Glasgow tunnel work sees Broxburn firm earn top award in Las Vegas
A Broxburn-based diamond drilling specialist has won an award in America for its tunnel upgrade work on Glasgow's Queen Street Railway Station.
Corecut said the £1.25 million...
Civil engineer looks to build on Lego bridge idea
A civil engineer who spent four months creating a giant Lego model of Scotland’s iconic Forth Bridge hopes to see his creation become Scotland’s...
MGF launches first Scottish depot
EXCAVATION safety solutions specialist MGF has opened its first depot in Scotland to support customers north of the border.
Based in Livingston’s Houstoun Industrial Estate,...
Solutions supplier is boxing clever in Cambuslang
GROUNDFORCE Shorco has supplied a range of trench boxes and associated safety products to enable George Leslie to carry out a waste water rising...
Partnership approach pays off in ‘iconic’ transport task
ONE of the UK’s largest retaining structures has been installed on the £40 million Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor project.
Esh Construction, Aarsleff Ground Engineering and...
Pontoon project making waves in Inverclyde
THERE’S a wave of activity at Peel Ports’ Inchgreen Dry Dock in Inverclyde, as the firm’s new 200-metre long cruise pontoon berth begins to...
Video documents enabling works at site of landmark new North Lanarkshire hospital
A new video has been released detailing the challenging preparatory groundworks that are currently being carried out at the site of the new University...
Soil Engineering Geoservices poised for £1m groundworks contract
TRANSPORT Scotland has announced its intention to award a £1 million contract to Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd to conduct ground investigations as part of...
Mabey Hire becomes part of PERI Group
FORMWORK and scaffolding specialist PERI has taken over UK-headquartered Mabey Hire.
The PERI Group is a family-owned company based in Weissenhorn, Germany, with approximately 9,000...
Ground investigation work to inform next phase of A83 plans
SOIL Engineering Geoservices has secured a £1.6 million contract for A83 ground investigation work.
As the first phase of the medium-term works to improve the...
Retaining wall delivers platform for success
A precast platform retaining wall unit from FP McCann has assisted platform extension works at Edinburgh’s Waverely Station. The project involved the lengthening of...
Weight of history felt in Edinburgh city centre project
IN the heart of Edinburgh city centre, a complex and historically sensitive construction project is currently paving the way for a new mixed-use scheme,...
Subsidence risk rises as Scotland’s weather wreaks havoc
David Hedley, commercial & infrastructure lead at ground engineering specialist Mainmark UK, warns that as weather remains erratic, the construction sector must stay alert...
SCCS and Senceive team up with distribution partnership
SCCS, part of Hexagon and a distributor for Leica Geosystems solutions, has formed a partnership with Senceive to supply the company’s wireless remote condition...
Record year for ‘safe digging’ searches
LSBUD, an online safe digging resource, has revealed it welcomed more than 3.4 million searches - a new record - for underground pipes and...
Work to begin on improving resilience at A83 Rest and Be Thankful
PREPARATORY works to realign the southern end of the temporary diversion route at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful will start this week, Transport...
Groundforce Training celebrates back-to-back wins at industry awards
GROUNDFORCE Training has celebrated its 10th anniversary year by winning the award for Water Industry Training Organisation of the Year for the second year...
Digital tools help provide model solution in Sighthill
BAM Ritchies, the ground engineering and geotechnical division of BAM Nuttall Ltd, has revealed details of its key role in a project in a...
Projects are piling up for ground specialist
AARSLEFF Ground Engineering’s recently appointed managing director has described Scotland as a “very important” market for the business, which has been going through a...
Take some wire and stones…
David Crowther considers how the strength and simplicity of gabions have helped them become a familiar sight throughout the country.
FOR over a hundred years,...
