Construction charity raises record amount at annual lunch
A record £250,000 has been at this year’s Lighthouse Construction Industry’s charity lunch.
A capacity crowd gathered at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel in London...
Barratt donates £20,000 to cancer charities in north of Scotland
BARRATT Developments Scotland has donated £20,000 to charities which support children and adults living with cancer in Aberdeen and the Highlands.
Friends of ANCHOR and Abbie’s...
CIH Scotland welcomes housing measures in draft budget
THE Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland has welcomed housing measures announced in the draft Scottish budget.
Derek Mackay MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and...
Robertson completes £8.5m QMRI refurb for University of Edinburgh
ROBERTSON Construction Central East has delivered a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the Queen’s Medical Research Institute (QMRI) for The University of Edinburgh.
The project is designed...
Five options under consideration for Rest and Be Thankful design work
SCOTLAND'S transport minister Jenny Gilruth has met the A83 Task Force to discuss the work to identify a solution to the challenges at the...
Build of proposed Larbert data centre would create over 5,000 construction jobs
THE build of a proposed major new data centre in Larbert would create over 5,000 construction jobs, developers have revealed.
Apatura is behind the plans...
New £33m rail engineering depot opens in Cadder
A new £33 million rail engineering depot has opened in Cadder, Glasgow as part of a 'fit for the future' investment in Scotland's railway.
Network...
ROCKWOOL releases technical bulletin on durability of its stone wool insulation
ROCKWOOL has released a technical bulletin on the durability of the company's stone wool insulation.
Summarising the results of several studies and real-world testing, the...
Plans unveiled for build of ‘groundbreaking’ Finnieston high-rise
THE build of a 'groundbreaking' ultra-low carbon residential block is being proposed for the Finnieston area of Glasgow.
Holmes Miller is behind the plans for...
Glasgow regeneration development a “resounding success”
CCG has announced its completion of Phases 4 and 5 of the award-winning Anderston Regeneration Masterplan in Glasgow.
The housing project, delivered on behalf of...
Scotland’s Railway to host SME networking event for contractors
NETWORK Rail and its key suppliers are to host a networking event for SMEs keen to learn more about work available across Scotland’s Railway over...
Plans approved for new sports and outdoor centre in Edinburgh
THE City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans to build a new sports and outdoor centre in the north of the city.
The Bangholm Sports...
Local contractors praised for work on SSEN Transmission project
THE first of the steel lattice towers have been erected on SSEN Transmission's Creag Dhubh-Inveraray 275kV overhead line project.
The initiative will see the construction...
Research reveals rise in demand and supply in Scottish housing market
THE latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey has revealed a busy start to the year for the Scottish housing market.
Surveyors...
Balfour Beatty boss delivers on Founder’s Pledge
BALFOUR Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn has announced that ten successful apprentices from across the company and its supply chain have secured the Founder’s...
Brexit starts to impact Edinburgh office market
OFFICE occupier take up in Edinburgh is set for a "resilient" start to 2017, according to JLL.
The property consultancy said a number of "key deals" are...
New Lerwick homes transferred to Shetland Mid-Market Homes LLP
A new partnership that will manage private residential tenancies at mid-market rent in Shetland has been transferred its first properties.
Shetland Mid-Market Homes LLP has...
Colliers strengthens Scottish project and building consultancy team
COLLIERS has strengthened its project and building consultancy (PBC) team in Scotland with the relocation of Andy Holtby, a director who will be returning...
£5m Linlithgow sustainable business village plans unveiled
EDINBURGH-based investment specialist SRA Ventures has launched plans to create a “unique” business village in Linlithgow – the first of its kind in Scotland.
The...
Construction input costs rise by an average of 4% in Scotland
CONSTRUCTION input costs in Scotland increased by an average of 4% in the year to Q4, 2024 according to a contractors’ panel established by...
