University event looks to break down barriers for underrepresented groups in STEM
AN upcoming University of Dundee event is aiming to spark new ideas on how to encourage traditionally underrepresented groups to choose careers in STEM...
Scottish construction firms set gold standard for employee development
OGILVIE Construction and Pacific Building are among the firms celebrating being awarded gold membership of the 5% Club, the organisation that works with employers...
Robertson honoured for partnership working at national awards
ROBERTSON Facilities Management scooped the Overall Winner title at this year’s PFM Partnership Awards for its work with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service...
Robertson Group awarded landmark sustainability accolade
ROBERTSON Group has become the first company founded in Scotland to be awarded the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s (SMI) Terra Carta Seal.
The accolade recognises global...
Competition encourages construction trainees to put skills to the test
REGISTRATION is now open for SkillBuild 2022. The event, run by the CITB and part of WorldSkills UK, challenges construction trainees to go head-to-head...
Five Scottish winners recognised at ECI Training & Development Awards
FIVE Scottish winners were crowned at the 13th annual Engineering Construction Industry (ECI) Training & Development Awards at Glaziers Hall in London.
Winners included three...
Keppie scoops major school design prize
A primary school designed by architectural practice Keppie has won ‘Education Building of the Year’ at the 2014 SCALA (Society for Construction and Architecture in...
Top Scottish plumbing apprentices embark on skills challenge
SCOTLAND'S most promising plumbing apprentices will showcase their skills in a competition for the title of Scottish Plumbing Apprentice of the Year.
The event, organised...
Tenement fuel poverty project scoops Housing Design Award
PassivTEN, a unique study by John Gilbert Architects aimed at eliminating fuel poverty from Glasgow tenement housing, has won the Saltire Society 2014 Innovation...
Considerate constructors set for 2016 awards
THE Considerate Constructors Scheme - the national Scheme to improve the image of the construction industry - will be hosting the 2016 National Site...
£19m Wester Hailes project takes affordable housing prize
A £19 million affordable housing development in Wester Hailes has been awarded a top industry prize.
The project, which brought 183 affordable homes to Edinburgh, won...
Most considerate sites crowned at national awards
THE winners of the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s (CCS) National Site Awards have been announced.
Six sites were named the most considerate of the year, according...
Mackintosh at the Willow refurbishment in the frame for national award
The project to refurbish Glasgow's famous Mackintosh at the Willow has been shortlisted for a national award.
Design competition inspires next generation of construction professionals
A team from Arbroath High School has claimed first prize in a new design competition aimed at inspiring the next generation of construction and...
Scottish electrical apprentices triumph in UK-wide skills event
SCOTLAND'S electrical bodies have congratulated two apprentices from north of the border who triumphed in a UK-wide competition.
The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB), Scottish...
Jedburgh campus recognised at international awards ceremony
THE £32 million Jedburgh Grammar Campus project was recognised at the Partnership Awards 2020 after scooping a silver Award in the Best Education category.
Organised...
AIMCH project scoops top innovation accolade
STEWART Milne Group, in partnership with Barratt Developments and Forster Group, landed the Innovation of the Year (Transition to Net Zero) accolade at the...
Top awards for ‘Happy Gilmore’
Jordan Gilmour has won the Scottish Craft Apprentice of the Year Award from the Building & Engineering Services Association.
He beat competition from hundreds of...
Narro and ARUP colleagues honoured for National Galleries of Scotland work
NARRO has announced that director Dominic Echlin has been awarded the Sir Arnold Waters Medal by the Institution of Structural Engineers, alongside Ben McIlroy...
Award recognition for Airdrie firm with strong commitment to apprentices
AN Airdrie employer dedicated to providing opportunities to people from under-represented groups has been recognised at the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards.
Bell Decorating Group offers work...
