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Logan Howett (left) Robertson site manager Gary McCaul and Matthew Lyon (right) at the North East Campus Two young apprentices from Dundee have been given the opportunity to develop specialist skills with one of the UK’s largest infrastructure firms.

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.

Work on what’s designed to be the world’s tallest building has restarted in Saudi Arabia after construction stalled at the 63rd floor. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s Jeddah Tower is set to stand at 3,281 feet tall once completed in 2020.

Steel beams secured into position at the Perth Transport Futures project Balfour Beatty’s ‘Build to Last’ transformation programme has finally generated an operating profit for the firm’s UK construction business, though issues still remain within some of its problem contracts.

Private rented housing developer Moda has secured planning permission to transform the old Strathclyde Police headquarters in Glasgow into a ‘build-to-rent neighbourhood’. Under plans approved by Glasgow City Council, Holland Park – named after the grand hotel-style lobby that will sit on Holl

Glasgow-based small wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind has gone into provisional liquidation putting 12 jobs at risk. Despite having a long and successful history in the industry, the firm said competitive pressures in Denmark reduced sales in the last year or so which was not helped by the UK gove

Work at the site of the new Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) is continuing to progress well with a hotel building expected to be wind and water-tight in two weeks. The main building, which will contain the arena, exhibition space, conference centre and subterranean space, is expect

Work on Stirling’s first purpose built student accommodation development is due to commence in early 2018 Transactional activity in Scotland’s Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) topped £100 million in 2017 as applicant numbers increased for the fifth year in a row.

Amended plans for the design and layout of 16 homes on a site within the boundary of the Culloden (Battlefield) Conservation Area have been given planning approval by Highland councillors. A Scottish Government-appointed planning reporter granted permission for the properties in 2014, however, follo

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

(from left) Donna Galbraith (Robertson), Kevin Dickson (MD Robertson) Jodie Sturrock, Euan Martin, Craig Nicol (DYW) Bethany Greig, Angela Vettraino (DYW), Jamie Hepburn MSP, minister for empoyability and training, Ross Paterson (DYW) Ailsa Howie, Mark Blyth (Robertson) Shaun Gormley and Jane Elder

Tom Templeman Capital move for Graham + Sibbald as surveyor eyes further growth

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

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How the tram would look travelling along Constitution Street The City of Edinburgh Council has announced the four bidders shortlisted for the Infrastructure and Systems work on the proposed tram line extension to Newhaven as the completion of the Final Business Case for the project edges closer.