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An inquiry report on construction failings at the DG One leisure centre in Dumfries has highlighted more than 90 defects at the project. The flagship facility opened in 2008 but was forced to shut permanently six years later for repair work which will cost more than the original construction. Since

Kier Construction has been confirmed as the preferred contractor to deliver the first stage of the Citizens Theatre’s £19.4 million redevelopment project in Glasgow following a competitive tender process. In what will be the most comprehensive redevelopment of the Victorian building since it open

Claire Tait Clare Tait, an environmental advisor at Kier, discusses her route into construction and the hugely varied role that she carries out as a woman in the sector.

Kier Construction Scotland scooped four national accolades at this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme annual awards - all for projects based in Scotland.

Construction output in the UK has continued its recent decline with February Office for National Statistics figures showing that the sector suffered a 1.6 per cent month-on-month fall, and compared with February 2017, construction output fell 3.0 per cent; the biggest month-on-year fall since March

hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, has handed over the £45 million William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock to East Ayrshire Council.

Gordon Hunter hub South West’s eighth Building for Growth programme is now underway with more local businesses signed up in expectation of winning new work from Scotland’s Tier 1 contractors.

Infrastructure partnership hub South West is throwing its weight behind a new initiative which is aimed at encouraging greater female career participation in the construction sector. In partnership with its main contracting partners – Kier, GRAHAM, Morrisons and Morgan Sindall – hub South West i

The ongoing success of Kier Construction Scotland has contributed to an underlying growth in both profits and revenue in the first half for its parent company Kier Group. Announcing its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2017, Kier said it remains on course to deliver double-digit pr

Amanda Byrne From enrolling at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland to working on Edinburgh College of Art, site manager Amanda Byrne tells SCN how her journey has led to a rewarding career at Kier Construction Scotland.

Ashley Dunsmore Kier Construction Scotland’s assistant quantity surveyor, Ashley Dunsmore, says she got the construction bug by watching ‘Megastructures’ and haggling at foreign markets.

Pauline McCabe After spending some time in Greece, Kier Construction Scotland’s Pauline McCabe reveals the personal reasons for returning to Scotland and working in health and safety.

Manni Ferguson Manni Ferguson from Kier Construction examines the growing diverse range of roles for women in business.

Young people across South Ayrshire are set to benefit as work starts on the new Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr. The new state-of-the-art school which will be completed in October 2019 will not only help transform learning but is set to become a hub for the local community.

A proposed £60m teaching and learning hub Four contractors have been chosen by the University of Strathclyde for its Framework for Major Building Construction to support the delivery of its ongoing Capital Investment Plan for construction work exceeding £4 million.