Kier confirms new appointment to senior team

PHIL McDowell has been appointed operations director and joins the board of directors at Kier Construction Scotland and North East. He joined Kier as a...
NFRC Scottish Roofing award winners on stage

Entries sought for NFRC Scottish Roofing Awards 2025

ENTRIES have opened for the NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors) Scottish Roofing Awards 2025. Organisers are seeking nominations for projects completed between 1 August...

Sector gives ‘cautious welcome’ to construction output stats

NEW Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures have revealed that UK construction output increased by 1.4% in the three months to January 2020, compared...
Keith Davidson, Easy Living Developments

Easy does it for Fife developer helping to revitalise communities

GLENROTHES-based Easy Living Homes is helping to address Scotland’s housing crisis, with work gathering pace at the firm’s latest 80-home development in the village...

£270m NHS Dumfries and Galloway hospital project achieves financial close

NHS Dumfries and Galloway and High Wood Health, a consortium of  Laing O’Rourke and Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners (a fund managed by Aberdeen Asset Management),...

Homes for Scotland Awards winners revealed

  THE winners of the Homes for Scotland Awards have been announced. Barratt and David Wilson Homes took the Home Builder of the Year prize,...

£4.5m project tipped to help attract high-profile businesses to Ravenscraig

CONSTRUCTION work is underway on a £4.5 million project to help attract high-profile businesses to Ravenscraig. The investment will prepare a new development for employers,...
Grahame Barn

Scottish civils workloads rebound ‘significantly’ in Q3

CECA Scotland's latest Workload Trends Survey has found that workloads and order books rebounded 'significantly' in Q3 of 2020. This is in sharp contrast to...

Contracts awarded for £4.3m Aberdeen Harbour caissons work

ABERDEEN Harbour Board has announced that further contract awards to the value of £4.3 million have been issued in support of its South Harbour...

COP26: time to build a better future

THE eyes of the world will be on Glasgow shortly when the city hosts the COP26 global gathering. The built environment will take centre stage...

Making waves: artificial surf park gets the green light

WAVEGARDEN Scotland has secured planning permission to build Scotland's first man-made surf park near Ratho, Edinburgh. In what has been tipped to provide a major...

Glasgow museum nears reopening following £68m refurbishment

THE Burrell Collection in Glasgow is set to reopen in March 2022 following five years of closure, the charity Glasgow Life has confirmed. Kier Construction...

Scotland’s construction pipeline database sees huge surge in registrations

SCOTLAND'S Construction Pipeline Forecast Tool has experienced a massive rise in business registrations as the resource celebrates its first anniversary. Launched in July last year...
Workers at sod-cutting ceremony to mark start of construction of care home

Work begins on 54-bed care home in Broughty Ferry

A sod-cutting ceremony has marked the start of work on a new £14 million care home in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The 54-bed care home is...

HSE inspectors to make unannounced site visits

THE Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will carry out unannounced building site visits during a month-long initiative to tackle poor standards and unsafe work. 'Health as...

Small firms ‘taking brunt’ of Scottish construction shutdown

NEW research has laid bare the current cash flow challenges for Scottish construction firms in the wake of Covid-19. A survey conducted by the Construction...

The Gateway to a brighter future

THE new chief executive of urban regeneration specialist Clyde Gateway is backing Scotland’s construction industry to rise to the net zero challenge. Martin McKay told...
Artist's impression of development

Glasgow developer secures £18.8m funding boost for student accommodation scheme

KELVIN Properties has secured an £18.8 million development facility from Bank of Scotland to fund construction of its first purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme...

Green Home Festival set to boost Scotland’s net zero ambitions

THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is set to host a dedicated eco homes festival in 2022, designed to provide practical assistance and advice...

CALA Homes (East) appoints new MD

CRAIG Lynes has been appointed managing director of CALA Homes (East), succeeding David McGrath who was named regional chairman earlier this year. CALA Homes (East),...