Construction jobs boost after major deals concluded at Elgin Business Park
SALTIRE Business Parks has announced it has concluded a number of deals at Elgin Business Park, which will enable four developments to start in...
Hardies appoints new associate QS
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has announced that John Tulloch has been promoted to the role of associate quantity surveyor.
He joined Hardies’ Dunfermline office...
Hardies announces two senior appointments
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has announced the appointments of Gareth Cordiner as north division managing partner and Douglas Smith as Dundee partner.
Mr Cordiner...
Allied Surveyors Scotland appoint Mark Hall as new head of Perth office
ALLIED Surveyors Scotland has appointed Mark Hall to head up its Perth Office from April 4.
Mark joins the company after 24 years at Shepherd...
Johnstone retail park sold in multi-million-pound deal
PATON'S Mill Retail Park, located on the edge of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, has been sold in a deal worth almost £8 million.
The park has been...
Shetland firm wins major £2.5m housing project on island
SHETLAND firm DITT Construction has been contracted to demolish and rebuild eight houses in Lerwick.
The £2.5 million Shetland Island Council project is set to...
Hydrock appoints heat networks specialist to help drive sustainability offer in Scotland
HYDROCK has strengthened its multidisciplinary team in Scotland with the appointment of heat networks specialist Charlie Drysdale as an associate director.
He joins the firm's...
SPOA to commission ‘first of its kind’ white paper into challenges facing plant hirers
THE Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has announced plans to commission a business school in Scotland to work with the organisation on a landmark...
30 former Scots police stations to go on the market
The first tranche of 21 of these properties will be released this month. The former stations are suitable for a variety of uses, subject to obtaining local authority approval, the property firm said .
Encouraging stats as UK construction contract awards rise at start of 2020
NEW research has revealed that the value of all UK construction contracts awarded in January was £5.5 billion based on a three-month rolling average...
Soben retains top consultancy accolade at national awards ceremony
SCOTTISH-headquartered quantity surveying and commercial management consultancy Soben has been named Consultancy of the Year at the National Building and Construction Awards for the...
Turner & Townsend to support delivery of Glasgow shipbuilding facility
TURNER & Townsend has been appointed by BAE Systems as new engineering contract (NEC) project manager on the construction of a shipbuilding hall in...
Amey lands role on professional services framework with Transport Scotland
AMEY Consulting has been appointment to Transport Scotland’s professional services framework for the third consecutive time.
The four-year appointment sees Amey as one of five...
Will Rudd confirms several internal promotions in Glasgow
WILL Rudd has announced a raft of promotions to its senior team in Glasgow.
The consulting civil, structural and conservation engineering practice revealed that Gerard...
Scottish Government looks to modernise compulsory purchase law
THE Scottish Government is consulting on proposals to modernise the law on compulsory purchase.
Current laws date back almost two centuries, with the Scottish Government...
Builders bemoan Spring Budget as ‘missed opportunity’
THE Spring Budget has been hailed as a 'missed opportunity' by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) to build new homes and improve current...
Roofing and cladding contractors’ workloads remain ‘largely steady’ despite wider sector challenges
NEW research has highlighted the resilience being shown by UK roofing and cladding contractors, despite a challenging period for the wider construction sector.
NFRC’s (National...
Regeneration of Glenrothes to see vacant town centre buildings demolished
FIFE Council has partnered with the owners of the Kingdom Shopping Centre to demolish several long-vacant buildings at Albany Gate as part of the...
Stewart Milne Homes eyes recruitments for new project
STEWART Milne Homes is to build more than 350 homes at developments in Arbroath, Ballumbie and Blairgowrie, with the firm estimating that 150 jobs...
Estate agency specialising in accessible homes launches
PROPERTY specialists Sarah Baum and Michael Connolly have joined forces to launch Scotland's first estate agency specialising in accessible homes.
Based in Edinburgh, Accessible Housing...
