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A construction company has offered jobs to the same thieves who stole from its store by highlighting some "good" qualities in the robbers from waking up early to being a team player. The owners of Smith Crane & Construction in New Zealand put up a post on Facebook to find the offenders — but a

Amenity housing project commences in Perth Contractor CCG (Scotland) Ltd has commenced works on a new housing development in the centre of Perth.

Legal & General Capital has taken full ownership of CALA Homes in a deal that values the housebuilder at £605 million. The insurance and investment group has paid £315m to Patron Capital Partners to acquire the 52.1% of CALA it did not previously own

The number of new build homes completed across all sectors in Scotland last year has increased by 5% compared to the previous 12 months, according to new figures.

Infrastructure partnership hub South West has successfully delivered one of the biggest projects it has ever undertaken, the new £44 million Largs Campus. Heralding a new era in education in the Ayrshire coastal town, the ambitious project was handed over on time and on budget to community partner

Transport Scotland has announced that two bidders will be competing to deliver the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement project in Aberdeen. The two shortlisted bidders are Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd and Farrans Construction.

New traffic signals which give cyclists a head-start ahead of other traffic are being proposed under the latest plans for safety improvements along Edinburgh's tram route. Early release signals, which are already operating at the junction of Leith Walk and McDonald Road and have been successfully us

An architect from Angus has designed a school and cultural centre for the Maasai tribe in Kenya. Jonathan Reeve, 39, who is originally from Enniskillen and who works with the Voigt Partnership in Arbroath, jetted off to Kenya this week for a week-long trip during which he will present his designs fo

Scottish Construction Now has set up a company page on LinkedIn, giving our readers more opportunities to keep updated with developments. Members of the current LinkedIn group are encouraged to follow the new page which will be updated daily with all the news, jobs and leads from our newsletter.

The ongoing success of Kier Construction Scotland has contributed to an underlying growth in both profits and revenue in the first half for its parent company Kier Group. Announcing its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2017, Kier said it remains on course to deliver double-digit pr

The City of Edinburgh Council’s development plans have been boosted with the acquisition of the former National Grid site in Granton. The local authority, which reached an agreement for the Waterfront site with National Grid on Tuesday, said development of this site is critical to its plans to del

Big civic projects such as regenerating the former docklands in Glasgow and Dundee must be led by the public sector, according to a new discussion paper. Commissioned to open up discussion about making more of Scotland’s land, The Delivery of Public Interest Led Development in Scotland is the seco

Plans submitted for Union Bridge safety measure A planning application was submitted today for the addition of a permanent safety structure on Union Bridge in Aberdeen.

Building surveyors to restore empty homes on historic Borders estate Independent property consultancy Galbraith has been appointed to bring six empty properties on a historic Borders estate back into use.

Crummock (Scotland) Limited is experiencing significant growth in 2017-2018. Turnover to March 2017 was near £24 million and the civil engineering company expects turnover to March 2018 to be around £34m. Managing director Derek Hogg, credits this growth in part to the company’s business strateg