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A82 Pulpit Rock - near completion April 2015 Transport minister Derek Mackay gave the thumbs up for the newly opened £9.2 million Pulpit Rock road scheme on Loch Lomondside, finally removing traffic lights on this section of the A82 for the first time in over thirty years.

A set of C-listed Victorian railway arches are to be converted into a new retail and leisure quarter as part of the £150 million New Waverley Development in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The arches under Jeffrey Street, which date back to 1875, will be turned into shops by South African firm Artisan Real

Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred bidder by Moray Council for the refurbishment of four primary schools under the LHC Framework The £17 million contract will see the Galliford Try subsidiary work on projects at Applegrove in Forres, Millbank in Buckie, Seafield in Elgin and St Gera

Phil Ford The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has launched an Experience Construction Programme to help employers attract new talent into the industry.

Brian Cox Dundee looks set to win the race to build Scotland’s first major purpose-built film studio after developer Studio City Scotland announced it is going ahead with plans to develop a £120 million studio and entertainment complex in the city.

By Puja Bhardwaj, assistant site manager for BAM Construction Despite the lingering stereotypes of the construction industry, I urge young people to consider a career in this dynamic, creative and technologically advanced industry that shapes the world we live in. There is a vast array of different

Deadline nears for Strathclyde campus development site

The proposed Elgin western link road has been backed by the Scottish Government’s senior planning experts. The project is part of Moray Council’s emerging Local Development Plan, the blueprint for the area’s development over the next five years, and has been examined by three Scottish Governme

Scotland's largest independent awards programme for the housing industry has announced that 47 companies have progressed to the final stages of the highly regarded competition. The 8th annual Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by Ross + Liddell, has received another record high number of entries with o

Stewart Milne The Stewart Milne Group will launch nine new developments in the comings months as it marks its 40th anniversary year.

Knight Property Group has announced plans for a £45 million 12 acre commercial development in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. Planning consent for Kingshill Commercial Park was granted in November 2014 and ground works and infrastructure have commenced on site. Two industrial units, plots three and four,

Interior and exterior construction and refurbishment services North Group has secured a new contract worth in excess of £900,000. The work will see Aberdeen-based North Group provide a range of fit out and refurbishment services on behalf of Knight Property Group at its landmark £35 million develo

Trade bodies representing specialist subcontractors and major contractors are to merge to create a single body. The National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) and UK Contractors Group (UKCG) confirmed their intention to proceed with a merger following weeks of discussions.

The number of bricks produced in the UK is up by five per cent, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A provisional number of 464 million bricks were produced during the first quarter of 2015, a rise 22 million bricks from the same period in 2014.

BAM Construction commenced work on the school in November Video - Time-lapse shows first six months of Viewforth High School build