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A patent for a monitoring apparatus for handheld power tools has been held to be valid following a challenge of its validity in a patent infringement case. 

Redpath Construction is looking forward to securing quality projects over the next few years after it was appointed as a hub South West Tier 1B framework contractor. The contractor is currently on site delivering a new trauma ward at University Hospital Wishaw for NHS Ayrshire. The essential project

Marshall Construction has been awarded a contract to build a new housing development near Milnathort for Athron Hill Development Company.

The third and final stage of a pioneering residential development close to Glasgow’s West End has restarted following the construction industry shutdown, bringing to fruition the preservation of a historic and much-admired old school building.

The transformation of Edinburgh's B-listed Boroughmuir High School into 87 apartments by CALA Homes (East) has moved forward with the launch of an A-grade show apartment.

Up to 500 jobs are set to go at Aecom as it announced a “re-shaped” to the UK and Ireland business. A redundancy consultation has now started among the consultant’s 7,000 staff.

Aberdeenshire Council planners have approved more than £1.6 million of improvements to Turriff Academy.

Local businesses participating in hub South West’s eleventh Building for Growth programme have been promised online face to face opportunities to meet decision makers at nine of Scotland’s Tier One building contractors. The six-week online-only affair is set to get under way from August

RDK Construction and RobertRyan Homes Ltd are nearing completion of their first phase of designed homes at the Walled Garden, Southannan Estate in Fairlie, North Ayrshire. 

Cadogan Street in Glasgow’s International Financial Services District (IFSD) is to receive at least £1 million of public realm improvements after it was revealed that investors are being put off by the street's poor condition. It is hoped that work will start in autumn this year and will

As Scotland’s building sector continues its recovery, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV Forum) has issued a raft of new health and safety guidance to help steer workers through the phased return.

Construction materials supplier Breedon has completed its acquisition of certain UK assets and operations of global firm Cemex.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to reduce the potential for harm to investors from the liquidity mismatch in open-ended property funds. The new rules as proposed would require investors to give notice – potentially of up to 180 days - before their investment is

Six sites have been brought to market within the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park with the potential to create 29 new homes.

East Lothian Council has granted planning permission for a segregated path linking Gullane and West Fenton.