2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards launched
THE 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards are launched this week by the Saltire Society, recognising design excellence across five categories – including a brand new...
Schueco announces new Excellence Awards for 2015
SUSTAINABLE building envelope specialist Schueco UK has announced that, in conjunction with RIBA Journal, it is again running the Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and...
Urban Union does the double
TWO regeneration projects, by developer Urban Union, have been nominated as finalists in this year’s Scottish Property Awards.
Laurieston, in the heart of Glasgow, has been...
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...
ARCKIT wins big at London Design Awards
A new architectural model making system won two major awards at the prestigious London Design Awards 2014 ceremony. ARCKIT received the Best Start-up Product...
Brick by brick: Apprentice bricklayer builds foundation for future career
JAMIE Cumming, a 3rd year apprentice bricklayer with Alloa based Marshall Construction, has won the 2014 Incorporation of Hammermen Award in Bricklaying.
With the motto “By...
Marley raise the roof at NFRC awards
MARLEY Contract Services has won this year’s NFRC Scottish Roofing Contractor of the Year Awards 2014 Roof Tiling category.
The judges singled out the company for...
Glasgow carpenter named Scotland’s top building apprentice
A 19-year-old carpentry and joinery apprentice from Glasgow has been named this year’s SBATC Apprentice of the Year, receiving the coveted James Birnie award...
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...
National award success for north housebuilding division
BARRATT North Scotland has been awarded two prestigious titles at the leading UK housebuilder’s national awards, beating off stiff competition from 26 divisions across the...
Glasgow firm wins industry apprentice accolade
CCG has won the accolade of Large Employer of the Year (Scotland) at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Managing Agency Apprenticeship Awards 2014....
Students ‘Get into Engineering’ with new partnership project
PUPILS from Trinity High School and Stonelaw High School in Rutherglen are celebrating the completion of a 10 week Get into Engineering project.
The development scheme...
Edinburgh Castle scoops UK crown
EDINBURGH Castle has been named the UK’s Best Heritage Attraction for a record fourth year running at the 2014 British Travel Awards (BTAs).
This year’s prestigious BTAs,...
Easterhouse regeneration merits special mention
A Housing Association in Easterhouse has been commended for its work at this year’s Empty Homes Conference in Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel.
Lochfield Park Housing...
District 10 cleans up at Dundee Institute of Architects Awards
DISTRICT 10 at Seabreas, Dundee, the first commercial building constructed from shipping containers in Scotland, achieved a clean sweep of the Dundee Institute of Architects...
Employee-owned PagePark scoops top design award
ONE of Scotland’s leading architecture firms is celebrating after success at two different events in the space of just two days.
Glasgow-based PagePark were named the...
European design awards launched
ENTRIES are now open for the 2015 European Copper in Architecture Awards. A celebration of contemporary architecture and showcase for architects designing with copper...
Glasgow’s Laurieston named ‘Best Social Housing Development’
LAURIESTON – in the heart of Glasgow – has been awarded ‘Best Social Housing Development’ at the prestigious Premier Guarantee Excellence Awards, which celebrate the...
Mature student named best apprentice at plumbing awards
Edinburgh College graduate Ian Flockhart picked up the top award at the 13th annual Apprentice Prize Giving Ceremony. Organised by the Scottish & Northern...
Local school wins design award
AT this year’s Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Award ceremony, held in Oran Mor on Friday 14th November, Holmes Miller secured the 2014...
