A9 between Tomatin and Moy

Balfour Beatty to be awarded £184.7m Tomatin to Moy dualling contract

BALFOUR Beatty is poised to be appointed to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in a contract worth £184.7 million. The Scottish Government has...

Sustainable drainage strategy brings environmental gains at Dalkeith housing project

A sustainable drainage strategy, designed to reduce 315 cubic metres of excavation and save around 20 days of construction time, has been utilised at...
Farrans

Sisk reaches agreement to buy Farrans Construction

DUBLIN-headquartered Sisk has reached an agreement to acquire Farrans Construction in a deal tipped to unlock new opportunities for delivering major infrastructure projects across...
Fergus Aitchison

Glasgow-headquartered civil engineering consultancy names new MD

GLASGOW-headquartered civil engineering consultancy MHB Consultants has appointed Fergus Aitchison as its new MD. Founder Hendrie Barbour will subsequently move into the role of chairman...

Digging boom: critical need for asset searches

Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD, an online safe digging resource, discusses the surge in asset searches across the Covid-period and examines why the construction...

Winchburgh pupils get a taste of civils careers during M9 motorway junction visit

AS the new M9 motorway junction at Winchburgh nears completion following ten months of engineering and construction work, local school pupils became the first...
Students holding up their certificates

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,...

Akela awarded ‘diverse’ groundworks package for new Bellshill development

AKELA Construction has been appointed by Dawn Homes to lead a package of works for the new Quarriers Gate development in Bellshill. The 3.1-hectare site,...
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ICE Scotland says new first minister must address infrastructure ‘resiliency’

ICE Scotland director Ben Westland has urged new first minister Humza Yousaf to address the resiliency of the nation's infrastructure. Mr Westland also stressed the...

Constructing a resilient future by building to withstand floods

Building flood resilience requires communities to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change. Lee Davison, head of submissions – civils at McLaughlin...
KerbDrain inlet plugs

‘Industry first’ inlet plugs tipped to enhance road project contractors

ACO Technologies has launched a reusable range of inlet plugs for its KerbDrain range, designed to boost civil and highways contractors working on road...

McLaughlin & Harvey apprentice picks up top accolade

MCLAUGHLIN & Harvey has highlighted the achievements of trainee engineer Christy Dickson, who won the CECA Scotland Most Promising Apprentice 2023 award. Christy joined the...
Joanna Vezey, Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty appoints new MD of UK Highways business

BALFOUR Beatty has appointed Joanna Vezey as MD of its UK Highways business. Joanna, who will join the group in December, has over 25 years’...
David Owens and Bart Kulej, GBSS Civil Engineering

Agile approach holds key to GBSS Civil Engineering growth

GBSS Civil Engineering is embarking on a fresh chapter following the formation of a new management structure at the High Bonnybridge-based firm. New MD David...

Amey secures place on £72.5m civil engineering and technical consultancy framework

AMEY Consulting has announced it has secured a place on the £72.5 million Scotland Excel Civil Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework. Spanning four years, the...
Tony Fry with WaterAid in Rwanda

Scottish civils contractor donates Land Cruiser to WaterAid Rwanda

CIVIL engineering contractor George Leslie has donated a Land Cruiser to WaterAid Rwanda’s country programme. George Leslie is a keen supporter of WaterAid UK, which...

Engineering consultancy boosted by major Glasgow projects

WILL Rudd Davidson has revealed that investment in construction projects in Glasgow has provided a major boost for the consultancy. The firm's Glasgow team is...

Critical infrastructure investment maintains growth momentum at Clancy

CLANCY has reported sustained growth across its work in energy, water, and civil engineering in its results for the 2024/25 financial year. In its 67th...
Dougall Baillie Associates senior team

Management buyout complete at civils specialist Dougall Baillie Associates

ENGINEERING consultancy Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has announced a management buyout by three of its directors. Civil engineering director Scott MacPhail, structural engineering director Alan Ferns...

Site challenges see Aurs Road project costs rise to £28 million

THE cost of the Aurs Road project, which will create a safer route between Barrhead and Newton Mearns, has risen to a projected £28...