RJ McLeod tops latest Barbour ABI top 50 contractor research
INDUSTRY analyst Barbour ABI has revealed RJ McLeod took 'top spot' in its latest top 50 contractor league table after being appointed to lead...
Glasgow Caledonian University to help upskill Sri Lanka in renewable energy
GLASGOW Caledonian University (GCU) is to receive a share of almost one million euros to help Sri Lanka address workforce shortages in renewable energy...
Housebuilder reports ‘surge’ in demand for properties in rural and suburban settings
HOUSEBUILDER Mactaggart & Mickel has announced the firm is braced for a 'boom in demand' for new homes from people looking for more space as...
JR Group completes Wishaw affordable housing project
JR Group has announced the business has delivered 30 affordable homes in Wishaw.
Working in partnership with Link Group and North Lanarkshire Council, the team...
Hollis names new head of environmental consultancy
VIKKI Aitkenhead has been promoted to the role of head of environmental consultancy at Hollis.
The senior associate joined the real estate consultancy in 2016 and...
Pandemic results in ‘steep fall’ in Q2 civils workloads
35% of Scottish firms have reported a fall in workloads compared with a year ago in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The latest CECA...
University of Strathclyde to develop remote building inspection platform
THE University of Strathclyde has received funding to develop an online platform for remote building inspection.
The six-month project has received £35,000 from the Construction...
Pick Everard in the frame for three civil engineering awards
PICK Everard is celebrating after being shortlisted for three separate awards in the 2020 New Civil Engineering Awards.
Elizabeth Hardwick-Smith, director of HR, is nominated...
Union issues warning over ‘greenhouse’ crane cabs as temperatures rise
UNITE has written to construction firms to seek assurances that safety measures are in place to ensure crane drivers are not being placed at...
Construction firms urged to avoid using Covid-19 as excuse to ‘race to the bottom’
CONSTRUCTION companies have been urged not to use the Covid-19 crisis as an excuse to return to a 'culture of corner cutting'.
The Building Engineering...
Perthshire timber business secures new funding package
GLENALMOND Timber has received £600,000 in CBILS funding from Royal Bank of Scotland to help safeguard the future of the business following the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Perthshire-based...
£40m new Queensferry High School handed over
THE £40 million Queensferry High School has been completed ahead of the start of the new academic year.
Delivered for the City of Edinburgh Council...
CICV Forum marks double milestone
THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has revealed it is celebrating a double milestone. The organisation has signed up its 100th individual member and is releasing its 50th piece...
Caledonia Housing Association lands £1m joint local authority care and repair contract
CALEDONIA Housing Association has been appointed by Perth and Kinross Council and Angus Council to deliver care & repair services to residents in a £1...
Heriot-Watt University to study marine life connected to North Sea infrastructure
MARINE scientists from Heriot-Watt's International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT) on Orkney are working with scientists from around the UK to investigate marine life...
Construction insurance market growing ‘increasingly distressed’
A leading insurance advisory firm has warned that the construction insurance market is growing 'increasingly distressed' with a 'considerable erosion' to be expected in...
RICS urges land reclassification in Scotland to speed up delivery of new homes
THE RICS Construction & Infrastructure Market Survey for Q2 in Scotland has predictably shown a slump in activity in the midst of the Covid-19...
SPF calls for flexibility in planning policies and regulations
THE Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has given its views on the Scottish Government’s response to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery report. SPF chair Robin...
Clear up underway as large car-sized boulders land on A83
A clear up operation is underway following a large landslide which blocked the A83 and Old Military Road at multiple locations on Tuesday (August...
Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival line-up confirmed
ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival, which will take place online due to Covid-19, have revealed this year's line-up.
The event is normally part...
