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Sir Robert McAlpine has reported a £10.2 million pre-tax profit after suffering a combined operating loss of £128m in the previous two years though a deficit in its pension scheme has pushed the contractor into the red again. Results posted at Companies House for McAlpine’s holding company, Newa

Stewart Milne Timber Systems is to spearhead a new project between construction and academia which aims to address the ‘triple threat’ to the UK’s new homes ambitions – shortages of materials, skills and quality new housing. The timber systems designer and manufacturer has joined forces with

The average decision time for major housing developments has improved by more than nine weeks over the last three months though decisions for local housing developments have slowed down, according to new figures. Latest quarterly statistics on planning applications decided in October to December 201

Balfron High School in Stirling was forced to close for repairs last year The private finance initiative (PFI) funding mechanism which paid for hundreds of new schools during Labour’s years in power at Holyrood will cost local authorities £426.8 million in this financial year alone, new analysis

Donald MacKinnon Ahead of the introduction of the apprenticeship levy which comes into force tomorrow, director of legal services at Law At Work, Donald MacKinnon, reflects on the implications this will have on UK businesses.

German company TÜV SÜD AG has unveiled plans to establish a new £16 million Centre of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development in East Kilbride. The investment at its TÜV SÜD Limited (NEL) site in the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park will help cement Scotland's position as a global leader in

Concerns have been raised by union Unite over the safety of windfarms after two workers were killed last month in Scotland. The first victim, 37-year-old Antonio Linares, was killed when he fell at Scottish Power's Kilgallioch Windfarm site in South Ayrshire on March 15. Mr Linares was working for c

Corecut’s managing director Finlay Crocker (right) receiving the award for the Roads, Bridges & Airports category from Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) President Kevin Baron Diamond Drilling specialist’s Queen Street work recognised at prestigious Las Vegas gathering

A robot has demolished parts of a site associated with the first reactor to achieve criticality in Scotland almost 60 years ago. The final internal structure has been dismantled within the Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMTR) support building complex which now allows the building to be demolished.

Two contractors who bribed officials at the City of Edinburgh Council have had more than £266,000 confiscated by the Crown. Kevin Balmer, 54, and Brendan Cantwell, 46, who were co-directors of Action Building Contracts (ABC) Ltd, were found guilty of bribing council officials Charles Owenson, 62, a

A major new film studio looks set to receive planning permission after the Scottish Government said it was minded to approve plans for the development. Planning permission was agreed in principle yesterday after ministers overturned a decision against the studio, which will be built on green-belt la

Four design consultancies or joint ventures are to be invited to bid for the contract for a 26-mile stretch of the A96 from east of Huntly to Aberdeen. The contract, worth up to £50 million, is expected to be awarded later this year.

Stefano Smith The Scottish Government needs to establish national development priorities across the country and map them out clearly in a new National Development Plan (NDP), according to the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI Scotland).

(from left) GHA chair, Bernadette Hewitt, Christopher Conn, apprentice joiner at City Building, City Building managing director, Graham Paterson, Nicole Woodburn, apprentice joiner at City Building, and Morag Johnston, executive director of financial services for Glasgow City Council A new £3.7 bil

Work to deliver a new hospital and healthcare facilities in Orkney will get underway soon after Robertson Capital Projects achieved financial close with NHS Orkney on the £64 million project. The project will see the development of a purpose built facility to replace the existing Balfour Hospital i