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A new start-up company has produced pioneering flooring with inbuilt sensors that allow retailers to track the movements of their customers. Scanalytics, based in the US city of Milwaukee, has developed paper-thin tiles, similar to a touch-screen, called a Sole-Sensor to track shoppers.

Construction and support services business Carillion was placed into compulsory liquidation this morning after talks with the UK government to save the company were unsuccessful. The UK’s second largest construction company, which had been in emergency financing talks with its lenders and the bank

Carillion is part of a coalition delivering the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) Clients and joint ventures partners of collapsed contractor Carillion have taken steps to begin contingency plans after the firm entered compulsory liquidation today.

Trade bodies and unions have called on both the UK and Scottish governments to ensure that appropriate lessons are learned for future decisions on the procurement of large scale construction projects following the collapse on the UK’s second biggest construction firm. Carillion was placed into com

How the Glasgow Queen Street Station will look once completed A partially constructed building that forms part of the Glasgow Queen Street Station project could be demolished as officials consider a larger development, according to reports.

Aberdeen International Business Park. Image courtesy of Abstract Securities. Councillors have refused plans for a new hotel at Aberdeen International Business Park due to traffic concerns.

Plans have been submitted for a conservation and breeding centre for endangered birds in the Scottish Borders. Community interest company Birds Gardens Scotland wants to develop a 200 square metre visitor centre made from straw and lime morter at its site in Oxton, near Lauder.

New £4m water treatment works complete in Stoer Scottish Water customers in one of the most picturesque areas of the country are now benefitting from a multi-million pounds investment by the utility after the completion of work on a new water treatment plant.

Little has ever stood between Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and realising his ambitions for the club. But plans for a £1 billion new stadium are being held up by one family over their right to light - and the lack of it shining into their home when the new Stamford Bridge is built.

Scottish ministers have granted planning permission in principle for the country’s first purpose-built film and TV studio following a long-running planning battle. Developers PSL Land Ltd said the Pentland Studios, which will be based near Straiton, outside Edinburgh, could help kick-start Scotlan

The view of the building from Bedford Road Plans for a new £35 million Science Teaching Hub at the University of Aberdeen have moved forward with the formal submission of a planning application.

Loreburn Housing Association has been given the go-ahead by Dumfries and Galloway Council to build dementia-friendly housing alongside an innovative ‘Youth Foyer’ on the site of the former Garrick Hospital in Stranraer. The proposals, which were designed by Aitken Turnbull Architects, will see t

CALA’s Ravelrig Heights development in Balerno A housebuilder is offering homebuyers in the east of Scotland the chance to buy a home without having to pay the full Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT).

Ian Mitchell AECOM has appointed a new director of cost management to focusing on healthcare projects and building client relationships in the public sector.

Craig Bradshaw Craig Bradshaw gives his top 10 tips for reviewing design responsibility in construction contracts.