Robertson Homes celebrates trio of award wins

ROBERTSON Homes has scooped a hat-trick of honours at the What House? Awards 2024. The firm collected the Gold Award for Best Interior Design for...

Harlow strengthens senior team with two new hires

HARLOW Consulting has announced two new hires as the agency experiences 'rapid growth'. The firm offers qualitative and quantitative research, evaluation, qualifications, and standards design....

New technology to advise Network Rail of presence of rare species during infrastructure works

NEW cutting-edge technology is to help Network Rail workers and contractors be aware of the presence of rare species when carrying out infrastructure work. The...

‘Grenfell-type cladding’ used in at least 43 Scottish schools

13 local authorities have confirmed the use of aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding across at least 43 school buildings in Scotland, the Scottish Government...

Principal contractor appointed to install 3km of water mains at Aberdeen Harbour project

NICOL of Skene has been appointed principal contractor by Doig and Smith on behalf of Aberdeen Harbour Board to install around 3km of new...

Mates in Mind in Relief Fund appeal

CHARITY Mates in Mind is appealing for donations to its Covid-19 Relief Fund in order to allow the organisation, which specialises in mental health...
L-R: Homes for Scotland chair Ken Gillespie; cabinet secretary for housing Màiri McAllan; First Minister John Swinney; Homes for Scotland chief executive Jane Wood. Image credit: Chris Watt Photography

Builders welcome first minister’s ‘direct engagement’ with sector to tackle housing emergency

HOMES for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the 'renewed commitment' from John Swinney to addressing the housing emergency and working more closely with the sector...

Property firm marks significant milestone

PROPERTY consultancy CBRE is celebrating 50 years since the first Richard Ellis office (as the firm was known) opened in Glasgow in 1965.  Kicking off...

Disused gate house set for community hub transformation in Barrhead

A new community hub featuring a cafe, workshop, meeting space, office, kitchen, bike hire point and public toilets is to be created in a...

Creating the right environment for mental healthcare

WITH the issue of child and adolescent mental healthcare very much in the headlines these days, the completion of NHS Tayside’s new CAHMS care unit...

GAP Group apprentice scheme lands top recruitment award

GAP Group is celebrating being awarded the Apprenticeship Award at the s1 Recruitment Awards – confirming its commitment to apprentices and as an industry leader...

Work at Tiree Ferry Terminal complete

CALEONIAN Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has completed works at Tiree Ferry Terminal to repair the old pierhead. The completion of work means that the old...
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14 firms appointed to £80m framework for Scottish public sector works

FOURTEEN businesses have secured places on an £80 million framework to deliver 'critical' public sector infrastructure across Scotland. The Modular Buildings framework (MB3), led by...

CCG Homes presents luxury Greenock development

A development of luxury homes in Greenock’s west end has been launched to market. CCG Homes gave insight into its plans for the regeneration of...

All platforms at Glasgow Central to reopen

ALL platforms at Glasgow Central are to reopen on Wednesday (March 25) following the Union Street fire, Network Rail has announced. An exclusion zone had...

Glasgow engineer scoops ‘Rising Star’ gong

A top Scottish property talent has been honoured at the recent British Council for Offices’ NextGen Awards. Glasgow-based Emma MacLeod, associate director at engineering constancy...

CCG confirms 17 new apprentices for 2023

CONTRACTOR CCG has confirmed an intake of 17 new trade apprentices in 2023, taking the total number employed across the group of companies to...

Housebuilder ‘presents’ new way of promoting homes

ALLANWATER Homes has launched video fly-throughs of show-homes and house-types at its various developments throughout Scotland. Accessible through a link on its website, the videos...

The road to true net zero

As construction works towards reducing carbon emissions, John Smith, technical director at Donaldson Timber Systems, discusses why embodied carbon is critical to its success IT’S...

Work to ‘rejuvenate’ Glasgow’s Byres Road to begin in new year

WORK to 'rejuvenate' the quality of Byres Road is set to get underway in January, Glasgow City Council has announced. The street is a major...