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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the Tay Road Bridge. Opened by the Queen Mother in front of a packed crowd on this day in 1966, the crossing connected the city of jute, jam and journalism to the Kingdom of Fife.

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty has recorded an underlying profit of £7 million despite a £66m loss in its UK construction services.

Gavin Currie The construction division of the Aberdeenshire-based Bancon Group has been awarded new contracts totalling £20.5 million in the public and private sectors.

Plans to build almost 100 homes at Park Quadrant in the West End of Glasgow have been given the green light. Expresso Property intends to create 98 flats at the A-listed Victorian development overlooking Kelvingrove park.

Oxgangs Primary School was the first school in Edinburgh to close Campaigners have called for a “root and branch inquiry” into public private partnerships (PPP) after building defects were uncovered in schools across Edinburgh earlier this year.

Next's proposed new Kingsway West store Dundee City Council has rejected plans for a new £5.4 million Next megastore for a second time over fears the development could adversely impact trade in the city centre.

CMS Window Systems has been appointed to work on a £30 million project to redevelop the prestigious Aberdeen Art Gallery. Working for main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey, the firm has been tasked with providing curtain walling as part of the two year project.

The average price of a house in Scotland rose by 4.6 per cent in June compared to last year, according to statistics from Registers of Scotland. The latest figures from the UK house price index (UK HPI) showed prices have risen to £143,282, 2.7 per cent higher than May.

Coral Riddell and Alistair Dean Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern has appointed Coral Riddell as a consultant in its expanding construction team.

DM Hall sells Clydebank pub site to Turnberry Homes Turnberry Homes is planning to redevelop a site in the Faifley district of Clydebank into new private housing.

Got a spare £25 million? If you do, and you fancy treating yourself, 21,000 acres of prime Scottish countryside, complete with grouse moors, a Speyside salmon beat and rambling Edwardian hunting lodge could be yours.

Keltbray Group has confirmed its acquisition of reinforced concrete specialist Dunne Group, which entered administration last month with the loss of more than 500 jobs. The move will see the engineering, construction and demolition firm buy Dunne’s plant and equipment and take on the majority of i

Housebuilder and regeneration group Keepmoat has reported a 3.5 per cent increase in group revenue despite a “year of consolidation” in its Regeneration division. Releasing its financial results for the year ending 31 March 2016, Keepmoat said it performed in line with expectations in the face o

Housebuilder Bovis Homes has unveiled a strong set of first half results as the group delivered a “record” number of homes. The 131-year-old firm reported a 15 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £61.7 million for the six months to June.

A £10.5 million project to create a whisky distillery and visitor centre on the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow city centre is now underway. Building and civil engineering company McLaughlin & Harvey was awarded the contract with several hundred jobs expected to be created during the construction