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Court of Session A Scottish local authority involved in arbitration proceedings with a building company following a dispute over a construction contract has had an application for a court order prohibiting disclosure of the identity of the parties refused.

Trading at Interserve during the first four months of the year has remained in line with forecasts, with progress being made on its troublesome exit from the energy-from-waste business, the support services and construction group has said today. A statement issued ahead of the company's annual share

Graham Construction is looking for subcontractors for major work packages on its planned Baird Family Hospital and Anchor Centre project in Aberdeen. NHS Grampian is expected to submit a formal planning application to replace the current maternity hospital at Forresterhill this summer.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Scottish Renewables and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) have all released manifestos outlining key policy proposals to support construction and infrastructure ahead of the General Election. In order to improve policy making and provide a better un

Martin Perry The developers behind the £1 billion redevelopment of Edinburgh’s St James Centre have unveiled plans to build 41 new homes in the city.

Graham Duncan and colleagues collecting the Contractor of the Year award at the PCA ceremony Scottish building preservation company Richardson and Starling has created history by becoming the first UK company to win Contractor of the Year two years running.

Milestone for new AECC as burn diversion works complete The diversion of the Green Burn that runs through the site of the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre has been completed.

A Keltbray machine driver turned hero this week when a raging commuter confronted a woman at London’s Liverpool Street Station. Steph Tat appealed to the firm on Twitter to help find “a wonderful stranger called Tommy” to thank him for “saving her from an aggressive, psychopathic commuter at

A Fife-based construction company has been fined after a worker had to be dug out of a trench that collapsed onto him six years ago. Dundee Sheriff Court heard the 43-year-old employee of Wallace Roofing and Building Limited suffered a broken shoulder and collarbone as well as punctures to both of h

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today issued PwC with a £5 million fine, its largest fine to date, for misconduct relating to its audit of Connaught plc, a FTSE 250 social housing company which went into administration in 2010. The UK’s independent regulator for accountants and actuarie

Craig Robertson Robertson Group has secured work for energy giant SSE worth around £560,000 – marking the first time its Specialist Division will serve as a main contractor.

Regional managing director Simon Phillips (right) and business development manager Euan McDermott Esh Border Construction has announced a raft of new multi-million pound framework partnerships within Scotland's social housing sector.

Global professional services consultancy WSP has dropped Parsons Brinckerhoff from its name as it unveiled a new brand and logo that marking its “growth and transformation”. The new brand celebrates the culture built on the coming together of over 85 companies in the last five years, with WSP gr

Photomontage looking east along Froghall Terrace Plans to build more than 400 student homes and up to 80 flats on the site of a former BT yard in Aberdeen have been rejected by the Scottish Government.

Output in the UK construction sector has fallen for the third month in a row despite an increase in new housing. Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show overall construction output was 0.7% lower in March, with the monthly fall worse than previous estimates.