Livingston depot completes national ‘jigsaw’ for MGF
Excavation safety solutions specialist MGF opened its first depot in Scotland last year to support customers north of the border. Based in Livingston, the...
Time for warm words to be replaced with concrete plans
By Grahame Barn, chief executive of CECA Scotland
IN 2021 we will hopefully leave Covid-19 behind us as the vaccine programme is rolled out, but...
Gull chicks halt project to demolish redundant ferry berthing
NESTING gull chicks have delayed work to remove old harbour structures at Kyleakin Harbour.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), which owns the infrastructure, appointed Orkney-based...
Five options under consideration for Rest and Be Thankful design work
SCOTLAND'S transport minister Jenny Gilruth has met the A83 Task Force to discuss the work to identify a solution to the challenges at the...
Investment in technology helping to drive productivity for Akela
With demand for quality housing growing, the construction sector is having to adapt and think differently about how it can deliver against the backdrop...
Cream of the crop: new base gives NPC scope for Scottish expansion
NATIONAL Pile Croppers (NPC) is targeting growth in the Scottish market after opening a new depot in Airdrie.
The company specialises in hiring hydraulic pile...
Highland firm invests in future of local construction industry with academy partnership
INVERNESS-based Hill-Tec, a firm of civil engineers, construction experts and project managers, has developed a new partnership to help safeguard the future of the...
Advance Grid Solutions names director of engineering
ADVANCE Grid Solutions has appointed Ross Main to the role of director of engineering.
A graduate in electrical and electronic engineering, Ross has held senior...
Quharity Burn returned to natural state to boost biodiversity and flood resilience
A 500-metre stretch of the Quharity Burn has been restored to return the river to its historical course using nature-based solutions implemented on the...
UHI Inverness CECA Academy Scotland graduates told of ‘unprecedented’ opportunities
UHI Inverness civil engineering operative students graduating from the CECA Academy Scotland have been told they are entering an industry with 'unprecedented' opportunities.
Michael Butler,...
Civil engineer’s Forth Bridge replica could be created as official Lego set
A Scottish civil engineer has reached the halfway mark in a competition to create a new product for Lego.
Michael Dineen has accumulated over 5000...
Contractors make progress on build of Peterhead substation
SSEN Transmission has said that 'excellent' progress is being made five months into the build of its new substation in Peterhead.
Main contractor Balfour Beatty...
New BT facility to study animal-inspired excavation techniques
BT has said it aims to put the UK at the forefront of a 'new era' of robotic development for telecoms and civil engineering.
It...
BAM Nuttall completes Shetland remote robot trial in ‘UK first’
BAM Nuttall has announced it has successfully trialled the integrated Trimble X7 laser scanner with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot in a remote construction site...
Caisson weighing over 3,200 tonnes attached to Lochmaddy Pier
GEORGE Leslie has attached a caisson weighing over 3,2000 tonnes to Lochmaddy Pier as part of the delivery of infrastructure improvements for the wider...
New procurement competition launched for A9 dualling between Tomatin and Moy
THE Scottish Government has launched a new procurement competition for the dualling of the A9 between Tomatin and Moy.
The contract notice for the construction...
Growing flood risk requires fresh approach to delivery and funding
Stephen Taylor, associate director at Turner & Townsend, explores how Scotland can deliver a fresh approach to delivering flood protection schemes
THE impact of climate...
ICE to host Glasgow event focused on carbon management
THE Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is organising a carbon management conversation event on August 29 in Glasgow. The event, at Strathclyde University’s Technology...
GBSS Civil Engineering confirms new management structure
GBSS Civil Engineering Limited has announced a new management structure which will see the business expand and aim to break into additional markets.
The announcement...
Contract awarded for Dunfermline High Street project
FIFE Council has appointed Newlay Civil Engineering Ltd to carry out improvement works at the old Co-op site on Dunfermline High Street.
The site has been...
