Balfour Beatty set for Ayrshire nuclear deal
MAGNOX has appointed Balfour Beatty to deliver the £34m Solid Intermediate Level Waste Encapsulation (SILWE) contract at Hunterston A, a former power station in...
Clow named MD of Bancon’s homes business
ALLAN Clow has been named the new managing director of Bancon Group's homes business.
The group's former finance director will now lead the housebuilding operation as...
Low carbon construction course launches to bridge skills gap
BUILT Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) is launching a new course designed to train for the current and future skills and competencies needed to...
SAMH praises construction sector’s mental health response
SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) has told Project Scotland that it is ‘extremely impressed’ by the construction sector’s collective desire to tackle mental...
Giraffe sticks its neck out
Leading restaurant and café chain Giraffe has been confirmed as the first occupier for 1 West Regent Street.
Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel posts ‘strong’ set of financial results
MACTAGGART & Mickel has announced a 'strong' set of financial results, with a rise in turnover and double-digit profit result for the fourth year in...
Housebuilders hold talks with cabinet secretary over planning issues
SENIOR figures from Scotland's housebuilding sector have held talks with Aileen Campbell MSP, cabinet secretary for communities and local government, to discuss overcoming concerns...
Plans approved for refurbishment of Edinburgh College of Art
PLANNING consent has been granted for a campus-wide development plan to 'consolidate and improve' the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA)'s existing estate.
The HawkinsBrown-designed scheme...
Scottish bodies reject CITB levy proposals
MEMBERS of two major Scottish construction bodies have chosen to reject the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) new levy proposals.
More than two thirds of Scottish...
Glasgow School of Art reaffirms commitment to Mackintosh rebuild
THE Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has reaffirmed its commitment to the faithful reinstatement of the A-listed Mackintosh Building.
A tender is to be issued...
45 redundancies as NRS ceases trading with immediate effect
LIVINGSTON-based NRS UK, which employs 47 staff and has a turnover of £33 million, has entered administration and ceased trading with immediate effect.
Michelle Elliot...
Cost of living crisis: construction sector shows resilience in face of pressures
SCOTLAND’S construction sector is continuing to show resilience in the face of the cost of living crisis, with many local building companies reporting a...
Goodstone Living appoints McAleer & Rushe to build Leith BTR scheme
GOODSTONE Living has appointed McAleer & Rushe to build at least 338 homes for its next generation build-to-rent residential scheme in Leith.
The waterfront project,...
Trade body calls for lowering of Project Bank Account threshold
SELECT has called for a lower threshold on Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) to offer more payment protection for SMEs in the wake of the...
Barratt confirms trio of senior promotions in Scotland
BARRATT has strengthened its leadership team in Scotland with three senior appointments.
Barratt Developments Scotland – which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes –...
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...
Homes for Scotland confirms new chief executive
HOMES for Scotland (HFS) has announced that Jane Wood will become the trade body's new chief executive from June 1, succeeding Nicola Barclay who...
Scotland’s construction industry to enter phase 2 of restart plan
NICOLA Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland's construction industry is to move onto the next step of its restart plan, in a move that has...
New initiative aims to transform recruitment and skills across Scotland’s construction sector
SCOTLAND'S Construction Accord Transformation Board has launched its Construction Workforce Mission, aimed at tackling the challenge of recruiting, training, and retaining enough skilled workers...
Scotland earns top marks for education construction projects
THE latest Super Sectors report from Barbour ABI, the construction industry intelligence provider, shows that Scotland is currently top of the class when it...
