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Construction output in the UK has continued its recent decline with February Office for National Statistics figures showing that the sector suffered a 1.6 per cent month-on-month fall, and compared with February 2017, construction output fell 3.0 per cent; the biggest month-on-year fall since March

hub South West, the construction and infrastructure-focused partnership which works with local authorities and private sector enterprises in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, has handed over the £45 million William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock to East Ayrshire Council.

Gordon Hunter hub South West’s eighth Building for Growth programme is now underway with more local businesses signed up in expectation of winning new work from Scotland’s Tier 1 contractors.

Infrastructure partnership hub South West is throwing its weight behind a new initiative which is aimed at encouraging greater female career participation in the construction sector. In partnership with its main contracting partners – Kier, GRAHAM, Morrisons and Morgan Sindall – hub South West i

The ongoing success of Kier Construction Scotland has contributed to an underlying growth in both profits and revenue in the first half for its parent company Kier Group. Announcing its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2017, Kier said it remains on course to deliver double-digit pr

Amanda Byrne From enrolling at Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland to working on Edinburgh College of Art, site manager Amanda Byrne tells SCN how her journey has led to a rewarding career at Kier Construction Scotland.

Ashley Dunsmore Kier Construction Scotland’s assistant quantity surveyor, Ashley Dunsmore, says she got the construction bug by watching ‘Megastructures’ and haggling at foreign markets.

Pauline McCabe After spending some time in Greece, Kier Construction Scotland’s Pauline McCabe reveals the personal reasons for returning to Scotland and working in health and safety.

Manni Ferguson Manni Ferguson from Kier Construction examines the growing diverse range of roles for women in business.

Young people across South Ayrshire are set to benefit as work starts on the new Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr. The new state-of-the-art school which will be completed in October 2019 will not only help transform learning but is set to become a hub for the local community.

A proposed £60m teaching and learning hub Four contractors have been chosen by the University of Strathclyde for its Framework for Major Building Construction to support the delivery of its ongoing Capital Investment Plan for construction work exceeding £4 million.

Haydn Mursell Kier remains on course to deliver double digit profit growth in the current year, the group said this morning.

Carillion workers employed on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) have been offered jobs by its joint venture partners Galliford Try and Balfour Beatty, according to Transport Scotland. The three companies made up the Aberdeen Roads Limited consortium delivering the £550 million section of

New Central Access Core at the Burrell Collection. Image courtesy of John McAslan + Partners Glasgow City Council’s contracts and property committee has confirmed Kier Construction Scotland as the preferred bidder to deliver the Main Building Contract to take forward the Burrell Collection’s amb

Carillion is part of a coalition delivering the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) Clients and joint ventures partners of collapsed contractor Carillion have taken steps to begin contingency plans after the firm entered compulsory liquidation today.