Balfour Beatty “transformation” gathers pace

Balfour Beatty has announced a return to profit following two years of losses. The contractor posted an underlying pre-tax profit of £60 million for 2016,...
Alastair Wallace

Business as usual for Thomas & Adamson following acquisition

Egis recently acquired Edinburgh-based Thomas & Adamson, a provider of cost and project management, building surveying, and principal designer services. Founded in 1935, Thomas...
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Consultancy calls for greater planning and controls to tackle capacity crunch

TURNER & Townsend is calling for stronger project controls and upfront programme planning to combat a sector-wide capacity crunch. The call comes as 'cooling demand,...

CCG confirms new board appointment

CCG (Scotland) has announced the promotion of long-serving employee Gary Weir to the role of technical director. Gary first joined CCG in 2006 as a...

New CECA Scotland chair appointed

MARK Bramley of Alness-based Pat Munro has been appointed chair of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland. He succeeds David Ross, MD of George...

Elgin housebuilder reports period of “strong growth”

SPRINGFIELD Properties has reported a 38% rise in revenue to £75.7 million in the housebuilder's interim financial results for the six-month period ended November...

Dundee demolition contractor switches to employee ownership model

DUNDEE-based demolition specialist Safedem has completed its move to an employee ownership business model. The move is designed to secure the future of the award-winning...

Cushman & Wakefield welcomes 11 new appointments

CUSHMAN & Wakefield has expanded its Scottish operation by welcoming 11 new appointments to the team. Scott McKenzie joins as an associate director within the...

Hurstwood Holdings completes £2.9m acquisition of Edinburgh casino

HURSTWOOD Holdings’ subsidiary AM Sci Tech, has completed the acquisition of The Maybury Casino in Edinburgh for £2.9 million.  The acquisition of the Art Deco...

Robertson confirms senior civil engineering appointment

BRYAN Glass has been appointed executive director of Robertson's civil engineering business. Born and trained in New Zealand, he is a chartered civil engineer who...
Richard Park

Hub North appointed to £2.1 billion Highland Investment Plan

HUB North Scotland has been appointed by The Highland Council as delivery partner for implementing the new £2.1 billion Highland Investment Plan. The move will...

Balfour Beatty to back CITB Consensus

BALFOUR Beatty has announced it will vote in favour of CITB Consensus - just weeks after suggesting the business was "likely" to vote against...
Lesley Anderson

SPA reports ‘record-breaking’ year following surge in partners and projects

THE Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has revealed a 'record-breaking' year in its annual results. The not-for-profit organisation supported more than 270 new projects in 2023/24,...

Troon sawmill in recruitment drive after landing new forestry contract

A Troon-based timber processor is set to create 25 new jobs after securing a contract from Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS). The move supports the...

Construction output increases, but challenges remain

THE latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on construction output have provided more 'encouraging' news for the sector. Construction output increased by 0.4% in...
Lloyd Melville (left) with SELECT branch chair Mike Campbell

Newly-elected MSPs pledge support for regulation of the electrical industry

SELECT has wasted no time in continuing its campaign for regulation of the Scotland's electrical industry by securing the backing of two newly-elected MPS. SNP...

Ross is registered

JULIE Ross of the Edinburgh office of design consultant Turley Associates has been accepted as a registered practitioner in urban design by the Urban...

Inverclyde-based builders’ merchant acquires Lanarkshire business

RODGER Group Limited, parent company of M&J Builders Merchants (M&J), has acquired South Lanarkshire Building Supplies (SLB). The merger has been tipped to enable SLB...

Contractors to get major Scottish housing contract opportunity

THE Scottish construction sector is set to receive a £1.5 billion contract opportunity to deliver new build housing. Scotland Excel will publish the Invitation to Participate...
Jon Ozanne

Balfour Beatty announces two senior promotions

BALFOUR Beatty has confirmed two appointments to its digital, procurement and supply chain senior leadership team. Jon Ozanne has been promoted to chief information officer...