Edinburgh set for record road and pavement repairs
THE City of Edinburgh Council has said that it is on track to carry out improvements on the largest area of roads and pavements...
Colorado Construction to deliver energy-efficient bungalows in Kirknewton
LIVINGSTON-based Colorado Construction is building seven affordable, energy efficient bungalows for Kirknewton Community Development Trust.
The project, which will have cost nearly £1,950,000 by the...
Reuse of construction materials amongst suggestions for new circular economy plans
PROMOTING the reuse of construction materials are amongst a set of actions being suggested as part of the Scottish Government's draft circular economy and...
Graham + Sibbald bolsters architecture team across the UK
GRAHAM + Sibbald has revealed that the firm's architecture team completed a busy second half of 2023 with a number of key senior appointments...
Cushman & Wakefield confirms senior Scottish appointment
CUSHMAN & Wakefield has appointed Jill Gayford as a partner heading up the asset services team in Scotland.
Most recently the manager of Pentlands Science...
Scottish surveyors confident that house prices will rise this year
SCOTTISH house prices are predicted to rise through the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential...
DM Hall celebrates hat-trick of training successes
A further three surveyors at DM Hall have passed the final professional hurdle of their professional training despite the impact of Covid-19 on their...
Report highlights fall in tender prices for Scottish social housing
TENDER prices for social housing in Scotland started to fall in the second half of 2023, a new report by the Building Cost Information...
Galliford Try trading ‘ahead of board expectations’
GALLIFORD Try has revealed that trading for the half-year period from 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2023 is ahead of the prior year...
Detailed approval secured for £44m West Dunbartonshire project
DETAILED approval has been granted for the creation of major industrial and commercial development in West Dunbartonshire.
Permissions for phases one and two of the...
Two-year pause on new NHS capital builds ‘anticipated’ in Scotland
THE Scottish Government is anticipating a two-year pause on the build of new NHS capital projects in the country, NHS Lothian's finance director has...
First minister confirms funding boost for Scotland’s innovation centres
FIRST minister Humza Yousaf visited Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)'s Innovation Campus to announce the Scottish Funding Council (SFC)'s new funding approach for...
Highland firm eyes operating Scotland-wide after securing new credentials
GMG Energy has announced that it is set to play a bigger role in Scotland's construction sector following three of its senior employees securing...
Glasgow’s £35.9m project to revamp People’s Palace moves forward
A transformational project to reimagine Glasgow's People's Palace and Winter Gardens has secured an initial development grant of £850,000 from The National Lottery Heritage...
Green light for East Ayrshire eco-wellness park
THE build of an eco-wellness park at the former Barony Colliery in Auchinleck has moved a step closer after East Ayrshire Council granted planning...
3DReid promotes six senior team members to directors
3DReid has announced six leadership team promotions in the architecture, masterplanning and interior design practice.
Andrew Marshall and Doug Pearson in the Edinburgh studio, Jen...
Plans unveiled for £20m Peterhead museum and library
INITIAL designs have been unveiled for the proposed £20 million creation of an Aberdeenshire regional museum and new Peterhead library.
The Peterhead cultural project is...
‘Striking’ Moffat building marketed as mixed-use investment
SHEPHERD Chartered Surveyors has brought to market the 'striking' Old Bank Building in Moffat for sale as a mixed-use investment.
The C-listed building comprises a...
Approval given for next steps in Scotland’s largest flood protection scheme
PROPOSALS for the Grangemouth flood protection scheme, which would be the largest of its kind in Scotland, are to move to the statutory notification...
New Highland initiative looks to get young people into construction
A new pre-employability programme is to launch in the Highlands to provide a pathway to support out-of-work young people in gaining a construction trade.
The...
