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Graham Construction has been appointed the main contractor to refurbish the critical care and theatre suites at the biggest hospital in the Highlands. The original building at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness was constructed in 1980.

The Highland Council is to introduce a new charging scheme for its pre-application planning advice service for local developments.

Chris McDermott (left) and Stephen Henley ISG has made a brace of director-level appointments to support its burgeoning engineering services business.

Hadden Construction has been tasked with taking over the conversion of a former Dundee primary school following the collapse of Muirfield Contracts. Tor Homes (Scotland) Ltd appointed the contractors to create 27 luxury apartments from the Eastern Primary School in Broughty Ferry.

A96 dualling work hits the road Communities along the A96 are to being given the chance to have a first look at early assessment work to dual the road between east of Nairn and Aberdeen, on the day a design work programme for the road was published.

An eco-friendly house designed by New College Lanarkshire students has begun to take shape. The Curriculum House project at Ravenscraig, which has attracted international interest, has now entered its main construction phase.

A82 Pulpit Rock - near completion April 2015 Transport minister Derek Mackay gave the thumbs up for the newly opened £9.2 million Pulpit Rock road scheme on Loch Lomondside, finally removing traffic lights on this section of the A82 for the first time in over thirty years.

A set of C-listed Victorian railway arches are to be converted into a new retail and leisure quarter as part of the £150 million New Waverley Development in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The arches under Jeffrey Street, which date back to 1875, will be turned into shops by South African firm Artisan Real

Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred bidder by Moray Council for the refurbishment of four primary schools under the LHC Framework The £17 million contract will see the Galliford Try subsidiary work on projects at Applegrove in Forres, Millbank in Buckie, Seafield in Elgin and St Gera

Phil Ford The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has launched an Experience Construction Programme to help employers attract new talent into the industry.

Brian Cox Dundee looks set to win the race to build Scotland’s first major purpose-built film studio after developer Studio City Scotland announced it is going ahead with plans to develop a £120 million studio and entertainment complex in the city.

By Puja Bhardwaj, assistant site manager for BAM Construction Despite the lingering stereotypes of the construction industry, I urge young people to consider a career in this dynamic, creative and technologically advanced industry that shapes the world we live in. There is a vast array of different

Deadline nears for Strathclyde campus development site

The proposed Elgin western link road has been backed by the Scottish Government’s senior planning experts. The project is part of Moray Council’s emerging Local Development Plan, the blueprint for the area’s development over the next five years, and has been examined by three Scottish Governme

Scotland's largest independent awards programme for the housing industry has announced that 47 companies have progressed to the final stages of the highly regarded competition. The 8th annual Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by Ross + Liddell, has received another record high number of entries with o