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Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £16 million enabling works contract by Network Rail for the redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station. The contract, which supports Network Rail’s expansion scheme to accommodate increasing passenger numbers, will involve the demolition of platform building

Gordon Cunningham Construction, refurbishment, fit out and maintenance contractor Clark Contracts has secured new orders valued at over £40 million in the six months to March 31 and has recruited 34 new members of staff as a result.

Andrew Richmond (left) and Michael Padzinski hub North Scotland Ltd has welcomed Michael Padzinski as its new chief executive.

Knowehead House Crieff builder and developer Corryard has launched the show apartment of its conversion of a mansion house in Perth.

Plans for a distillery which was deemed “too Scottish” by residents of a Devon village has been granted planning approval. Designed by Helensburgh-based Organic Architects, the Princetown distillery will be the largest in England, producing 400,000 litres of whisky at start-up. It will also be t

(from left) Gill Walker (National Park Ranger), Andy Biddulph (Modern Apprentice at Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park), Gordon Watson, chief executive of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, James Stuart (Convener of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park), Ben Anderson

Colin MacKenzie A concentration of occupier activity around mid-sized office space and a lack of city centre supply has created a “pinch point” in Glasgow’s commercial property market, according to analysis from Knight Frank.

New rail platform and footbridge planned for Dunbar Network Rail is proposing the construction of a new platform and accessible footbridge with lifts at Dunbar station during 2019.

A housing developer is giving away one of his properties for free to a needy family in New Zealand's largest city, but they will have to find somewhere to put it. Auckland businessman Dave Rennie has listed the three-bedroom property with a zero-dollar price tag, with the proviso that the buyers mov

External view of buildings 1, 2 and 3 Atlantic Quay, Glasgow The first phase of on-site works have commenced to rejuvenate the Atlantic Quay office scheme in Glasgow’s international financial services district.

Extending the Borders railway will be one of the options considered by a new study looking at improving transport provision in the south of Scotland across all modes including road, rail and public transport. Transport Scotland today announced the intention to award the contract to Jacobs UK Ltd. Su

A contractor has been selected to take forward further vital ground investigation work as part of the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement scheme. Transport Scotland has announced the award of a £213,000 ground investigation contract to Environmental Reclamation Services (ERS) Ltd.

Glasgow civil engineering firm MHL Civil has been awarded a £300k working capital facility to improve its cashflow, whilst rapidly expanding its client base across Scotland. The funding, which was delivered by SME commercial finance provider IGF, has allowed the firm to complete large scale install

An industry day is being held in Perth today to inform prospective contractors of the huge potential the £3 billion A9 Dualling Programme can offer their businesses. Transport Scotland will tell representatives from across the construction industry more about the next multi-million contract to dual

Farming union NFU Scotland has issued a call for new planning regulations to recognise the requirements of modern agriculture. Responding to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the planning policy framework, the union expressed the need for permitted development rights to be extended to larg