SES completes role at £90m University of Glasgow project
SES Engineering Services (SES) has announced it has completed its contract with main contractor Multiplex on a new £90 million learning space for the...
Young graduate builds a career with Persimmon
A talented graduate has been named Persimmon Homes’ Young Achiever of the Year, earning himself a £2,000 prize.
Site manager Ian Brown, from East Kilbride,...
Planners welcome emergency legislation introduced
RTPI Scotland has welcomed new legislation to ensure planning permissions due to lapse during the six-month ‘emergency period’ will be extended for a further...
Avant to deliver 150 new homes after buying land in Stewarton
AVANT Homes has bought a 22.3-acre piece of land in Stewarton, Kilmarnock allowing works to move forward for a new 150-home development.
Planning for the...
Levenmouth rail link project team hailed for ‘fantastic’ progress
THE progress being made on the build of the new Cameron Bridge and Leven railway stations has been hailed as 'fantastic'.
Jenny Gilruth, MSP for...
Milestone for Aberdeen as Union Street Central works commence
ABERDEEN council chiefs have celebrated the start of works to upgrade a section of the city's main thoroughfare of Union Street – the biggest...
Protecting the health rating of your construction business
Protecting the health rating of your construction business means reducing its risk exposure. In light of economic uncertainty, investor confidence is likely to waver...
New report highlights success of Hub South East
HUB South East Scotland's success has been highlighted in the organisation's annual report covering the two years 2021/22 and 2022/23.
With a programme value topping...
Procast Group delivers upgrades to homes across East Renfrewshire
PROCAST Group has embarked on work to transform homes across East Renfrewshire as part of a £725,000 project.
The Hamilton-based firm is carrying out roof...
Morrison Construction to build new £18.5m East Lothian school
MORRISON Construction has been announced as the main contractor on the £18.5 million build of the new Whitecraig Primary School in East Lothian.
Work is...
Scone development opens doors to prospective tenants
KINGDOM Initiatives recently held the first in a series of open days at the newly completed 51-home Earlsgate development in Scone, Perthshire.
The properties, which...
CITB vows to support construction workers during Covid-19 pandemic
THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has vowed to support the industry during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.
In a letter to its members, Sarah Beale,...
Sutherland business invests £100,000 in new treatment plant
A north east of Scotland business has completed an investment which is tipped to provide local construction firms with access to vital resources without...
On a High: Dundee museum works earn award recognition
HIGH Mill at Verdant Works, a social history museum in Dundee, has won a Dundee Civic Trust Award for the architecture and construction works...
Covid still impacting construction as Fife Council knocks back tenders for £500,000 project
THE £500,000 replacement of Lochore Meadows Country Park's play area has been delayed after Fife Council said tenders received for the works were 'higher...
Plans approved for 102-bed hotel in Edinburgh’s New Town
PLANNING consent has been granted by the City of Edinburgh Council to transform a sandstone office building on the edge of the capital's New...
Good to go – Taylor Wimpey to build over 400 homes
A house builder has won planning permission to go ahead with a 75-acre development in Penicuik.
Taylor Wimpey East Scotland will build 458 homes at...
SBF expresses SME concerns following Carillion collapse
THE Scottish Government has been urged to 'learn lessons' over the procurement of large-scale construction projects in the wake of the Carillion collapse.
The Scottish...
Aberdeen restauranteur secures funding to transform Union Street fast food unit
AN Aberdeen restauranteur has secured £70,000 in funding to convert a former fast food unit on the city's Union Street into a new deli,...
Making diversity a reality in construction
THE new chairman for the Association of Women in Property (WiP) has called for more women to act as visible role models in the...
