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Paul Lowe Recent government figures show construction firms are less likely than others to put cyber security at the top of their agendas. Weightmans’ Paul Lowe explains why and suggests what contractors can do to protect themselves.

Morrison Construction has launched a five-day fundraising cycling challenge for cancer support charity CLIC Sargent, beginning yesterday at the £68 million Barony Campus project. Stationary bikes will be set up on five other Morrison Construction project sites in Central Scotland and at the Glasgow

Cairnrobin Commercial Park cements relationship with building materials supplier Keyline DM Hall has secured the presence of building materials business Keyline, an arm of the Travis Perkins group, at Cairnrobin Commercial Park in Aberdeen.

The iconic image depicting construction workers eating lunch on a girder suspended 840ft above New York has been recreated with one of the worker’s descendants. One of the world’s most famous photographs, ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ features 11 workers sat side-by-side without safety harnesses

The 150-bedroom Aloft Hotel, part of the new AECC project which includes The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA), has “topped out” now that the structure has been completed. The hotel, located just north of the Hilton Hotel that adjoins TECA, will be the first building in Phase 2 of the AECC masterpla

Dr Graham Paterson Glasgow construction firm City Building has returned £8.7 million to its partners Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Group which will be reinvested in public services and social housing across the city.

Aberdeen metal reprocessing, tubular supply and decommissioning company John Lawrie Group has marked a significant year in its life-cycle with an increase in profits. November saw the completion of a private equity backed management buy-out when four members of John Lawrie Group’s management team,

Tony Fry Construction work has started at the site of four new industrial development plots in Oban.

The first phase of Cassiltoun Housing Association’s ambitious development plans will achieve a site start this month. The Association will complete 42 new homes on three sites known as ‘Barlia 3’. The development will consist of a mixture of general needs, wheelchair adaptable and amenity elde

Judy Hamilton Fife Council has reassured its tenants that cladding on its high-rise buildings is safe after an investigation found that some buildings do not meet the recommendations of Scottish Government fire safety experts.

Minister for children and young people, Maree Todd MSP, and Peter McCaughey, from WAVEparticle, lead artist of the Happenstance Scotland’s critically acclaimed contribution to the 16th international architecture exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia returns to Scotland with an exhibition at The Lig

Scottish Water has been re-accredited by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) with Platinum accreditation three years after becoming the first company in Scotland, and the first water company in the world, to achieve the recognition. The Platinum accreditation status from CIPS

https://vimeo.com/282478765 Dalmarnock housing development fly-through released

Mexico's next president has called a referendum so the public can decide whether to build the capital's major new airport, despite the fact that construction has been ongoing since 2015. President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he would let voters decide whether to continue construction of

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