Keller Group hails ‘strong’ trading performance at start of 2025
GEOTECHNICAL specialist contractor Keller Group has issued a trading update for the first four months of the year ahead of its AGM today (May...
Ground specialist in VR investment
AARSLEFF Ground Engineering has invested in a virtual reality room at the firm’s Nottinghamshire HQ.
The room uses 3D simulation and data mapping technology to...
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...
Drone tech adds value for West Calder groundworks firm
THE sky is the limit for West Lothian-based Mulholland Contracts as it invests in drone technology to better service its clients.
The West Calder groundworks,...
A platform for action as Kincardine Bridge work advances
OVER 30,000 tonnes of material have been used to create platforms to work from on the Transport Scotland project to demolish and replace part...
New report urges greater collaboration
MABEY has released a report urging new ways of working and greater collaboration across the construction supply chain to help solve the sector’s productivity...
Firm sees strength in numbers
MACKENZIE Construction has launched a new collaborative initiative called ‘Strengthening our Foundations’, which aims to see the business partner up with other organisations to...
Piling specialist’s Payne-staking efforts to help drive business forward
Akela Ground Engineering appointed piling specialist Will Payne as the company’s new general manager earlier this year, with the aim of helping the business...
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...
Groundworks underway on new Penicuik housing site
LOCHAY Homes has started groundworks on its latest residential development near Penicuik, Midlothian.
The project, set within 6.39 acres of the former Wellington School site,...
Akela lands second contract with supermarket giant
AKELA Ground Engineering has announced it has been awarded a contract to deliver piling solutions for the extension of an Aldi supermarket at Redbrae...
Construction begins on National Manufacturing Institute Scotland facility
CONSTRUCTION work is underway on the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland facility at the heart of the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland in Renfrewshire.
The team...
Advanced works underway on ‘next generation’ Glasgow building
DEANS Civil Engineering Scotland has commenced advanced works on behalf of CEG to prepare Glasgow's 33 Cadogan Street for development.
Works include installing sheet piling around...
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...
Preferred option revealed for Rest and Be Thankful challenges
THE construction of a debris flow shelter has been announced as the preferred option for a long-term solution to the challenges at the A83...
GRS completes acquisition of ground stabilisation ‘disruptor’ Soil Science
CONSTRUCTION materials group GRS has acquired start-up ground stabilisation and enabling works contractor Soil Science Ltd in a multi-million pound deal.
The bolt-on acquisition 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...
The evolution of soil stabilisation
The remedial practice of soil stabilisation has been widely employed in the construction and building sectors for thousands of years, and even after more...
Roger Bullivant completes first foundation package for Dandara Scotland
ROGER Bullivant Limited (RBL) has completed its first foundation package for Dandara Scotland at its Foxhall Gait development in Kirkliston.
The ground engineering specialist revealed...
A creative solution for Potter Place
A unique deep soil mixing technique has been used to deliver an effective and fast solution for culvert works at Potter Place in Glasgow.
During...
