Removal of old tracks begins on Levenmouth rail project
WORK is underway to remove old track and redundant infrastructure as part of the project to bring rail travel back to Levenmouth for the...
Charity volunteer sews up £3,000 donation from Linwood construction firm
A Renfrewshire construction company has made a £3,000 donation to help improve the lives of impoverished African villagers.
CGC, based in Linwood, handed over a...
New Taylor Wimpey high-vis vests highlight mental health support
NEW high-vis vests aimed at addressing mental health concerns in the housebuilding sector are being made available to all Taylor Wimpey employees to wear...
Evelyn Partners moves Glasgow teams to sustainable office development
EVELYN Partners, a wealth management and professional services group created from the merger of Tilney and Smith & Williamson, has taken 30,000 sq. ft....
Kingdom marks Platinum Jubilee with tree planting initiative
KINGDOM Housing Association has announced it has planted oak trees in Glenrothes and Perth as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy, an initiative created...
Safer Scotland appoints new MD and outlines ambitious growth plans
SAFER Scotland has appointed Phil Bunting as its new MD. The Paisley-based company, which has been employed on hundreds of projects for construction, civil...
Scottish Rugby to develop Edinburgh hotel
SCOTTISH Rugby is to capitalise on Edinburgh's "flourishing" hotel sector by developing a hotel on land close to the BT Murrayfield Stadium.
JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group...
New £11m Highland flood defence scheme to protect over 300 homes
R.J. McLeod has commenced work on a new £11 million flood prevention scheme in the Highlands.
The Highland Council said that the development will protect...
Clark Contracts wins award for University of Glasgow project
CLARK Contracts has won the Refurbishment of the Year category of the 2025 Learning Places Scotland Awards, following the firm's refurbishment of the Maths...
Landmark £23m cycle scheme opens in Edinburgh
A landmark scheme to transform active travel between the east and west of Edinburgh has been officially opened.
Balfour Beatty led the build of the...
Slump in infrastructure activity hits construction sector
A fall in infrastructure work has helped cause a "slump" in UK construction activity in the early part of 2018, according to new research.
The...
Action group welcomes assurances on 38-hectare BiFab yard
THE Action for Arnish campaign group has welcomed an assurance from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) that they have a 'shared objective' for...
Building services package supports delivery of Stirling luxury care home
ARC-Tech (Scotland) has revealed its role in helping to deliver a new luxury care home in Stirling after the firm provided a turnkey building...
Connect Modular enters administration with dozens of jobs lost
CONNECT Modular has entered administration with all 38 employees being made redundant, following 'significant' financial challenges in recent months due to rising operational costs...
Libby Heathcote elected as next RIAS president
LIBBY Heathcote, an associate director at Reiach and Hall Architects, has been elected as the next president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in...
Scottish firms urged to grasp the chance to transform sector
SCOTTISH construction businesses are being urged to grasp the opportunity to boost productivity by innovating and helping to build a new future for the...
Construction workers best at building bodies
A survey of over 2,000 people who work out regularly discovered that builders and construction workers are the profession most likely to be hitting...
DM Hall launches in-house drone surveying service
DM Hall has announced it is rolling out an in-house drone surveying service across its nationwide building surveying teams.
The firm has been running a...
Figures released on condition of Scotland’s housing stock
THE Scottish Government has released the figures on fuel poverty, energy efficiency, the condition of housing and other key descriptors of the occupied housing...
New study extols virtues of timber MMC methods on carbon impact
NEW research has concluded that the use of sustainably sourced timber panelised MMC methods to build new homes rather than masonry products can reduce...
