Heriot-Watt’s Dubai campus obtains sustainability award
HERIOT-Watt University's Dubai campus has been awarded gold status by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
Several factors helped the campus qualify for...
Ex-Locharbriggs logistics yard to be transformed into 89-home development
A former logistics yard in Locharbriggs, Dumfries and Galloway, is being transformed into a new development of 89 homes for social rent by CCG...
Milestone for South Ayrshire modular housing development
RIVERSIDE Scotland has handed over the second phase of its modular housing development at Dundonald with a further nine of the 63 homes allocated...
Jordanhill development would create ‘construction jobs boost’
A proposed new residential development on the site of the former Jordanhill Campus in Glasgow would create scores of construction jobs and "significantly" boost...
Modernisation of Greenock school complete
A Greenock school has reopened following a £6 million modernisation and complete refurbishment.
Clark Contracts undertook the work at St Mary's Primary in the town's...
Lumsden appointed MD at TSL Contractors
IAIN Lumsden has been appointed managing director at construction and haulage firm TSL Contractors.
He is joining from Balfour Beatty’s north Scotland business where he worked...
Balfour Beatty awarded £27m Comrie flood protection scheme
BALFOUR Beatty has secured a £27 million contract to deliver the Comrie flood protection scheme on behalf of Perth and Kinross Council.
Awarded through the...
Esh Construction picks up national prize
ESH Construction has received national recognition for its Building My Skills programme, which has helped provide young people with the skills to succeed in the construction...
Work underway on £4.2m Garnock Visitor and Community Hub
HUB South West and CCG will deliver the new £4.2 million Garnock Visitor and Community Hub on behalf of North Ayrshire Council.
Work is underway on...
Premier Inn prepares for ‘exciting’ year of builds in Scotland
PREMIER Inn is set to invest over £70 million into Scotland with the opening of five new hotels in the country.
The new openings will...
Council acts on ‘serious’ roof defects
A local authority is to conduct structural surveys on a number of its properties after a “potentially serious” defect was discovered in one of...
Unite craft workers accept improved COSLA pay offer
UNITE the union has confirmed that its local government craft membership have voted to accept an improved pay offer from COSLA (Convention of Scottish...
Housebuilder sticks its neck out with giraffe sculpture sponsorship
HOUSEBUILDER CALA Homes (East) is sponsoring an eight-foot-tall giraffe sculpture that will form part of an Edinburgh art trail.
The company is among the first...
Competence of installers ‘paramount’ to achieving net zero
SCOTLAND'S largest construction trade body has called on the Scottish Government to set minimum standards of competence for installers as well as installations as it...
Aberdeen firm fined after scaffold fall
AN Aberdeen-based building and joinery firm has been sentenced after a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell three metres from scaffolding that he...
Housebuilder donates to Sikh community foodbank
HOUSEBUILDER Mactaggart & Mickel has donated £500 to The Sikh Food Bank, a new Sikhs in Scotland project created to help people left most vulnerable...
Green light for £17m Paisley development
AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has secured planning consent for a new £17 million housing development on the site of St Mirren Football Club's former stadium...
Work complete on £3.4m Tarbert sewer flooding project
SCOTTISH Water has completed work on its £3.4 million project to help reduce the risk of sewer flooding in Tarbert.
The work, which first commenced...
Devon firm to lead ‘must-do’ project at Stonehaven Harbour
TEIGNMOUTH Maritime Services (TMS) has been appointed to lead a £2.2 million project to safeguard the long-term future of the 'iconic' Stonehaven Harbour.
The Aberdeenshire...
Gyms need to ‘seriously’ evaluate their ventilation before reopening
A firm which supplied ventilation to the Nightingale Hospital in London has warned that gyms need to ‘seriously evaluate’ their ventilation to ensure it...
