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...
Team behind Glasgow’s £21.4m avenues project to host information event
THE team behind Glasgow City Council's £21.4 million avenues project is to host an information event this Thursday.
Avenues Plus is a Sustrans-funded project which looks...
Plant owners raise concerns over operation of schemes to support businesses during Covid-19
SCOTTISH plant firms have raised concerns over the operation of some of the schemes introduced to support businesses in the wake of the Covid-19...
Free Dunfermline event to focus on heat pump installation
FIFE plumbers and heating engineers will have the chance to learn more about installing heat pumps at a free event at Fife College’s Dunfermline...
Refurbished St Andrew’s Hospice “exceeds expectations”
THE £9 million refurbishment of St Andrew's Hospice has been completed.
Construction company CCG has handed over the keys to the charity’s chief executive Bruce...
Construction underway on 67-home Dundee project
WORK has started to build 67 new Caledonia Housing Association homes in Dundee.
Locates at Ballindean Road in the east of the city, the development will...
Kitchens installed to dish up free school meals
THOUSANDS of children throughout Primary schools in Edinburgh can now enjoy free school meals thanks to a collaboration between City of Edinburgh Council and Kier...
St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies to launch revamped HQ
St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies will unveil its revamped Edinburgh HQ with a family fun day on Monday.
The firm’s flagship Prestonfield branch has...
Scottish house prices ‘holding up well’ despite rising interest rates
AVERAGE house prices in Scotland have continued to rise over the last year despite predictions that higher interest rates would cause them to fall,...
Plans submitted for mixed-use Glasgow Merchant City development
ARTISAN Real Estate has lodged a planning application for a new multi-million pound mixed-use development in Glasgow's Merchant City.
Situated at 65-97 Ingram Street on...
New appointment for BAM
BAM Construction Scotland has appointed Claire Anderson as Community Benefits Co-ordinator. Claire, a marketing graduate from Airdrie, joins the company from Business Partnership in...
CITB hails impact of grant scheme as huge rise in payouts are revealed
THE CITB has revealed it has paid out over £5 million more in grants so far this financial year and supported nearly 700 more...
CCG to provide upgrades for Govanhill tenements
GOVANHILL Housing Association has appointed CCG to carry out tenement repairs that will see up to 16 properties receive internal and external upgrades.
New cement could solve UK’s supply chain crisis
BRITAIN'S construction industry could be 'shaken to its foundations' unless a new, environmentally cement can be produced, an academic has warned.
Dr Moray Newlands, of...
Milestone for £16 million architecture school at RGU
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has completed the second phase of its £120m Garthdee campus project.
The new £16 million Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built...
Building firms fined after worker breaks back in leisure centre fall
TWO building contractors have been fined after a worker broke his back when he fell four metres from a roof.
The 36-year-old man from Kettlebrook, Tamworth,...
Offsite construction is even more vital in ‘new normal’
FORCED entirely online by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new offsite manufacturing training programme has highlighted why the industry may need to further embrace this...
Construction work begins on new Westhill community
CALA Homes (North) has announced work is underway on a new 50-home development at Burnland, Westhill.
The move follows planning approval from Aberdeenshire Council earlier...
Lidl eyes build of new Scottish stores
LIDL has unveiled a wish list of locations for potential new stores in Scotland - from Dundee to Bonnyrigg and Aberdeen to St Andrews.
The...
Irvine windows and doors specialist secures new contracts worth £1.8m
IRVINE-based Andrew Wright Windows has been awarded new contracts valued at just under £1.8 million by Cruden Building.
The nine separate contracts involve the manufacture...
