SSE has one million reasons to celebrate safety on Berwick Bank project

SSE is celebrating hitting the milestone of one million hours of safe contractor working on its offshore Berwick Bank Wind Farm super project. The safety...

Concrete mattress provider is awake to marine environment considerations

A senior engineer at a global marine construction firm, which has operated in the likes of the Indian Ocean and Antarctic, has told Project...

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...

Livingston depot completes national ‘jigsaw’ for MGF

Excavation safety solutions specialist MGF opened its first depot in Scotland last year to support customers north of the border. Based in Livingston, the...
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,...

George Leslie appointed to £250m Queens Quay project

GEORGE Leslie has been appointed to deliver marine works at the £250 million Queens Quay regeneration project at the site of the ex-John Brown’s...

Teamwork leads to a towering triumph for Aarsleff

AARSLEFF Group’s ‘One Company’ philosophy is paying dividends for clients, staff and the different divisions and companies operating within its network. That’s the view of...

Leca part of Scottish ‘infrastructure DNA’

“WE feel that we are in the DNA of iconic modern-day infrastructure in Scotland.” Those are the words of Robert Branford, sales and marketing manager...
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Scottish housing contracts boost Akela Construction project pipeline

AKELA Construction, part of the Akela Group, has hailed a 'solid' first half of the year with a pipeline of new contract wins totalling...

Barhale secures £2.8m Clyde Gateway package of works

BARHALE Scotland has been awarded a £2.8 million contract by Clyde Gateway Developments Limited to carry out remedial works to an unstable section of...

£20 million Katrine Aqueduct upgrade work complete

SCOTTISH Water has announced that a £20 million project to upgrade the Katrine Aqueduct, which serves more than 1.3 million people in parts of...
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Making the earth move in West Lothian

GROUND Developments Ltd’s work at Winchburgh Village in West Lothian has saved around 28,000 tonnes of upfill material heading for landfill. The company undertook phase...

Five options under consideration for Rest and Be Thankful design work

SCOTLAND'S transport minister Jenny Gilruth has met the A83 Task Force to discuss the work to identify a solution to the challenges at the...

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...
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Safe digging specialist earns growth recognition

SAFE digging company LSBUD has been featured as one of the UK's top 100 fastest growing businesses in the annual ORESA Growth Index. The Index...
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Groundforce appoints Warren Buckland as MD

GROUNDFORCE has announced the appointment of Warren Buckland as the firm's new managing director. Warren has been serving as interim MD of the construction services...

Akela to deliver piling solutions at landmark EV charging hub

AKELA Ground Engineering (GE) has secured a contract to deliver piling solutions at the UK’s largest public electric vehicle (EV) charging hub. The hub will...

Playing a Quay role in Dundee project

THE multi-million pound quayside development at Dundee’s Prince Charles Wharf Extension is on track for delivery with a bit of help from Piletec, the...
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Rope access engineers repair world famous Glenfinnan Viaduct

ROPE access technicians have been ascending and navigating the Glenfinnan Viaduct as part of Network Rail's £3.4 million project to future-proof the world famous...
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Below the surface: landmark drainage system installed at Edinburgh Airport

SCOTLAND’S largest underground surface water drainage system has been installed by water infrastructure specialist SDS as part of a £23 million civil engineering programme...