New tool could help indoor spaces be designed to reduce spread of Covid-19
THE University of Glasgow is developing a tool capable of predicting the spread of airborne droplets in a bid to help indoor spaces be...
Robert Gordon University to offer over 200 graduate apprenticeship opportunities
ROBERT Gordon University (RGU) has announced it is to offer over 200 fully-funded graduate apprenticeship opportunities for entry in 2021.
The Aberdeen university confirmed that...
BESA launches new jobs board to match skilled people with employers
THE Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has announced a partnership with recruitment specialist PRS Recruitment to deliver a new online jobs board.
The move will...
Pupils help contractors in project to turn disused BMX track into garden
PUPILS at Muirfield School in Aberdeen have helped contractors in a project to transform a disused BMX track into a garden area.
The students...
Work begins on £14m project at former Rolls Royce engine factory site
MUIR Construction has commenced work on a £14 million project to redevelop the site of a former Rolls Royce engine factory at Glasgow's Hillington...
FOI request reveals increase in legal fees incurred by Transport Scotland
LEGAL costs incurred by Transport Scotland in relation to its role in operating, maintaining, developing and constructing infrastructure have risen substantially each year since...
All new Edinburgh Council buildings could be built to highest energy criteria by 2030
THE City of Edinburgh Council has unveiled its draft plan to become a net zero organisation by 2030.
The blueprint would see all new council...
Glasgow construction firm uses £6m worth of contracts to reinvest in business
A Glasgow construction and fit-out firm has said that the £6 million worth of business contracts it has recently secured will be 'vital' to...
Network Rail engineers reinstate line following test train derailment
NETWORK Rail has said that services between Perth and Inverness will be reinstated from tomorrow morning (Thursday), following the derailment of two rear vehicles...
Architecture firm becomes employee-owned
CAMERONS Strachan Yuill Architects (CSY Architects) has become an employee-owned business.
The move follows a loan from Triodos Bank UK and support from Co-operative Development...
New £42m Lossiemouth High School opens
LESSONS are underway in the £42 million Lossiemouth High School, following completion of construction work by Balfour Beatty.
Pupils moved in to the three-storey building...
Moray Council approves £1.7m spend on roads and footbridges
MORAY Council has approved a £250,000 investment in flood risk management and £1.7 million spend on roads and footbridges.
The approval means that maintenance will...
Housebuilder and estate agent to collaborate on £35m project
A disused industrial factory site in Musselburgh is to be transformed into 140 riverside apartments in a £35 million project.
Housebuilder Dundas Estates will deliver...
Artificial intelligence used to find rare cancer linked to asbestos exposure
A study is underway on a prototype AI system able to automatically find and measure a rare cancer linked to asbestos on CT scans.
The...
Glenrothes-based business building on solid foundations
GLENROTHES-based Sips Eco has detailed its plans to invest in the future of affordable housing in Scotland.
The structural insulated panels (SIP) manufacturer employs 40...
Ecological study required before Inverness bus gate is created
ECOLOGICAL studies are to be undertaken to determine whether or not it is viable to create a bus gate through the grounds of Raigmore...
Traditional construction methods being used to restore 17th-century Glencoe house
TRADITIONAL construction methods are being used to reconstruct a 17th-century creel house at Glencoe.
Led by the National Trust for Scotland, a team of heritage...
Peatland restoration investment helps firm offset its carbon footprint
HALLIDAY Fraser Munro has announced it has become the first Scottish firm to invest in a 'pioneering' peatland restoration project in Wester Ross in the north of Scotland.
The architecture and planning...
Office investment opportunity offered in Dumfries
SHEPHERD Chartered Surveyors has revealed it has been instructed to market a multi-let investment opportunity in Dumfries for sale on behalf of Mapeley.
The property...
Robertson to deliver new border control facility
ROBERTSON Construction North East has started work at the Port of Tyne which will see the creation of a new border control building to...
