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The successful demolition of Bo’ness Road Bridge over the A8 at Chapelhall Junction has been captured on time-lapse video. Forming part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project, the demolition has enabled significant progress to be made on the construction of the new M8 betwee

Margaret Turner, chairperson of Forth, with other project group members Private finance used to deliver social homes in Dunblane

Manchester City supporters will be able to pay to watch players prepare for matches at the Etihad Stadium through a glass tunnel thought to be the first of its kind in Europe. The Daily Mail reports that City fans prepared to pay for the privilege will be able to eat and drink in a newly built execu

Henry Boot has reached an unconditional agreement with Aberdeen City Council for its new exhibition and conference centre, allowing Robertson Group to start work on the £333 million project. The Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) development, which will be funded by the council

Plans have been lodged with Glasgow City Council for an 185-bed student housing development on the site of the dilapidated Jumpin’ Jaks nightclub on Sauchiehall Street. If approved, the proposed development, adjoining the world-renowned Glasgow School of Art campus, will also include roof gardens,

Philip Green Carillion said it remains on track to make further progress in 2016 after its support services division helped the firm towards a 10 per cent increase in revenue.

Andrew Wyllie Engineering solutions provider Costain has reported a 13 per cent increase in pre-tax profits despite legacy problem contracts in the waste sector.

A business case for a proposed regional sports hub has been submitted to Highland Council’s finance service. Councillors agreed in March 2015 to progress plans for a Regional Sports Facility for the Highlands in Inverness, which could include a significant contribution by SportScotland to the proj

Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has secured a new £35 million private funding facility to support its plans to build over 480 homes for social and mid-market rent in Leith and North Edinburgh by 2020. The deal, which is one of the first of its kind, combines a revolving credit facility (R

(from left) Gary Holmes (Graham regional director), Jos Mackie, Brian Hepburn, Liam McMillan, Karen Jeffrey, Jamie Hepburn MSP, Michael O’Neil, Shams Rahimi, Stephen Angus, Eimear McLaughlin, David McFadyen and Craig Bridges Graham regional development director Scotland’s minister for employabil

(from left) Douglas Thomson, Prof. Gokay Deveci and Valentin Dolhan A final year architecture student at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is currently spending three months researching low carbon affordable housing thanks to a summer studentship funded by the Chap Group.

New Orkney care facility plans to go on display Architects plans for the new St Peter's House in the Orkney Islands are to go on display on Thursday, 25 August, for two weeks.

A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days. Hadrian X is a giant truck-mounted robot that can lay up to 1,000 bricks an hour using a 30-metre arm, meaning it can stay in a single position throughout.

Graham Cash BAM Construct UK earned a profit of £13 million last year, almost double the £7.2m achieved in 2014, the company said today.

The opening of a £150 million hospital in Edinburgh has been delayed by at least six months after construction firms entered administration and provisional liquidation. IHS Lothian Ltd, the consortium building the £150m Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, has