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Plans to create an immigration holding facility near Glasgow Airport have been rejected by Renfrewshire Council due to the building’s location. Members of the council's planning and property policy board unanimously refused a planning application to establish a facility with 20 bedrooms and ancill

Leo Quinn Small and medium scale infrastructure projects can have an important role in quickly stimulating the UK economy, a report by Balfour Beatty has revealed.

Civils firms have flagged up the growing use of open tenders, disproportionate quality bid requirements and poor tender documents as factors behind escalating and unsustainable bidding cost. Over the past year, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has worked with its members to look

Douglas Milne Morton Fraser has won two key tenders that underline its ongoing support for the Scottish Government and its agencies in delivering major infrastructure projects.

Niall Stuart The UK government is to launch a consultation on whether to treat onshore wind projects on remote islands differently from onshore wind projects on mainland Great Britain, sparking anger from Scottish Renewables and the Scottish Government.

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has announced the completion of a landmark housing development in Edinburgh’s Craigmillar district. In partnership with PARC Craigmillar Ltd, part of the EDI Group, the construction firm has successfully transformed the site of the former Niddrie Mill Primary School into a resid

Link completes ‘independent living’ development in Paisley Link Group Ltd’s new ‘retirement living’ development at Abbey Place, Paisley has been officially opened by Renfrewshire Council’s convener of housing and community safety, Councillor Tommy Williams.

Locals in Pitlochry and visitors to the Perthshire town will welcome news that a proposed dualled section of the A9 between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie will have no impact on the venue for the hugely popular “Enchanted Forest” event held in Faskally Wood every autumn. The preferred route for the

George Hood Balfour Beatty has announced that its managing director for the north of Scotland is retiring, ending a 40-year career in the industry.

Scotland’s construction sector is expected to contract 0.6 per cent over the next five years following the EU referendum, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

UCATT has refuted claims by Laing O'Rourke that the union has not formally requested access to its £212 million hospital project site in Dumfries.

CALA Homes has been named the UK’s Best Medium Housebuilder of the Year at the prestigious Housebuilder Awards 2016.

Work has begun on a development of flats on the site of the old Inverpark Hotel in Arbroath adopting the pioneering building process of offsite construction to deliver much needed high quality and energy-efficient accommodation for Angus.

3DReid has won top prize in the Commercial category at The Glasgow Institute of Architects’ Design Awards 2016 for its Dakota Deluxe hotel in the city.

Plans to develop a new energy network to help power future expansion in the Prestwick Aerospace sector have been approved by South Ayrshire Council.