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East Lothian Council formally granted planning permission for a major transformation of the Glenkinchie Distillery visitor experience. Under the plans, Glenkinchie’s Victorian-era red brick warehouse buildings will be transformed into a multi-level cultural and sensory visitor experience, tell

A private investment firm has acquired the technical facilities management division of Scottish firm Richard Irvin, which went into administration last month. Richard Irvin & Sons Ltd, trading as Richard Irvin Energy Solutions, entered administration with EY with the loss of more than 100 jobs a

Aberdeen City Council has approved plans for the second phase of CALA Homes’ Grandhome development in Bridge of Don. The approval ushers in the creation of an additional 116 three, four and five-bedroom terraced, semi-detached and detached homes which will complement the first 71-home phase.

Construction, property, timber and healthcare facilities group James Walker (Leith) has increased its pre-tax profits to more than £14 million from £12.6m. New accounts at Companies House show profit after tax was £11.5m, against £10m last year. Turnover was at £167m, c

The potential impact Brexit could have on Scotland’s construction sector is to be investigated by a Holyrood committee. The economy, energy and fair work committee inquiry will also consider the effect technological changes and automation will have on the industry - which employs more than 154

Work to shape the future of Scotland’s transport infrastructure investment has taken a step forward. A contract to support the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) has been awarded to a combined team of Jacobs and Aecom.

UK construction firms indicated a disappointing end to 2018 as business activity growth eased to a three-month low and new orders expanded at a relatively subdued pace, though there was an uplift in optimism. The main bright spot was a sustained rebound in civil engineering activity, which rose at t

Moves by the Scottish Government to take action on one of the industry’s main problem areas have been welcomed by SELECT. A public consultation on the use of cash retentions in construction contracts will take place in spring next year. This will be, in advance of any announcement on the matte

The improved reliability of travel in the key strategic link between the Lothians and Fife has been outlined in the latest Queensferry Crossing data from Transport Scotland. Since the £1.35 billion cable-stayed bridge opened there have been 20 occasions when the Forth Road Bridge (FRB) would h

Groups of young trainees from across Glasgow and Lanarkshire have been given the opportunity to get hands-on experience during visits to a Bathgate housing site. Lovell welcomed the groups to its Wester Inch development where it is currently building 86 new homes on behalf of West Lothian Council. T

Domestic mains powered Fire and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms provider Aico has announced a new team of Regional Specification Managers (RSMs) covering Scotland. They are Krys Wallace RSM for Scotland North; Tony Boyle RSM for Scotland West; and David Richmond RSM for Scotland East. 

A collaborative project between Road Intelligence Ltd, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the University of Edinburgh could lead to an app that predicts potholes before they occur. Currently, the majority of potholes have to be detected manually by foot or vehicular patrols, or simpl

Aberdeen-based mechanical and electrical installation firm Richard Irvin has collapsed with the loss of more than 100 jobs across Scotland. A total of 93 of the 107 jobs lost are at in Aberdeen itself but there are also redundancies in Inverness, Dundee and Glasgow.

Glasgow engineering company Walker MacLeod has appointed a provisional liquidator with 46 employees being made redundant as a result. The firm’s management said they have taken the difficult decision having recently experienced a downturn in trading.

Hopes the final section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) would open before Christmas have been dashed after the Aberdeen Roads Ltd (ARL) consortium confirmed it will not meet the deadline it set itself just over a fortnight ago. Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try’s consortium told