Green light for 200-acre regeneration of previously unusable land at Ravenscraig
A milestone has been reached in the regeneration of the former Ravenscraig Steelworks following the approval of extensive extraction and remediation works covering 200...
Ferguson Marine shipyard nationalised by Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has reached an agreement with administrators to take the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow into public control.
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,...
Graham + Sibbald acquires historic leisure sector property consultancy
GRAHAM + Sibbald has completed the acquisition of Fleurets, a specialist leisure sector property consultancy.
Fleurets has two centuries of experience in hotels, pubs, restaurants,...
Momentum is growing for mandatory licensing scheme for builders
MOMENTUM is growing for a mandatory licensing scheme for building contractors.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB), which has long campaigned for the introduction of...
Construction underway in Sutherland on UK mainland’s first vertical launch spaceport
CONSTRUCTION is underway in Sutherland on the build of the UK mainland's first vertical launch spaceport.
The spaceport will be the home spaceport of Forres-based...
Closing date looms for historic Glasgow site
DEVELOPERS have just over two weeks to submit offers for Glasgow’s historic Jordanhill Campus.
A closing date of Wednesday May 27 has been set for the...
Green light for major new mixed-use Edinburgh development
PLANS for the build of a mixed-use development at 20 Haymarket Yards have been given the go ahead by the City of Edinburgh Council.
The...
Calls for calm after shock EU verdict
CIVIL engineering contractors have called on Government Ministers to "re-establish their commitment" to major national construction projects in the wake of the UK's decision to...
Priestgill Wind Farm progress delivers boost to local supply chain
Priestgill Wind Farm is now under construction at Littlegill Farm, 2.2km north east of Abington, South Lanarkshire, following a decade of work to get...
Glasgow housebuilder launches private homes arm with £20m development
GLASGOW housebuilder AS Homes (Scotland) has launched a new private homes arm, as planning permission is granted for its first development.
The new subsidiary company...
Industry welcomes ‘root and branch’ planning review
THERE has been a positive reaction by the construction industry to the Scottish Government’s legislative programme for 2015/16, which features a successor scheme to...
Balfour Beatty teams up with Kelvinside Academy for innovation school
A Glasgow secondary school is partnering with contractor Balfour Beatty to deliver Scotland’s School of Innovation – the first of its kind in the...
First completed building milestone for £300m Candleriggs Square regeneration
A major milestone has been marked in the £300 million regeneration of Candleriggs Square in Glasgow’s Merchant City.
Developed by a joint venture comprising Drum...
CITB reaffirms vision for the future
THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has “reaffirmed its commitment” to its Vision 2020 programme, which aims to modernise and repurpose the organisation.
The CITB...
Balfour Beatty to build Scotland’s first net zero prison
BALFOUR Beatty has been awarded the contract to deliver the new £209 million HMP Highland.
Scheduled for completion in 2026, HMP Highland will be Scotland's...
‘Microhomes’ tipped to help address Scotland’s housing crisis
A Scottish architectural practice is pioneering new ‘microhomes’ to help address the nation’s housing crisis.
Lorne Haycock, founder of Linwood-based LH Architecture, told Project Scotland...
Hotel operator checks in to Edinburgh with ‘transformational’ project
HOTEL operator MEININGER is expanding into Edinburgh after agreeing a deal with property development company S Harrison, which will see a 1970s office building...
New CITB business plan aims to give employers greater say in solving skills challenges
THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has set out three core priorities in its newly published business plan.
Improving construction’s people pipeline, creating defined training...
Boxing clever: work begins on Hill House project
WORK has started on a poignant project to save the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Hill House in Helensburgh.
Contractor Robertson is building a ‘Box’ which will...
