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Three Scottish construction and engineering firms have been named and shamed in a UK government list for not paying the minimum wage to workers. K Construction (Scotland) Ltd, Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd and Ryce Limited were among a total of 21 Scots companies highlighted in the figures published

Developers have purchased the former Sunnyside Royal Hospital site in Angus from NHS Tayside, paving the way for a new housing, retail and commercial development. The hospital, in Hillside near Montrose, has been acquired by Montrose based Pert Bruce Construction Ltd and Edinburgh based FM Group in

Engineers have joined the Queensferry Crossing’s north deck and viaduct meaning the bridge is now connected to Fife. The milestone represents the first of four closures between the “deck fans” now nearing completion around each of the bridge’s three towers.

Ed Monaghan Construction Scotland has welcomed this week’s announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that capital spending on infrastructure projects will be accelerated to support and create employment.

The re-opening of one of two former Tata Steel plants in Lanarkshire that were mothballed last year has moved a step closer with the first delivery of steel slab to the site for nearly a year. Around 1,500 tonnes of slab from the British Steel plant at Scunthorpe arrived by train at the Dalzell plat

John Ballantyne, a man instrumental in the planning of housing developments which changed the face of Broughty Ferry, has died aged 82, The Courier has reported. Mr Ballantyne, who was born in Auchtermuchty in 1933, was influential in the development of housing in the Nursery Road and East Balgillo

Seven Lochs Wetland Park awarded £4.5m lottery grant Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership has been awarded a Heritage Lottery grant of £4.5 million, to take forward proposals to create The Seven Lochs Wetland Park, a wetland area of national significance in the central belt, which p

A builder destroyed a conservatory with a sledgehammer after a dispute erupted over payment on a £30,000 building project. The Mirror has reported that George Gentles, 54, carried out the act after a double glazing firm who had contracted him to carry out £4,100 worth of work refused to pay up.

Plans to transform Edinburgh’s former Royal High School into a new music school and concert venue have been recommended for approval. Formally submitted by the Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) in December last year, officials said the plans to bring the A-listed building back

Plans have been submitted for a development of 550 new homes in Glasgow’s East End. Link Group’s proposal is for a mixture of homes for social rent, mid market rent, shared equity and sale at Dalmarnock Riverside.

Scottish Water has appointed Morrison Construction, Coffey Construction and Fastflow Pipeline Services to a £50 million Tier 1 delivery partner framework. Covering its drinking water network assets delivery programme, the deal will see the trio work on drinking water network assets mainly in the ce

A man who died after being found injured in an Edinburgh street has been identified as a workman who had fallen 40ft from a flat above. The 56-year-old, who has not been named, had been carrying out restoration work on a flat in Fettes Row in the New Town area when he fell around into the grounds be

Nicola Barclay Channelling accelerated capital funding into the delivery of more desperately needed homes would boost both jobs and the economy, according to Homes for Scotland.

Industry consultants Faithful+Gould has been selected to help deliver a £63.5 million education campus in East Ayrshire. The company will act as quantity surveyor on the Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus development, the biggest capital project ever undertaken by East Ayrshire Council.

Simon Rubinsohn Scottish house prices edged up only slightly during July with surveyors predicting homes to decrease in value in the near future.