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Laing O'Rourke has agreed terms with its financial partners for the 2019 refinance of the UK business, which delivers new banking facilities until 2022. The UK arrangements were agreed over the Christmas period with the firm currently in the process of being taken through final credit approval proto

In a commitment to ensure a considerate supply chain Willmott Dixon is asking its top-tier supply chain partners to register with the Considerate Constructors Scheme. All of Willmott Dixon’s 600 Category A supply chain partners, which make-up around 85% of the company’s total supply chai

Former Kier executive board member Nigel Brook has joined Robertson Construction to expand its southern operations. Mr Brook, who will take up his new position this month, left Kier as part of a management reshuffle in August.

Developers have lodged plans to demolish a former printer’s workshop in the centre of Aberdeen and replace it with a block of flats. Aberdeen Capital Investment Ltd has applied for permission to begin work on the proposed development at 15 Maberly Street between George Street and Rosemount Pla

The restoration of the fire-hit Cameron House Hotel has been given planning approval. A planning application was lodged in November to demolish and replace parts of the main hotel building destroyed in a blaze in December 2017 which claimed the lives of two guests.

Gary Danson, operations director at specialist repair firm Plastic Surgeon, discusses what he thinks 2019 has in store for the construction industry. With Britain set to make big political decisions in 2019, the construction industry should be ready to adapt to the changing landscape. So, what can w

Former school buildings across Dundee are set to be demolished to make way for housing and community facilities. The buildings to be demolished are the former Frances Wright nursery and the old St Luke’s and St Matthew’s, Longhaugh, St Vincent’s and Rosebank primary schools.

Trust Housing Association is building 35 new homes across two sites in East Dunbartonshire. A development at St. Mungo Street in Bishopbriggs comprises 16 two-bedroom flats which will be made available for mid-market rent. A second development on Main Street in Torrance will provide 19 two-bedroom f

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been appointed as preferred contractor for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm project off the east coast of Scotland. The Dutch firm has signed an exclusive Pre-Construction Agreement (PCA) with Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL), a subsidiary of Red Rock Power Ltd.

Architectural practice Sheppard Robson, in conjunction with Scottish law firm MacRoberts LLP, has announced the third event in its 'Wellbeing' series: 'Designing Spaces for Mind and Body'. Following on from previous events that have focused on physical wellbeing in workplaces and further education s

The demolition phase of Edinburgh's St James redevelopment is complete. Construction of the £850 million project is getting under way, with completion due by 2020.

The Gyle at Edinburgh Park Premier Inn has become the UK’s first battery-powered hotel in a bid to improve energy efficiency, secure power supply and enable energy cost savings on-site. In a UK-first, the Whitbread-owned company is trialling a new 100kW lithium ion battery at the 200-room site

The Scottish Government is to fund the remaining £40 million required to construct the Cross Tay Link Road at Perth, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The £120m project, which will link the A9 over the River Tay to the A93 and A94 north of Scone, aims to reduce congestion in

The next step in the redevelopment of the Scottish National Gallery (SNG) in Edinburgh has began in earnest with work underway today to improve access to the complex. The work will create a new accessible path, new landscaping and wider steps in East Princes Street Gardens.

Dunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Ltd has opened a new facility in Scotland to support its continued growth and its commitment to deliver site investigation projects nationwide across all construction sectors. The firm said the new regional office in East Kilbride offers a prime location to de