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Keith Brown Multi-million funding to take forward the design and construction of a new grade-separated junction at Laurencekirk on the A90 in Aberdeenshire has been announced by the Scottish Government.
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Councillors have agreed to progress with plans to create a Simplified Planning Zone (SPZ) at a Renfrewshire business park. The move would effectively grant planning permission in advance for certain types of development specified within Westway Park.
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Aberdeen International Airport is to receive a £20 million terminal expansion and upgrade which will increase floor space at the terminal by 50 per cent. Announced today by first minister Nicola Sturgeon, the investment will enable the single biggest expansion of the airport since it was built in 1
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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed a £23 million improvement project at RAF Lossiemouth. The project involved building new facilities for Typhoon fighter jets based at the facility.
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Glasgow City Council has approved plans to allow a developer to build 90 new flats at North Kelvin Meadow but has also given volunteers a chance to preserve the “community-created” green space. The meadows were council-run football pitches and tennis courts that fell into disrepair in the early
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Alford Community Campus The driving force behind a range of community-based developments across the north of Scotland has been shortlisted for a prestigious property award.
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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has been held up as a highly successful example of good practice in health & safety. A health & safety consultant from law firm Ellis Whittam visited the multi discipline surveying firm’s offices in St Andrews, Dunfermline, Perth and Dundee,
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Three companies have been fined a total of £90,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell nearly six metres from a platform with unguarded rails. Southwark Crown Court heard that on 4 March 2013 two workers accessed the top level of a unit which was to be dismantled as part of constructi
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Plans to build a visitor centre and bridge walk at the Forth Bridge are on hold after Network Rail admitted “non-core railway opportunities” are now less of a priority. First unveiled in 2014, the £15 million proposal would have seen a North Queensferry based visitor centre and lift and a South
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Developers have been given until March 10th to submit their interest in a site left vacant following the closure of the old Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Glasgow. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said the 9.5acre site in Battlefield has so far attracted a “good response” from potential de
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White lines are being removed from busy roads across the UK in an attempt to slow down motorists. Highway chiefs say blank roads introduce a sense of uncertainty that prompts motorists to drive more cautiously, especially when faced with oncoming traffic.
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Scotland’s construction industry makes a sizeable economic contribution, generating £21.4 billion per year and employing over 170,000 people and delivering 10 per cent of Scotland’s GVA (£8.7bn). Construction Scotland aims to be the leadership organisation and act as a voice for the constructi
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Ferguson Marine Engineering’s plans for a new £2 million office building in Port Glasgow has been have been approved by Inverclyde Council. The three-floor office will be built on the parking area behind the neighbouring fire station at Castle Road.
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Contractors are due to begin developing a new biomass pipeline in Fife.
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Simplified and streamlined procurement and a renewed focus on energy efficiency in the existing built environment are among the Scottish Building Federation’s recommendations for sustainable growth in the Scottish construction sector. In its policy manifesto for the 2016 Scottish Parliament electi
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