Upgrades complete at Scottish Galvanizers’ Glasgow premises
SCOTTISH Galvanizers Ltd has completed improvement works to its Glasgow-based premises.
The project has seen developments made to the office, canteen, and changing facilities and...
Creech named new head of housing at Hardies
MICHAEL Creech has been appointed head of housing at Hardies Property & Construction Consultants.
The firm said the move marks its first head of service...
McConnell hails success of adding to principal contracting capabilities
KILMARNOCK-headquartered McConnell has revealed the business has strengthened its principal contracting capabilities and is on course to achieve revenues exceeding £20 million.
The business, which...
Knight Frank adds new associate to Scottish building consultancy division
KNIGHT Frank has appointed experienced surveyor Gordon Hamilton to its building consultancy division in Scotland.
Based in Edinburgh with a Scotland-wide remit, Gordon has been...
Scotland’s construction pipeline database sees huge surge in registrations
SCOTLAND'S Construction Pipeline Forecast Tool has experienced a massive rise in business registrations as the resource celebrates its first anniversary.
Launched in July last year...
“Strong” results mark milestone moment for engineering services firm
ENGINEERING services specialist Edwin James Group has reported turnover of circa £140 million and underlying earnings of circa £8 million in its first full set...
Refurbishment of prominent Edinburgh office building complete
A major refurbishment of an office building overlooking Haymarket Station in Edinburgh has been completed.
Three floors of 65 Haymarket Terrace are now ready for...
Persimmon to reveal increased revenues
PERSIMMON has revealed that total group revenues will show a 4% rise to £3.74 billion when the firm's financial results for the year ended...
Builder reports ‘positive’ start to second half of 2020
MCTAGGART Construction has announced it has started the second half of the year positively with a number of new contract wins, site starts and...
Stronger together: sector must embrace teamwork
A number of leading members of Scotland’s Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum (CICV) have told Project Scotland about the power of collaboration as the industry...
Care provider to deliver multi-million-pound Inverness project
PARKLANDS Care Homes, which operates across Highland and Moray, has worked with Triodos Bank UK to secure £20 million of finance for its nine...
Consultation launched on rent controls in Scotland
THE Scottish Government has launched a consultation on potential for certain exemptions from rent controls and where increases can be made above the rent...
Electrical firms highlight financial ‘double whammy’ hampering apprentice ambitions
NEW research has revealed that high wages and a lack of employer funding are the biggest obstacles to Scotland’s electrical businesses recruiting apprentices.
The findings...
Contractor CPUK calls in administrators
DUFF & Phelps has been appointed administrator to Construction Partnership UK Limited (CPUK), a contractor which mainly operates across the north of England and...
RSK completes acquisition of Octavius Infrastructure
RSK Group has completed the acquisition of Octavius Infrastructure from Sullivan Street Partners.
Octavius is a civil engineering and electrification transport infrastructure business, with over...
JCB to reduce production levels in response to coronavirus impact on Chinese supply chain
JCB has announced it is to reduce production levels at UK factories due to ‘anticipated component shortages’ from Chinese suppliers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
The...
60 redundancies at Dunoon construction firm
The Scottish Government has announced it is making every effort to support workers in Dunoon following news that 60 staff at Stewart McNee construction...
CBRE appoints senior director to Scotland industrial & logistics team
CBRE has strengthened its Scotland industrial and logistics team with the appointment of Bryce Stewart, who joins as a senior director at the company’s...
Scottish Water makes record £886m investment but insists more is needed
A record £886 million has been invested by Scottish Water in the last year, its annual report has revealed.
However, the organisation said the changing...
Edinburgh office market sees ‘strong’ finish to 2021
NEW research has shown that a 'strong' final quarter in 2021 saw office take-up in Edinburgh continue its recovery from the pandemic.
Analysis from Knight...
