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Lourdes Primary Miller Construction, the firm at the centre of the Edinburgh schools crisis, was responsible for the closure of a school in Glasgow with the same structural problem four years ago, it emerged yesterday.

Malcolm Fraser Architect Malcolm Fraser has called for the procurement of school buildings to be returned to Scotland’s councils amid growing criticism of funding deals following the Edinburgh schools crisis.

Glasgow-based property development company London & Scottish Investments Ltd (LSIL) has submitted a detailed planning application to South Lanarkshire Council for a major new £40 million retail development at Peel Park, East Kilbride. The proposals will see the redevelopment of a long-term vaca

Detailed plans have been released for a proposed new railway station to Inverness Airport. Highlands and Islands transport body Hitrans has proposed constructing a stop at Dalcross close to the airport on the Inverness to Aberdeen line at a cost of £2 million.

Mark O’Neill Scotland and England, though joined in union, have always had differing legal structures and, even in legislation which has common aims across the UK, there are key differences.

Regional managing director Simon Phillips (left) and construction director for Scotland John Moore at the £8.9m Engine Shed project in Stirling Esh Group has been named in the Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100.

Impression of the Donside Hydro scheme Over 100 homes in Aberdeen will soon be powered by Scotland’s first urban hydro energy scheme as the start date of construction was announced.

Colin Cameron (operations director, Dumfries Timber Group), Brett Amphlett (policy & public affairs’ manager, BMF), Rt Hon David Mundell MP (Secretary of State for Scotland), Donald Young (managing director, Dumfries Timber Group) and Graham Bolton (regional manager, BMF) The Secretary of Stat

(from left) David Smith (SSE Energy Solutions), Colin Caitens (Green Centric), Bill McNeil (Turner FM), Tom Barrett (Alsecco Facades) and Derek Gray (Turner FM) Dundee City Council picks up top award for external insulation works

The discovery of roosting bats within the former Kinross High School could impact plans to build new homes on the site, according to The Courier. Nearly two years after an earlier application was rejected by Perth and Kinross Council, Persimmon Homes have submitted plans to create 91 homes at the fo

Galliford Try has confirmed that it inherited “contractual responsibility” for four of the 17 schools closed in Edinburgh over structural safety fears when it acquired Miller Construction. The City of Edinburgh Council ordered the closure of the schools last Friday after the private consortium b

Breedon Aggregates has reiterated its plans to sell over a dozen of its ready-mixed concrete (RMX) sites after a competition watchdog raised concerns over the firm’s takeover of Hope Construction Materials. Breedon entered into a conditional agreement with Cortolina Investments to acquire Hope Con

The University of Glasgow has taken possession of the former Western Infirmary site paving the way for the proposed £1 billion investment in the Gilmorehill campus. The campus project, one of the biggest education developments in Scotland, will see an estimated investment of £1 billion over 10 yea

The boss of a construction company has been sentenced to jail after two of his workers fell through a roof they were repairing in Stockport. Allan Thompson, of Woodburn Crescent, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter, while both he and his company Building and

Blackburn Partnership Centre Construction of the new Blackburn Partnership Centre will start in the next few weeks after the final contract was agreed.