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(from left) Aidan Green (player), Allan McManus (head of youth academy), Paul Kelly (managing director, AS Homes), Tony Fitzpatrick (St Mirren chief executive) and Calum Johnston (player) Love Street contractor gives St Mirren FC’s Youth Academy a £15,000 community cash boost

Special wildlife bridges, the first of their kind on a Scottish trunk road, are being constructed by Aberdeen Roads Limited on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project to ensure animals can safely access areas on either side of the road once it opens to traffic. Two

Leo Quinn Balfour Beatty has revealed it is set to vote in favour of keeping the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) after receiving "assurances" from the skills body, just weeks after group chief executive Leo Quinn described it as “unaccountable”.

(from left): Ross Martin, chair of the British Waterways Trust; Jennifer Tempany, head of Business Development at Forth Valley College; Falkirk Council leader Councillor Cecil Meiklejohn; Keith Aitken, regional senior director of GVA; Douglas Duff, head of planning and economic development at Falkir

Springfield Properties has released further information about the school, community facilities and house types which will be delivered at its new 3,000-home village, Bertha Park in Perth. The private and affordable housebuilder said the new village, just off the Inveralmond Roundabout in Perth, will

Gordon Sloan and Lorraine Starrs, head of asset management for City Building (Glasgow); Gordon Dillon, head of operations for City Building (Glasgow); Alan Burns, deputy exec director of City Building; painter and decorator Macauley Wood; and joiners Naveed Mohammed and Christopher Murray A new impr

Aberdeenshire Council is to start hunting for a contractor to deliver the £16 million Stonehaven Flood Protection Scheme. Following the project's legal confirmation, engineers can proceed to tender for the scheme which aims to reduce flood risk to 372 residential properties, two public utility site

(from left) Paul McGirk, chief executive, hub South East Scotland Ltd; Eddie Robertson, Morrison Construction; Shona Robison; David Small, chief officer, East Lothian Health & Social Care Partnership; Peter Murray, chair of East Lothian Health & Social Care Partnership; Iain Graham, NHS Loth

Rigmar rope access technician, Zeff Marlow, inspecting cable stays on the new Queensferry Crossing – Photo courtesy of Transport Scotland Global inspection and maintenance firm Rigmar Services has celebrated the completion of a six-month, seven-figure installation on Scotland’s largest and most

Glasgow City Council has approved the sale of land at a former hospital to Yoker Housing Association paving the way for new homes to be developed at the site. The Association will pay the council £100,000 for part of the site which was previously home to Blawarthill Hospital.

Marc Shenken Succession planning was always a hot topic when markets were buoyant and businesses were optimistic. However, the recession meant many owners put this forward planning on hold, even in the construction sector, which boasts a high number of owner-managed and family businesses.

Construction of the new Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is now complete, on time and on budget. The keys for the facility that will serve as district general hospital for the region have been handed over to NHS Dumfries and Galloway by High Wood Health’s construction partner Laing O’Rourke

Cadder goes on-site with its first new build housing development Cadder Housing Association has commenced the development of 50 new homes for rent on the site of the former St. Agnes Primary School at Tresta Road in Cadder.

Student accommodation provider true has opened its doors to Glasgow’s newest development in the city’s Finnieston area. This state-of-the-art new development offers students the coolest accommodation available – complete with a Google-inspired helter-skelter slide.

The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre at Polmadie Interserve issued a fresh profit warning today amid expectations that the cost of quitting its troubled Energy from Waste (EfW) contracts will now “significantly exceed” the £160 million it had expected.