Glasgow firm to lead rebuild of popular Airdrie restaurant
WORK is underway to rebuild an Italian restaurant in Airdrie following its destruction by fire in 2021.
Glasgow-based Thomas Johnstone Ltd (TJL) has been appointed...
Wood boosts North Sea operations with triple extension awards
ABERDEEN-headquartered Wood has secured a trio of reimbursable contract extensions worth $118 million to deliver operations and maintenance solutions for Shell UK, Dana Petroleum,...
Kirkwood Homes secures four finalist spots at national property awards
KIRKWOOD Homes has been shortlisted four times across three categories at the Scottish Home Awards 2025.
The housebuilder is in the running for Housing Development...
CECA Scotland launches new strategy to tackle civil engineering labour shortage
CECA Scotland has launched a new strategy to tackle the civil engineering labour shortage and attract new talent to strengthen the sector's workforce for...
Local contractor completes £3.2m revamp of historic Port Glasgow building
GREENOCK-based WH Kirkwood has completed a £3.2 million restoration project on one of Port Glasgow's oldest buildings on behalf of Inverclyde Council and the...
Programme for Government ‘doesn’t go far enough’ to address housing emergency
THE Scottish Government has vowed to remove barriers on stalled housing sites to deliver up to 20,000 new homes - but housing bodies have...
Infrastructure programme underway at Whitefields in Dunfermline
TAYLOR Wimpey East Scotland has announced that work has started on a 'comprehensive' infrastructure programme at the new Whitefields neighbourhood in Dunfermline.
This milestone follows...
Robertson initiative helps youngsters prepare for the workplace
SCHOOL pupils in Stirling and Clackmannanshire have completed an initiative run by Robertson Group aimed at aiding young people in preparing for the workplace.
The...
Independent housebuilder celebrates quadruple award shortlisting
BRIAR Homes Limited Scotland has been shortlisted in four separate categories at the Scottish Home Awards for its Meadowood development in Garthamlock.
The four categories...
SSE and Highland Spring partner for solar project
SSE Energy Solutions is to build a 7-megawatt solar array on the Ochil Hills overlooking Highland Spring’s Perthshire production facility to help power the...
A power failure in Spain and a planning failure we can’t repeat in Scotland
By John Forster, chair and founder, Forster Group
Spain’s power grid failed this week. Portugal’s went down soon after. What could have been mistaken for...
Plans submitted for 195-bed Premier Inn on Edinburgh’s Festival Square
WHITBREAD PLC has submitted plans to transform Capital House into a 195-bedroom Premier Inn, with a commitment to investing more than £21 million in...
Funding boost for Energy Transition Skills Hub in Aberdeen
THE Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has awarded £400,000 to help deliver a dedicated Energy Transition Skills Hub (ETSH) in Aberdeen.
Plans for the...
Allied Surveyors Scotland bolsters Glasgow offering with new directors
ALLIED Surveyors Scotland has appointed David Gibson MRICS and Greg Scrimgeour MRICS as directors, in a bid to reinforce the company's presence across the...
Architect and TV presenter highlights need for higher levels of Scottish housebuilding
ARCHITECT and TV presenter George Clarke has visited an Aberdeenshire development to highlight the need for higher levels of housebuilding in Scotland.
George Clarke, who...
Lovell commits to integrating social enterprises into supply chain
HOUSING partner Lovell has joined the ‘Buy Social Pledge’, the national initiative led by Social Enterprise Scotland and supported by the Scottish Government, which aims to...
APS creates new deputy CEO role to help drive building safety
THE Association for Project Safety (APS) has appointed Sofie Hooper as deputy CEO.
She joins from her role as head of policy and research at...
Cruden and Evantyr acquire Leith site ahead of proposed 99-home development
CRUDEN Homes, in a joint venture with Evantyr Properties, has acquired a site on Salamander Street in Leith as part of the regeneration of...
Cairngorm funicular railway set for maintenance work
THE Cairngorm funicular railway will be out of service from May 12 until June 2 to allow for a series of maintenance works to...
Work begins on transformation of former Motherwell Town Hall into flats
CLARK Contracts has commenced work on the transformation of the former Motherwell Town Hall into 20 modern council homes.
The refurbishment will involve the partial...
