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Euan McLeod On Thursday 23 June the UK public voted in a national referendum in favour of leaving the EU. Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Euan McLeod (Partner) and Kirsteen Milne (Senior Associate) consider the possible outcomes of the vote on UK construction and infrastructure.

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand

Planning research projects from across the UK and internationally have been shortlisted for this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence. Ryden has been recognised in the prestigious Planning Consultancy category for its ground-breaking Planning for Infrastructure research project.

A Broxburn-based diamond drilling specialist has completed key infrastructural work on Glasgow’s Queen Street Station tunnel upgrade, doing so on budget and ahead of schedule. Corecut was singled out by Story Contracting – which was awarded the track-slab replacement contract for the Edi

Quarterly brick sales up 10 per cent New statistics released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show growing demand for bricks.

Can you teach an old brickie new tricks? 73-year-old builder Pat Griffin is to swap roles with his 29-year-old comedian daughter Jo for a comedy infused, interactive theatre show about loss, family relationships, class and the generation divide. Born in 1942, writer/performer Pat Griffin grew up in

Energy support services group Lakehouse has issued another profit warning after securing a £37 million contract with Scottish Power. The Group said it is expecting £4m in contract write-downs this year due to performance issues in its Regeneration division.

John Morgan Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall has turned around a loss-making 2015 with an improved performance across all divisions.

Output in the UK construction sector fell again in July, though new orders decrease at slower pace, according to the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI. The seasonally adjusted index, the first compiled entirely after the EU referendum result, recorded the fastest overall drop in output since June 2009

Work to transform a tired 1960s office block in Edinburgh’s West End gets underway this week. The refurbishment of Randolph House in Charlotte Lane will create more than 9,000 sq ft of contemporary, bright, open-plan office accommodation extending over three floors.

St Joseph's College Graham Construction has been selected as principal contractor to deliver the three Phase 1 projects in the Dumfries Learning Town (DLT) programme.

The former Victoria Infirmary site in Glasgow is to be redeveloped into new homes after the site was sold to the Sanctuary Group. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) said it was impressed with the not-for-profit care provider’s vision for the 9.5 acre site which was selected following a “robu

Construction Scotland and Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) are to host their second joint conference on Tuesday 13 September 2016 at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, bringing together hundreds of the industry’s key influencers and decision makers from construction businesses of all sizes

Prof David McClean outside the new Scott Sutherland School building A Construction Management course at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has received industry accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

A group of young people from North Lanarkshire have completed a Get Into Construction training scheme operated by the Prince’s Trust and New College Lanarkshire. They completed four weeks of practical and theory work at the College’s Motherwell Campus before going out on work placement in the co