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Richard Howson Carillion has signed contracts, secured preferred bidder positions and been awarded frameworks, worth some £1.7 billion, since 30 June 2015.

The last standing reminder of Edinburgh’s rubber mill is to be transformed into a printmaking facility after a grant of £4.5 million was secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Renowned for being the birthplace of the Wellington boot, the modern motor car tyre, and the first ever traffic co

A proposal for the UK’s first patented prefabricated timber frame party wall system is one of the first six innovation projects to be approved by Construction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) Technical Advisory Group of industry and academic experts. The new party wall system is the brainchil

Glasgow's skyline changed forever yesterday with the demolition of the last of the Red Road flats, although not everything went to plan. Two of the six iconic Red Road towers remained partially standing due to an unforeseen difficulty.

Allan Callaghan Construction output figures for August fell 4.3 per cent against the previous month and marked the biggest year on year decline since May 2013, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The Energy Saving Trust with funding from the Scottish Government and in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme are organising a series of free to attend tendering workshops to help SME contractors and suppliers become more successful at writing winning tender submissions. Date and Loca

Councillor Andrew Burns The Scottish Cities Alliance has issued a call to investors to tap in to the growth potential of Scotland’s cities ahead of MIPIM UK, the largest gathering of the country’s most powerful property players which takes place in London from 21 – 23 October 2015.

Utility works start ahead of new AWPR River Don Crossing A new River Don Crossing, part of the construction Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty scheme, is taking a major step forward with the dismantling of four nearby electricity towers.

Some of Britain's biggest construction firms could have to pay out tens of millions of pounds in damages after admitting that they defamed workers and infringed their rights. Eight high-profile contractors made an ‘amended defence’ of their role in blacklisting at a High Court hearing in London

The car park on Ingram Street Glasgow City Council has approved the sale of the car park at 69-97 Ingram Street to Merchant Hotel Glasgow Limited for a minimum of £6.75 million.

The Mossend site North Lanarkshire Council has backed a call for the Scottish Ministers to overturn their decision to grant permission for the development of a distribution centre despite their own officials agreeing it should be refused.

East Kilbride Community Trust (EKCT) has submitted a PAN (Proposal of Application Notice) to South Lanarkshire Council for a 4000-seater multi-purpose community stadium in East Kilbride. The Trust said the stadium, to be built on undeveloped land off Hurlawcrook Road, will result in significant econ

Aberdeen City Council has selected a preferred bidder for a £300 million partnership deal to deliver a step change in the supply of housing. The innovative approach follows a commitment in the local authority's Strategic Infrastructure Plan (SIP) to build 2,030 homes by 2017.

Aberdeenshire Council has accepted a tender to complete a low-energy affordable housing development in Fraserburgh which temporarily stalled earlier this year. The council terminated its contracts with Dundee-based Muirfield (Contracts) Ltd after the company went into administration.

Orkney Islands Council has agreed to develop plans for a new care facility in Kirkwall to replace St Rognvald’s House. A project to extend and refurbish St Rognvald’s had been under development.