adding a new facade of colourful stacked boxes to the existing centre.

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty has secured terms with the firm’s pension fund to re-profile the £85 million pension deficit payment over eight years.

Lend Lease’s European construction arm has bounced back into profit following a strong performance in the UK. Strong half-year results saw the Australia-based construction group’s Europe division post a nine-fold increase in pre-tax profit of A$75.3m (£38.1m) for the six months to December 2014

Persimmon has demonstrated a positive outlook for the property market after it reported a 44 per cent rise in full-year profit. The firm has increased its land holdings in 2014 to 17,000 acres, on which it said it can build over 100,000 homes.

Glasgow City Council has approved a £390 million proposal to extend the city’s Buchanan Galleries shopping mall in a move which will see the much-loved steps outside Glasgow Royal Concert Hall demolished.

The project to build the V&A Museum of Design in Dundee will begin next month with the signing of the construction contract between Dundee City Council and BAM Construction Ltd.

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Kier Group plc, the parent company of Kier Construction in Scotland, has announced strong half-year results for the six months to 31 December 2014. Group turnover increased by 11 per cent from £1,432 million in 2013 to £1,583m, while pre-tax profits slipped down 2 per cent from £36.8m to £35.9m.

Work to repair Dumfries and Galloway Council’s flagship leisure centre will not start until autumn this year and take 18 months to complete, the local authority has revealed.

East Lothian Council has called on all parties to make clear their intentions for the future of the former Cockenzie Power Station site as the authority begins to prepare its detailed plan for development in the county.

Gallagher Shopping Park, Port Glasgow Four Scottish retail parks are set to be revamped under a £200 million package of retail and office developments unveiled by Ediston Real Estate.

Work begins at Marr sports pitches

Local bus CCTV has caught the moment a sinkhole opened up in a pavement beneath two South Korean pedestrians. Emergency workers rescued the man and woman, who were then taken to a nearby hospital in Seoul with minor injuries.