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Delivery plan announced for remaining A9 dualling projects

ALMOST half of Perth to Inverness route will be dual carriageway by the end of 2030, Scotland's cabinet secretary for transport has announced. Mairi McAllan...

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...

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...

Vp plc has emissions targets validated by SBTi

SPECIALIST equipment rental group Vp plc has had its efforts and strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through science-based targets validated by the Science...

Groundforce promotes new engineering director

GROUNDFORCE Shorco has promoted the company's head of UK engineering design, Oliver Smith, to engineering director. In his new role, he will be responsible for...

Akela’s one-stop-shop approach chosen for Carntyne affordable homes

AKELA Construction, Akela Ground Engineering, and DGM Surfacing Ltd, all part of the Akela Group, are continuing to support AS Homes (Scotland) with the...

Emergency works underway to reinstate Pittenweem’s coastal protection

FIFE Council has announced it is carrying out emergency works to stabilise the collapsed coastal wall behind homes in Pittenweem’s Abbey Wall Road and...

Groundforce shores up support for crucial bridge link

GROUNDFORCE Shorco has been supplying a range of large-capacity modular hydraulic shoring equipment to contractors building the new Govan to Partick Bridge in Glasgow. The...

Design software helps add resilience to water supply

FORMING part of the Ayrshire Resilience Project, Scottish Water is working to connect the Glasgow trunk main network with supplies in Ayrshire. Once completed,...

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...

Big props to recorded load monitoring data

Ajay Nagah, engineering & major projects manager – ground shoring, at Altrad RMD Kwikform, explains how the use of historic data and digital virtual...
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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...

Perth ‘super sewer’ project uses innovative concrete pipe alternative

THE installation of a 'super sewer' in Perth is making progress, with the project using a steel-reinforced composite pipe to cut carbon emissions. Scottish Water,...

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...

Jedburgh civils contractor acquired by RSK

JEDBURGH-based civil engineering and bulk earthworks contractor RJT Excavations has been acquired by RSK in a move described as 'significantly strengthening' the group’s expertise...

Akela lands major piling contract at 226-home Persimmon development

AKELA Ground Engineering has been appointed by Persimmon Homes East Midlands to deliver piling work for its forthcoming housing development, The Willows, in Norfolk. The...

New procurement competition launched for A9 dualling between Tomatin and Moy

THE Scottish Government has launched a new procurement competition for the dualling of the A9 between Tomatin and Moy. The contract notice for the construction...

Construction workers praised following record number of ‘safe digging’ searches

'RECORD' numbers of people in the UK are searching for pipes and cables before they put a digger bucket or spade in the ground,...

Ground investigations to begin for Old Military Road upgrades

GROUND investigations are underway on a parcel of land between the Old Military Road (OMR) diversion route and the A83 immediately north of the...

New software aims to optimise management of heavy civils projects

TOPCON Positioning Systems has launched its new Aptix integration platform to optimise how heavy civil construction projects are managed. The firm explained that Aptix...