Edinburgh-based housing association secures £13m funding boost
MANOR Estates Housing Association Ltd (MEHA), a registered social landlord and charity based in Edinburgh, has secured a £13 million funding injection from Royal...
Scottish Government looks to boost resilience and flexibility of planning system
THE Scottish Government has launched three consultations aiming to improve the resilience and flexibility of the planning system.
The first consultation explores options to better...
Edinburgh project manager competes for national award in London
AN EDINBURGH project manager will represent Scotland at a national awards ceremony in London.
Mark Foley, who oversees the build at The Crescent by CALA...
Challenges and opportunities associated with transforming brownfield sites
By Tim Metcalfe, regional MD at Keepmoat Scotland
I’M the regional managing director at Keepmoat, Scotland with 25 years’ experience in the housing sector. Previously,...
CITB hails success of Employer Networks initiative
THE Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released its year-end figures for its Employer Networks initiative, which revealed a significant increase in learners being...
Historic cinema set for new lease of life after £2m revamp
EDINBURGH'S iconic Filmhouse cinema is set for a new lease of life following a refurbishment project carried out by Clark Contracts.
Completion of the £2 million...
Turner & Townsend at the heart of new hospice plans
Turner & Townsend is acting as project manager and CDM advisor on the new Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH) for Glasgow.
The new purpose...
Construction training specialist becomes employee-owned enterprise
CONSTRUCTION management training specialist Esteem Training has announced it has become an employee-owned enterprise as the business marks its 35th anniversary.
With immediate effect, shares...
Heriot-Watt University plays host to UAE construction delegates
DELEGATES from five major Middle Eastern construction companies recently visited the new GRID building at Heriot-Watt University.
The delegates from the United Arab Emirates were...
New guide aims to help SME housebuilders navigate finance process
THE Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has teamed up with UK Finance to publish an updated ‘Guide to Development Finance’ to encourage small and...
Balfour Beatty to be awarded £184.7m Tomatin to Moy dualling contract
BALFOUR Beatty is poised to be appointed to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in a contract worth £184.7 million.
The Scottish Government has...
Ambitious housebuilder satisfies appetite for modern living
A forward thinking independent housebuilder is reaping the benefits of the impact of flexible working on the housing market.
With a growing number of people...
£900,000 contract awarded for B-listed building window work
THE £900,000 contract to refurbish 430 windows at the former Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh has been awarded to Richardson & Starling.
Cala Homes (East)...
Building homes in Scotland – we need to look afresh at pipeline land
Catherine Wood, development director, Lovell Strategic Land, explores why housing isn’t being delivered quickly enough in Scotland
IT will soon be one year since the...
Two ‘iconic’ Glasgow buildings go up for sale
CBRE has announced it has been instructed to market two buildings on Glasgow's Blythswood Square for sale on behalf of Marshall CDP.
Mackintosh House at...
Anybody got change? I forgot my hard hat
A Scots contractor is helping reduce the costly problem of providing personal protection equipment to sub-contractors…by installing vending machines at its sites.
Now workers who...
New book details the history of power transmission in the Scottish Highlands
THE story of power transmission in the north of Scotland is to be told in a new book published by SSE Heritage.
The Highland Grid draws...
Construction is all child’s play in Newton Mearns
THE team delivering the new Newton Mearns community of Maidenhill has donated construction play equipment worth hundreds of pounds to a local school.
Representatives of...
Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm now operational
THE world's deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm and Scotland's largest offshore wind farm is now operational.
All 114 of Seagreen's Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbines are...
Taking control: Scots service chief honoured at BCIA event
SERVICE manager Tony McDermott recently flew the flag for Scotland at the prestigious BCIA (Building Controls Industry Association) Awards 2018 in Birmingham after being...
