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Robertson Construction Central East has successfully delivered the £12 million 4D Cellular Medicine Building that will support cancer and health research for the University of Edinburgh.

Plans for the first phase of a £1.3 billion sustainable new coastal town at Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh have now been submitted for planning following extensive consultation.

Glasgow-based building contractor Eycon has appointed two new directors. Colin Young, who joined the firm in February 2022 as contracts manager, steps up to become construction director, while Iain Buchanan has been promoted to commercial director after 18 months with the firm.

The Eden Project Dundee has been granted planning permission for a £130 million development in the city. The decision at a meeting of Dundee City Council yesterday came following an intensive period of community engagement and co-creation which saw the Eden Project team host events across Dund

Plans have been submitted for a £10 million revamp of visitor facilities at Scone Palace. The estate wants to convert an unused stable block to create a new entrance and to open a restaurant with a gift shop, office space, an upgraded ticket office and additional visitor attractions.

Montrose Port Authority has begun works on its self-funded multi-million-pound restoration project of the historic Customs House building.

BAM Nuttall Ltd has been fined following the death of a worker in Yorkshire. Gary Webster lost his life two days after drowning in the River Aire on 30 October 2017.

Women and minority-gender construction students from across Scotland completed the Balfour Beatty Equate Scotland ConStructEd programme last month.

Ore Valley Housing Association has successfully redeveloped the former Bowhill Miners Institute building in Cardenden, Fife.

Hillcrest is set to deliver 298 new homes for affordable rent in the centre of Dundee in 2024, with 160 homes already complete, and a further 85 scheduled to be completed by the end of summer.

CCG Asset Management, the planned maintenance division of the CCG Group, is in the process of installing 2400 Janex windows for 300 residences in Renfrewshire and Glasgow.

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) will be offering ten £5,000 RTPI Future Planners bursaries, up from £2,000 last year, to a selection of students who choose to enrol on an RTPI fully accredited Planning Masters in Scotland for this coming academic year. The Scottish Government ha

Morris & Spottiswood has recently completed a social value project for Stepping Stones Family Learning Centre in Stepps, significantly upgrading the exterior play areas of the nursery and revitalising the play environment.

Queensferry One, located in Rosyth on the northern bank of the Firth of Forth, has transformed from a historic military hub into a pivotal development site within the Forth Green Freeport.

As part of Taylor Wimpey’s Spencer Fields development, the homebuilder is providing Percent for Art in the form of feature walls with forged steel railings and panels at key points across the development. Working with its Artist Blacksmiths at Ratho Byres Forge and the art department at Inverk