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It is health & safety day today for Bouygues Construction’s UK and Ireland operations, with briefings taking place at every office and site in the country....

Retailer Primark says it plans to retain and refurbish the façade of its Belfast store that was gutted by fire a few weeks ago....

Smart lights in the road surface have been introduced for the first time at a busy motorway junction to help drivers stay in the right lane....

Energy regulator Ofgem is being asked to approve a subsea cable that would transmit exports of renewable power from the Shetland Isles to the Scottish mainland....

Construction is now under way of almost 200 new homes at a development at Craigmillar town centre in Edinburgh....

Matt Cannon, grandson of founder Michael J Clancy, is taking over as chief executive of Clancy Group and its operating companies Clancy Docwra, Clancy Developments and Clancy Plant....

Transport Scotland has published a pair of contract notices with a combined value of £1.41bn for integrated management of the trunk road network in the south east and south west....

After their business was hit by poor weather at the start of the year, UK manufacturers of construction products are optimistic that the year will finish strongly, with sales continuing...

Value engineering, the construction industry’s favourite euphemism for cutting costs, should be brought to an end, says Dame Judith Hackitt, author of the government’s building regs review....

London-based cost management consultant TowerEight is opening its first regional office and is also looking to expand overseas....