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Aggregate Industries has expanded into the UK cement market by taking ownership of Lafarge’s UK cement plants following the merger between Lafarge and Holcim. The plants in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Cauldon, Staffordshire now part of the portfolio of operations at Aggregate In

Gordon Liney has been appointed as commercial director of Breedon Aggregates’ Scottish business. The UK’s largest independent aggregates business said the new senior role for Mr Liney, who will report to Breedon Scotland chief executive Alan Mackenzie, reflects Breedon’s continuing growth nort

Chris Blythe The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched a report which shines a light on the prevalence of human rights abuses in construction in almost every corner of the globe.

Phil Ford By Phil Ford, CITB's strategic partnerships director for Scotland.

Barratt Homes has unveiled plans to deliver 96 affordable homes at three housing developments across Edinburgh, which are collectively worth in excess of £10 million. The housebuilder is currently constructing 44 social housing apartments at its flagship Dalmeny Park development in South Queensferr

BAM is inviting local contractors and suppliers to breakfast on 14 August, so that they can find out about opportunities to work on the prestigious V&A at Dundee Museum. The BAM team will be joined by some of the main subcontractors already working on site. “We want to meet local businesses in

Skills Development Scotland wins Investors in Young People Award Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has been awarded the Investors in Young People (IiYP) accreditation for its commitment to supporting youth employment.

The construction of a 4,000-unit housing development located ten miles south of Aberdeen is entering a second wave as housebuilders sign up to build the next 100 homes. With more than 70 per cent of properties in the first release now sold or reserved at Chapelton, Elsick Development Company (EDC) h

The Queensferry Bridge under construction Intertek has won a contract to provide corrosion monitoring equipment and software for the Queensferry Crossing.

Details have been unveiled of a new link road for an £80 million golf complex near Stonehaven. Designers FM Group released details of its plans for a new road which will give the proposed Jack Nicklaus Signature Championship Golf Course easier access to the A90 Aberdeen to Dundee road.

Plans for more than 80 homes to be built on the site of the former multis in Dundee have been lodged with city planners. Dundee City Council and Hillcrest Housing Association have formed a partnership to build social rented houses on land south/east of Alexander Street in the Hilltown area where hou

(left to right): Councillor John McDowall, Councillor Alec Oattes, Peter Linton – project manager, Councillor Alec Clark, and SCCL vice-chair Ken Johnstone A new leisure and community facility could open in South Ayrshire in the next financial year after the national agency for sport provided the

Travelodge is to speed up its development programme after profits leapt by almost a fifth in the first half. The budget chain, which is under­going a £100 million modernisation, said earnings rose 19 per cent to £90.1 million in the six months to the end of July compared with a year earlier.

£10.5m Apex Hotel to open in Glasgow Scottish hotel group Apex Hotels is moving into Glasgow for the first time, creating 60 new jobs.

Construction of a new Madras College in St Andrews has been delayed until next year at the earliest after an appeal to the Court of Session. A petition raised by St Andrews Environmental Protection Association Limited (Stepal), which questioned the legality of the decision to grant permission for th