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Three new business wins worth more than £2 million have helped Scottish construction company City Building break the £100m milestone in new contracts in the last year. The first of the new contracts will see the company cover gas services over three years for 600 properties belonging to Thistle Ho

Keith Brown Transport Minister Keith Brown has announced that another £70 million worth of sub-contracts are to be advertised from this week for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route / Balmedie to Tipperty project, part of a package totalling some £221m.

Ed Monaghan Housebuilder and construction group Mactaggart & Mickel is planning to make a move into northeast Scotland.

Dr Noble Francis Construction activity has risen for a sixth straight quarter in the UK, new research shows, but many contractors are still finding it tough to recruit skilled carpenters and bricklayers.

Plans to build almost 350 flats at Glasgow Harbour have been officially submitted by development company Dandara.

Gerry More Former Homes for Scotland chairman Gerry More has joined the board of Tulloch Homes Group.

Lawrence Mcpherson Associates (LMA) has its sights set on the future and is looking at new innovative ways of working following their investment in the latest design technologies that will drive further construction efficiencies and assist the practice in achieving the highest standards of sustainab

Neil Armstrong Workplace specialists Space Solutions has announced a key appointment to lead and deliver a new marketing strategy to capitalise on record financial results from the company.

British Geological Survey HQ clears planning Planners have given their consent to a three storey research and office building for Heriot Watt University and the British Geological Survey on the institution’s Riccarton campus, Edinburgh.

Nicola Sturgeon Witnesses will now be compelled to give evidence to the Edinburgh trams inquiry following its conversion from a non-statutory to full, statutory inquiry by the Scottish Government.

Greg Fitzgerald Galliford Try’s order book has grown to £3.1 billion following its acquisition of Miller Construction, the firm revealed today.

M & K MacLeod has noted an improvement in the market for housebuilding but warned that confidence remains fragile among construction firms. In the latest accounts for the privately owned construction company, which operates throughout Argyll and the Islands, directors said the Scottish Governmen

Lend Lease is being lined up as main contractor for Land Securities’ £230m Buchanan Galleries shopping centre in Glasgow, according to multiple sources.

Orkney Community Planning Partnership (CPP) lacks effective leadership - all partners need urgently to agree priorities and align resources to deliver them, a report published for the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General for Scotland has concluded. The report cites good examples of island bod

The widows of two of Scotland’s greatest 20th Century architects, Professors Andy MacMillan OBE and Isi Metzstein OBE, Angela and Dany, have been awarded Honorary Fellowships from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS). The presentations were made during the annual RIAS Andrew Do