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Professor Lunn Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE of the University of Strathclyde has extended her well-established partnership with BAM Nuttall by taking up the five-year post of BAM Nuttall / RAEng Research Chair in Biomineral Technologies for Ground Engineering.

Strategic plan to bring thousands of affordable homes to South Lanarkshire approved A plan which will underpin the development of thousands of new affordable homes in South Lanarkshire is being submitted to the Scottish Government after being approved by councillors.

Queensferry Crossing made using three whole plaice, mussel shells, seafood sticks and cavolo nero kale An artist has recreated the Queensferry Crossing and other major UK landmarks using only fish.

Ian Hughes The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)’s proposed levy rate has been backed by four out of five of Scotland’s construction employers – alongside calls for reform.

Stewart Rutherford and John Dunn Building surveying and project management firm PMP has appointed Stewart Rutherford as a new director in charge of the firm’s Edinburgh office as it embarks on an ambitious plan to double its turnover in the next three years.

Ken Gillespie Homes for Scotland has today announced the appointment of Ken Gillespie as chair on a three year term with immediate effect.

The UK business of Spanish contractor Ferrovial has suffered another pre-tax loss after taking a further hit on the M8 improvement project. Filings published at Companies House for Ferrovial Agroman UK revealed pre-tax losses of £12 million in the year to December 31, slightly up from a £13m loss

Greg Allan Chartered building surveyors Whitecross Building Consultancy has announced a further expansion with the appointment of senior building surveyor Greg Allan.

Bathroom pod manufacturer Offsite Solutions has been awarded a supply contract for the new £70 million state-of-the-art East Lothian Community Hospital. The firm will provide 134 factory-built bathroom pods for the 22,000sqm community hospital in Haddington. The units will be supplied without floor

Ian Livingstone While Dundee’s proposed new Local Development Plan (LDP) provides continuity, Ian Livingstone says more flexibility is required to attract investment and meet current demands.

Cladding used on a set of tower blocks in Glasgow will be inspected as the local authority continues its progress to identify and test buildings believed to contain aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. Last week it was revealed residents in two of the blocks at the Glasgow Harbour developmen

The future’s looking brighter for eight Dundee electricians who have just secured new jobs thanks to ongoing work at V&A Museum of Design Dundee. The three qualified electricians and five apprentices, including an adult trainee, had been made redundant from local mechanical and electrical comp

Winner of the Health & Safety Award Harry Murji and Neil Thomson of Stewart Milne Group Safety performance scoops two awards for Stewart Milne Group

Aberdeen Football Club's planning application for proposed community and sports facilities, football academy, stadium and ancillary works at Kingsford will not now go before Councillors for determination next week.

A £40 million expansion of Spirits producer Chivas Brothers’ Kilmalid site in Dumbarton has been approved by West Dunbartonshire Council’s Planning Committee ─ guaranteeing hundreds of new jobs for the area.