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Winners of the Considerate Constructors Scheme National Site Awards Integrated infrastructure, support services and construction group Robertson is celebrating after taking home an impressive eight awards at the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) National Site Awards.

LHC Scotland would like to hear from contractors experienced in providing heating services for social landlords and other public sector bodies. The public sector procurement specialist consortium is launching its first specialist Heating Services framework in Scotland, which will be launched in the

Morrison Construction has announced the handover date for the new Noss Primary school in Wick has been delayed until March 2016. The firm attributed the delay mainly to adverse weather conditions experienced earlier this year and the resultant impact on the relatively complex timber frame design. A

An independent Scottish brewer is launching an investment scheme to help raise £3 million for a new brewery. Innis & Gunn will use the cash to establish a new state-of-the-art brewery at an unspecified location in south-east Scotland. They are in "advanced negotiations" to buy the land and hope

Visualisation of how the new development will look on completion in Autumn 2016 A project to create much-needed, bespoke accommodation for nearly 200 students at a site close to the University of Aberdeen began with a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday.

The environment and the effect we have on it has never been more prominent in people’s minds, wherever in the world you may be. As an industry leading Training provider, established for nearly 30 years, Sibbald Training believe we have an obligation, as all businesses do, to think about our carbon

Kier Group has reached agreement to acquire infrastructure builder Mouchel for £265 million following months of negotiations. The contractor said the takeover, which is expected to deliver annual cost savings of £10m, will be financed by a £340m fully underwritten rights issue.

Gordon Nelson Plans to alleviate Scotland’s housing crisis could be threatened by increasing shortages of bricks and bricklayers, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned.

Clyde Gateway chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin and Link Group chairman Roy Stirrat. Picture by Chris James 27/4/15 The latest stage on the ongoing transformation of the Glasgow’s East End will see 550 homes constructed on the site of the former Dalmarnock Power Station, it was revealed today.

Nicola Sturgeon The SNP has called on the UK government to increase housing investment to enable 100,000 affordable homes to be built in the UK every year.

John Warchus Architects could be hit with compensation claims in the event of a data protection breach even if no ‘financial loss’ occurs, lawyers have warned.

Sarah Speirs Demand for commercial property in the UK is growing close to its fastest pace since 1998 and, along with a surge in investment, reflects the widening economic recovery, according to the latest RICS Commercial Market Survey.

Work starts on new Alexandria affordable housing

Scottish Water has started work on a £1.2 million project to upgrade waste water management in the Cathcart area and improve the White Cart Water river environment. The project is part of a wider £250 million, five-year initiative to invest in waste water management across Greater Glasgow which wa

Fifty jobs could be created if Oregon Timber moves forward with plans to expand into the former Co-op NGT in Dunsdalehaugh, which closed last Summer. The company, which supplies timber frames for housebuilders such as CALA and Miller Homes, has applied to Scottish Borders Council for permission to t