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After First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government to MSPs at Holyrood yesterday, Scottish Construction Now highlights the details and responses of interest to construction and the wider sector. Infrastructure investment

Golden Jubilee Hospital First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled the sixteen projects that will benefit from the infrastructure stimulus package to support the economy following the EU referendum result.

Bill Robertson CBE Infrastructure, support services and construction group Robertson is set to announce a record year of turnover as well as its strongest forward order book thanks to continued growth in all of its companies.

Private sector development company hub South West Scotland has announced that Morgan Sindall is to join its supply chain as a Tier 1 contractor. The contractor joins Kier, Galliford Try and Graham Construction as supply chain members.

Humza Yousaf Transport Scotland has announced the intention to award the contract for the next phases of design for the A90 Laurencekirk junction upgrade to Amey.

Lesley McLeod The Association for Project Safety (APS) has announced the appointment of Lesley McLeod as its new CEO.

Derek Mackay Thirteen of Scotland’s leading business organisations have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government’s cabinet secretary for finance and the constitution seeking a reversal of the decision to double the Business Rates Large Business Supplement from 1.3p to 2.6p.

Michael Matheson The Scottish construction sector is set to welcome changes to legislation aimed at tackling the problem of metal theft.

The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is set to launch a free training and awareness programme to help Scottish construction businesses prepare for the impending implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2. Delivered by CSIC and supported by Scottish Enterprise, Scott

Sean O’Callaghan, area operations director for Kier Construction Scotland, Lord Provost George Adam and Alumno Developments managing director David Campbell at Powis Place New students move in to £11m Aberdeen accommodation

A tower block has been named the worst new building in the UK, after being described as "an open invitation to commit suicide", Deezen has reported. The Lincoln Plaza housing tower in east London by BUJ Architects has been awarded the Carbuncle Cup 2016 by architecture website BD.

Tammy Adams The long-awaited approval of Edinburgh’s Local Development Plan (LDP) will not deliver the number of homes that the city needs, Homes for Scotland (HFS) has warned.

Plans for the new Boroughmuir High School First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited the site of the new Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh this morning to highlight a record year for the Scottish Government’s Schools for the Future building programme.

Rodney Whyte A property lawyer has called on local authorities to offer ‘planning gain holidays’ to revive stalled commercial and housing developments.

New guidance outlining best practice for the installation of underfloor heating has been issued by the NHBC Foundation. The number of new homes with underfloor heating has increased in recent years because it helps free up wall space and can have energy efficiency advantages. Underfloor heating can