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Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd has been awarded a ground investigation contract worth over £1.1 million as part of the A9 Dualling project. The firm will undertake the work on the five-mile Tay Crossing to Ballinluig stretch of the route.

McDermott Group’s Louise Henry collects the award from Carol Iddon, managing director of children services at Action for Children and Craig Millar, Scotland director at MKM Building Supplies Building contractor McDermott Group has been named Best Newcomer at the inaugural Action for Children Scotl

Balmedie to Tipperty section of AWPR to fully open to traffic The 12 km (approx. 7.5 miles) Balmedie to Tipperty section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Road/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project will fully open to traffic tomorrow.

Tennis star Johanna Konta is facing opposition from environmental campaigners over proposals to build in ancient woodland that inspired the Winnie-the-Pooh adventures. The Woodland Trust is objecting to plans by the British number one to demolish a building and construct a four-bedroomed, one-and-a-

Stuart MacGregor Stewart Milne Group has appointed a chief operating officer to further strengthen the senior management team as the firm gears up for what it has decribes as "a new period of growth".

Stornoway Port Authority is seeking bids to design one of the biggest projects ever undertaken in the Hebrides.

Window, door and curtain walling manufacturer and installer CMS Window Systems has secured a place on Scotland’s widely used public sector procurement framework, the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA).

Homebuilding & Renovation show, SEC Glasgow With just weeks until the opening of The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, a few trade stands are still available for the two-day event.

The Structural Concrete Alliance has announced its final Practical Demonstration Day in 2018 will take place on Wednesday 12 September at Glasgow Caledonian University. Those wishing to attend are encouraged to book early as the events are extremely popular. Earlier sell-out events during 2018 were

One of Scotland’s earliest historical sites is to be explored for the very first time this month with an excavation of Dunyvaig Castle on Islay.

£1.1m refurbishment of Accord Hospice Inpatient Unit completes

Northcare Manor, a new care home in Edinburgh which incorporates an old shopping street to help its residents reminisce, has opened with the support of a £7.73m funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has secured £16.5 million to establish a major new advanced engineering facility that will put Scotland at the forefront of the movement to transform one of the manufacturing sector’s most traditional and important supply

Construction output grew by 0.9% between April to June, recovering from a 0.8% fall in the first quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Bob Dalrymple Bob Dalrymple, head of marketing at leading glass wool insulation manufacturer at Superglass, discusses the increasing importance house-buyers put on the running costs of properties and how housebuilders can use it to their advantage.