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Scottish firm NWH Group has invested £50,000 in preserving ‘bat caves’ at its Middleton Quarry site on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The business acquired Middleton Quarry in 2013 with plans to reinstate the site to grass and woodland by firstly in-filling the excavated area with inert material f

A proposed hotel next to Edinburgh Airport is to be expanded by a further 65 rooms under newly submitted plans. Acting on behalf of Ability Hotel Group, Leach Rhodes Walker and Lichfields have prepared plans for an expanded 240 bed hotel on Almond Avenue.

Interserve has secured a framework contract extension valued at £10 million to erect the 8,800-seater grandstands over the next five years for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The international support services and construction group has been responsible for building, dismantling and storing th

Troubled infrastructure firm Carillion has been selected to deliver facilities management services at hundreds of military sites across the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. With a core revenue value of £158 million over the initial contract period of five years, but with the opportu

‘Visionary’ plans designed to revitalise the centre of Falkirk and develop 6.7 acres of council-owned land around Grahamston railway station have been unveiled by property development firm Bellair. The £150 million masterplan presents proposals drawn by 3DReid for a mixed-use development with t

The completion of work on the £745 million Aberdeen city bypass road is not in any danger despite turmoil at one of the project’s consortium partners, Transport Scotland has insisted. Last week construction and infrastructure firm Carillion continued a troubled spell after it issued a profit warn

More than 1000 low cost rental homes could be built on derelict ground at Edinburgh’s Western Harbour if developer Forth Ports secures a £76 million loan from the Scottish Government, according to the Edinburgh Evening News. An initiative launched in April last year invited housebuilders to bid f

Profits at civil engineering group RJ McLeod have increased by almost half thanks to ongoing investment in plant and transport. The civil engineering and building contractors saw pre-tax profits increase by 45% to £18 million from a 42% boost in revenue to £166m.

Newell McGuiness The campaigning trade body for Scotland's electrical sector has thrown its weight behind increased pressure from MPs over the vexed issue of cash retentions within the construction industry.

New £13m West Dunbartonshire care home opens its doors West Dunbartonshire Council has taken possession of a new £13 million care home in Dumbarton, which has been delivered by Cooper Cromar and hub West Scotland.

British engineers have developed an incredible £100,000 flat-packed house that can be unfolded in ten minutes. The adaptable unit can then be packed up with all its furnishings and transported on a lorry just as quickly.

Marr College is one of the three schools identified by South Ayrshire Council to contain the ACM cladding As many as 44 schools across Scotland contain the type of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding reported to have been used on the Grenfell Tower in London, the Scottish Government has conf

The £350 million expansion of Aberdeen Harbour took a step forward today with the announcement that Scottish Enterprise is to contribute £11.7m towards the project. Due for completion in 2020, the expansion will provide enhanced facilities and capacity for the oil industry and helping to capitalis

Developers behind a bid to convert a 1970s office block in Dundee have submitted revised proposals for the project. Under the new plans, the six-storey building at the junction of Crichton Street and Whitehall Crescent is to be transformed into 27 serviced apartments with a rooftop terrace.

T Clarke has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee to recover to recover some of the losses it incurred through a subsidiary being defrauded. The building services contractor revealed in October 2016 that it had uncovered financial irregularities within the accounting function of