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Queensferry Crossing The new Queensferry Crossing has outgrown the tallest bridges in the UK some 16 months before it is due to start carrying traffic across the Firth of Forth.

First teacher takes up Springfield’s rent-free housing offer An initiative which offers rent-free accommodation to entice teachers to move to Moray has received its first beneficiary.

Balfour Beatty has reported a £150m pre-tax loss for the half year to June 26 as it continues to count the cost of problem UK contracts. The infrastructure group issued a profit warning last month after “identify legacy issues” in the UK, US and Middle East would hit profits.

Planning permission and listed building consent applications for a new West Dunbartonshire Council office building in Dumbarton have been submitted by Keppie Design. The £14.6 million project, being delivered by hub West Scotland in partnership with the council with architects Keppie and main contr

Fife-based timber specialist James Donaldson & Sons Ltd has announced a strong growth in annual pre-tax profits to £4.52 million, helped by encouraging activity in the house building sector. The results, for the year ended March 2015, also show turnover grew 13 per cent to £133m.

Graham Construction has handed over the £19 million Wishaw Health Centre to NHS Lanarkshire. Named the Houldsworth Centre, the building marks the third successful handover to NHS Lanarkshire and the eleventh successful handover for hub South West, having now delivered over £60m worth of projects.

Interserve has posted a 12 per cent rise in profit during the first six months of the year which offered “both opportunities and challenges”. The support services and construction firm saw UK construction make an operating profit of £5.3 million on a turnover of £500m during the six months to

Young apprentices, school-leavers and graduates are being sought after by an increasing number of employers to help fill job vacancies. A total of 33 per cent of firms indicated they intend to take on young apprentices, according to the Labour Market Outlook survey carried out by the Chartered Insti

Plans submitted for 139 Edinburgh apartments EMA Architects have submitted plans for the replacement of two large warehouses on an 8 hectare site off Abbey Lane, Edinburgh, with139 apartments in a series of four and six storey blocks for Bellway.

Hugh Craigie CHAP Group has completed a recent expansion of its quarrying division with the opening of a new concrete ready-mix plant north of Aberdeen.

An empty building in Glasgow city centre is to be transformed into offices after it was sold by the city council for £4.2 million. The seven storey category B listed red sandstone building on Ingram Street has been bought by Serge Holdings which plans to turn it into modern offices with commercial

T Clarke has reported an increase in first-half pre-tax profit and revenue and a 16 per cent strengthening of its order book. Pre-tax profit for the six months ended 30 June rose to £900,000 from £200,000 in the same period last year, while group revenue pushed up to £112 million from £109.8m.

Plans to regenerate Granton Harbour to the east of the Edinburgh appear to have been dealt a blow after planning officers recommended the rejection of the development. First unveiled at the end of last year, the plan for Granton Harbour includes a 400-berth marina, a larger community boatyard and im

Plans to develop the former Triple Kirks site in the heart of Aberdeen into a world-class new accommodation facility for academics have now been submitted. Dandara had originally proposed to develop the building into offices but opted to create 337 units for students earlier this year due to a chang

Douglas McLeod, regional director for Barratt Scotland, with Willie Donald who celebrates 45 years service A group of long serving employees at Barratt North Scotland is celebrating after clocking up almost four centuries of service between them this summer.