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East Lothian Council has granted planning permission for 107 homes at Aberlady. The proposed development is to be delivered by Cruden Homes on land owned by Wemyss and March Estates.

Two contractors who bribed officials at the City of Edinburgh Council have had more than £266,000 confiscated by the Crown. Kevin Balmer, 54, and Brendan Cantwell, 46, who were co-directors of Action Building Contracts (ABC) Ltd, were found guilty of bribing council officials Charles Owenson, 62, a

Sir Robert McAlpine has reported a £10.2 million pre-tax profit after suffering a combined operating loss of £128m in the previous two years though a deficit in its pension scheme has pushed the contractor into the red again. Results posted at Companies House for McAlpine’s holding company, Newa

Stewart Milne Timber Systems is to spearhead a new project between construction and academia which aims to address the ‘triple threat’ to the UK’s new homes ambitions – shortages of materials, skills and quality new housing. The timber systems designer and manufacturer has joined forces with

The average decision time for major housing developments has improved by more than nine weeks over the last three months though decisions for local housing developments have slowed down, according to new figures. Latest quarterly statistics on planning applications decided in October to December 201

German company TÜV SÜD AG has unveiled plans to establish a new £16 million Centre of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development in East Kilbride. The investment at its TÜV SÜD Limited (NEL) site in the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park will help cement Scotland's position as a global leader in

A robot has demolished parts of a site associated with the first reactor to achieve criticality in Scotland almost 60 years ago. The final internal structure has been dismantled within the Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMTR) support building complex which now allows the building to be demolished.

Procurement organisation Scape Group has appointed Robertson as lead contractor to the Scottish lot of a £7 billion national construction framework. With a total value of £750 million, the Major Works Scotland framework includes projects such as regeneration schemes, schools, universities and coll

Proposals to build a student housing development adjoining the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art (GSA) campus have been rejected by planners.

A series of new videos and images have been issued to show the progress at a series of new school projects across the Borders.

Thousands of employers across the construction industry will publish their gender pay gap figures for the first time from today, helping break the glass ceiling and create a more modern workforce.

Kier Construction Scotland and North East has scooped eight awards, six of which were for projects based in Scotland, at the Considerate Constructors Scheme National Awards at ceremonies in Edinburgh and Manchester.

The search is on for Scotland’s top engineering and construction projects with the launch of the new-look Saltire Civil Engineering Awards for 2017.

Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred contractor to deliver one of Scotland’s largest and most ambitious education projects through a two-stage design and build process.

A long-established blacksmith’s business in Hawick is forging ahead with ambitious new expansion plans and eyeing the construction sector after securing backing from Bank of Scotland.