Akela Ground Engineering Swadlincote office

Akela Ground Engineering expands with new office opening

AKELA Ground Engineering, part of Glasgow-headquartered Akela Group, has opened a new office at Optimum Business Park, Swadlincote in Derbyshire to support growth ambitions...
Akil Jasm

Groundforce Shorco adds two new leaders to engineering team

GROUNDFORCE Shorco has announced the appointment of two new senior members to the firm's engineering team. Akil Jasm has been named head of engineering design,...
Groundforce bunker excavation project

Bunker excavation paves the way for a sustainable future in Glasgow

AN innovative bunker excavation project in Glasgow has been helping to pave the way for the South Clyde Energy Centre, a transformative energy-from-waste (EfW)...
Offshore Sensor

Irvine-based coastal survey specialist expands with new English office

IRVINE-headquartered SOCOTEC Land & Hydrographic Surveys is expanding operations by opening a new base in Liverpool. The coastal marine survey company will now be able...

Sustainable geo-engineering challenges for Maccaferri

THERE are scores of brown-field site redevelopment projects under way throughout the country where site won soils, which are costly to dig, costly to...
MPA The Concrete Centre

A concrete case for offshore wind

GIVEN that the purpose of offshore wind farms is to generate low-carbon, renewable energy, the concrete industry argues that the greenhouse gases emitted during...
L-R: Bart Kulej, George Burns, Fiona Burns, and David Owens

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...
Alan Boyle, Story Scotland

Story Scotland launches energy division to support nation’s net zero ambitions

STORY Scotland has announced the launch of a new division designed to deliver 'innovative and efficient' civil engineering solutions for energy customers across Scotland. The...

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...
Shutterstock environment

How can Scotland face the challenges of climate change?

ICE Scotland chair, Donald Bell, explains the need for simultaneous progress on net zero and climate resilience. SOCIETY is facing two major challenges: achieving net...

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...

GDL appoints new business development managers

WEST Lothian-headquartered Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has made two key appointments to its new business development team. Paula Mowbray-Logan and Sue Whittall have taken on...
Fiona Hyslop MSP

Contract notice published for A9 Dualling: Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project

THE contract notice for the construction of the £155 million A9 Dualling: Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project has been published. This commences procurement of the...
Environmental monitoring equipment

Environmental monitoring in groundworks: clearing the way for new homes

With available building space at a premium in the UK, there has been an increasing push to convert disused brownfield land into new housing....
Mark Fuller and Ashley Carter

Ground specialist adds to senior team

AARSLEFF Ground Engineering has strengthened its senior management team after making two key appointments. Mark Fuller, who was formerly business head of the driven piling...
Benbrack substation

Positive energy for substation project

Mabey Hire was engaged by Foundation Solutions HV Ltd to design and supply formwork for the construction of the new-build Benbrack Substation in Dumfries...
Grahame Barn

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...

Water systems in fine health at new hospital

EDINBURGH’S new £150 million Royal Hospital for Children and Young People has utilised more than 300,000 Polypipe Permavoid and Polystorm-R components for water attenuation...
Steel sheet pile walls in Comrie

Sheet pile innovation helps mitigate Comrie flood risk

A £27 million project in Comrie has demonstrated the advantages of permanent steel sheet pile walls as effective flood defences. Working alongside main contractor Balfour...

Groundforce awarded first-place framework agreement by Scottish Water

SCOTTISH Water has awarded a first-place framework agreement to Groundforce for the hire of trenching and shoring equipment. The award is based on a ranked...