Narro hits milestone of 100 employees
NARRO has announced that it has hit the milestone of 100 permanent employees for the first time in its 37-year history.
On Monday, Chlöe Chandler...
Scottish civil engineer features in new exhibition celebrating female ICE Fellows
NICOLE Paterson, chief executive and accountable officer at Scottish Environment Protection Agency, features in a new exhibition on display at the HQ of the...
Pick Everard in the frame for three civil engineering awards
PICK Everard is celebrating after being shortlisted for three separate awards in the 2020 New Civil Engineering Awards.
Elizabeth Hardwick-Smith, director of HR, is nominated...
Next level: Ayrshire drawdown project carefully planned to avoid pollution and habitat damage
REDUCING the levels of a reservoir – even a relatively small one – is not a task to be undertaken lightly. First, there’s the...
WGM Engineering to deliver Loch Turret energy upgrades
THE energy network at Loch Turret Water Treatment Works near Crieff is undergoing an 18-month upgrade that will see the construction of a new...
Highland CECA Scotland Academy graduates step straight into job interviews
THE latest cohort of UHI Inverness students to graduate from the CECA Scotland Academy have stepped into immediate job interviews to enter the civil...
Burns & McDonnell appoints new head of civils, transmission & distribution
ENGINEERING and construction firm Burns & McDonnell has strengthened its UK Transmission & Distribution (T&D) practice with the appointment of Gareth James as head...
AmcoGiffen to lead £2.7m transformation of Barrhead’s Carlibar Park
BARRHEAD'S Carlibar Park is to be 'transformed' in a £2.7 million project to turn derelict land into attractive green space and reduce flood risks.
Led...
Sheet piling specialist urges industry to focus on embedded carbon reduction
SHEET Piling UK is urging the construction industry to make 2024 a year in which it commits to reduce the amount of embedded carbon...
Farrans awarded Gold accreditation by Investors in People
FARRANS Construction is celebrating after being awarded Investors in People Gold accreditation.
To secure Gold, a business must have the policies in place and ensure...
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...
Crane infrastructure upgrade project complete at Greenock Ocean Terminal
QUAYSIDE crane rails have been removed and replaced at the Greenock Ocean Terminal as part of a new infrastructure and modernisation project that will...
Lynebeg rail bridge installation marks A9 Dualling milestone
NETWORK Rail has announced it has demolished and replaced the bridge over the railway at Lynebeg, south of Inverness on the Highland Mainline between...
Gaining Ground
GROUNDFORCE is one of the country’s leading suppliers of rental equipment, specialising in specific sectors of the construction industry – mainly groundworks. The company...
Pandemic results in ‘steep fall’ in Q2 civils workloads
35% of Scottish firms have reported a fall in workloads compared with a year ago in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The latest CECA...
GRAHAM to land £79.5m Clyde road bridge contract
GRAHAM is set to land a £79.5 million contract to build the first opening road bridge over the River Clyde.
Councillors from Renfrewshire Council’s finance board...
ICE Scotland announces STEM Ambassador of the Year
KEVIN Smith has been announced as the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland’s STEM Ambassador of the Year for his work to inspire young...
Narro and ARUP colleagues honoured for National Galleries of Scotland work
NARRO has announced that director Dominic Echlin has been awarded the Sir Arnold Waters Medal by the Institution of Structural Engineers, alongside Ben McIlroy...
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...
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...
