THE value of new construction contracts awarded in Scotland in September reached about £1 billion, comprising 21 per cent of the UK total.
That is according to figures released today by construction data firm Barbour ABI in its Economic & Construction Market Review.
It found that 59 per cent of the total value of medical and healthcare contracts agreed, and 53 per cent of those in infrastructure, were in Scotland.
Barbour ABI lead economist Michael Dall said the latest numbers are "yet more good news for Scottish construction."
He added: "Contributing to this growth is a number of big ticket projects awarded in Scotland last month, including a new bypass to the west of Aberdeen worth £400 million, a £300m onshore wind farm based in the Highlands and a new 350 bed hospital at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary valued at £200m."
Barbour ABI provides statistics to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), and in July it said more than £769m had been invested in construction contracts to ready Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games.
Mr Dall also said that nearly £10bn was assigned to health and social care investment in the National Infrastructure Plan 2012, plus £730m committed to "vital" transport infrastructure projects.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said this week that 27 per cent more surveyors in Scotland reported higher activity levels in infrastructure in the third quarter.
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