Builders’ merchant ramps up sustainability drive with EV charging points
ST Andrews Timber & Building Supplies has installed electric vehicle charging points at all four of its depots across Scotland.
Headquartered at Prestonfield in Edinburgh,...
CCG completes latest phase of fire safety measures in East Kilbride flats
CCG Group has supplied and installed enhanced fire door sets to more than 150 residences in East Kilbride.
The work was carried out on behalf...
Work underway on build of Scotland’s largest airport-based solar farm
WORK is underway on the build of an £18.5 million solar farm at Glasgow Airport following the successful completion of the project's development phase.
Once...
Recruitment firm opens new Dundee base to address sector shortages
A Scottish recruitment company claims Dundee could hold the key to a shortage affecting the country’s manufacturing, engineering and technology businesses.
ESS Recruit, which launched...
Green funding model could bring ‘massive’ investment to Glasgow
GLASGOW is to bring forward plans for its own green funding model in a bid to secure 'massive' investment in a climate resilient future,...
RAAC and ruin? Timely advice can relieve panic over aerated concrete
By Alan Ferns, director – structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates
Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part...
DM Hall confirms this year’s bursary scheme winner
DM Hall has announced this year’s winner of its £500 annual bursary scheme as Tommy Turner, from Cambuslang.
The award is open to any student...
Taylor Wimpey to outline plans for new Carnbroe homes
TAYLOR Wimpey West Scotland has announced it intends to make a planning application to North Lanarkshire Council for around 137 new homes through the...
hub South West supports STEM programme designed to address construction skills gap
HUB South West Scotland has teamed up with South Ayrshire Council, education consultancy Class Of Your Own (COYO) and local secondary schools to support...
Cumbernauld-based building surveying firm bolsters senior team with new role
CHARTERED building surveying firm Diamond & Company (Scotland), has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Jim Kerr as its first director of...
SkillBuild 2023 winners announced
THE winners of the SkillBuild National Final 2023 have been announced, after 78 construction trainees from across the UK competed against each other over...
Larger sample of Balnagask properties to be inspected for RAAC
ABERDEEN City Council has written to all residents and owners in properties of a particular construction type in the Balnagask area of the city...
Work begins on second phase of St Andrews West
WORK is underway on Phase 2 of the St Andrews West development in Fife.
The plan is to deliver hundreds of sustainable new homes, around...
‘Landmark’ Glasgow BTR development completed
BUILD-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator, PLATFORM_, has completed its new 498-home development on Glasgow’s River Clyde waterfront.
The building was constructed by GRAHAM and funded...
Thomas Johnstone Ltd hands over new learning hub to Harmeny Education Trust
CONSTRUCTION and specialist fit-out contractor Thomas Johnstone Ltd (TJL) has handed over the new Outdoor Learning Hub to Harmeny Education Trust in Balerno.
The project...
Scotland lags behind every other UK nation for HS2 contracts
SCOTTISH firms have been urged to register for work on HS2 after it emerged that only 56 businesses north of the border have secured...
Council to contribute £60,000 towards renewed Edinburgh Filmhouse
THE City of Edinburgh is to contribute £60,000 to Filmhouse (Edinburgh) to support the return of the Edinburgh Filmhouse building at 88 Lothian Road.
Following...
Clyde Metro proposals take ‘major step forward’
THE delivery of the proposed Clyde Metro has taken a 'major step forward' following the announcement that Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will lead...
Tenants praise ‘amazing’ new homes in Falkirk
TENANTS at a new £3.8 million affordable housing development in Falkirk have hailed the build.
The development, just off Main Street in Maddiston, is a...
New construction zone proves a success at Fife Business Week
INVESTFIFE has successfully concluded its 14th annual Fife Business Week.
In total, Fife Business Week featured 20 events and the participation of 504 businesses and...
