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Four men have pleaded guilty for corruption following an investigation into the allocation of public building work contracts at the City of Edinburgh Council. Former council employees Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, received tens of thousands of pounds worth of bribes from an Edinburgh-

Graham Cash BAM Construct UK, one of the UK subsidiaries of Dutch construction giant Royal BAM Group, has reported a 40 per cent fall in profits last year despite a 5.6 per cent growth in turnover.

The chair of the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry has formally called on members of the public to submit written evidence to the inquiry, specifically detailing how they were affected by the failure of the project to be delivered on time, within budget and to the extent projected. The Rt. Honourable the Lord

NHS Grampian has accepted a £10 million donation from the Wood Foundation to develop a multi storey car park at the Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen. To be built solely for patients and visitors, the facility will increase the number of spaces on the site by at least 1,000 which will allow mo

Nicola Barclay Home builders have urged Edinburgh councillors preparing to meet tomorrow to move ahead with submitting the draft Local Development Plan to the Scottish Government for examination in order to start addressing the city’s housing shortage and avoid further delays.

Dr Noble Francis Firms across the construction industry reported an eighth consecutive quarter of growth in activity in the first quarter of 2015, according to the latest Construction Trade Survey.

Artist's impression of the IPCU Graham Construction has been appointed main contractor on the new Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU) in Stratheden Hospital, Fife.

Planning application for Lenzie's new primary school Anyone interested in the development of the new primary school being built in Lenzie to replace Lenzie and Lenzie Moss Primaries can now comment on the planning application.

Plans have been approved for a new 237-bed student accommodation development in Edinburgh city centre. Crosslane Student Developments, part of the Crosslane Group, said the £30.7 million development on a vacant site on Lutton Place, off South Clerk Street, will offer en-suite accommodation in clust

Graham Construction has been appointed the main contractor to refurbish the critical care and theatre suites at the biggest hospital in the Highlands. The original building at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness was constructed in 1980.

The Highland Council is to introduce a new charging scheme for its pre-application planning advice service for local developments.

Chris McDermott (left) and Stephen Henley ISG has made a brace of director-level appointments to support its burgeoning engineering services business.

Hadden Construction has been tasked with taking over the conversion of a former Dundee primary school following the collapse of Muirfield Contracts. Tor Homes (Scotland) Ltd appointed the contractors to create 27 luxury apartments from the Eastern Primary School in Broughty Ferry.

A96 dualling work hits the road Communities along the A96 are to being given the chance to have a first look at early assessment work to dual the road between east of Nairn and Aberdeen, on the day a design work programme for the road was published.

An eco-friendly house designed by New College Lanarkshire students has begun to take shape. The Curriculum House project at Ravenscraig, which has attracted international interest, has now entered its main construction phase.