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...
Numerous Scottish SMEs earn place on demolition framework
23 Scottish SMEs are in line to benefit from an £18 million a year contract to offer demolition and deconstruction services to local authorities...
Construction graduate embraces challenge of starting a new job during lockdown
A construction graduate has told of his experience of starting a new role in the sector on the very day Scotland went into lockdown.
Alex...
Marshall awarded contract to build luxury Perthshire homes
MARSHALL Construction has landed a contract to build luxury housing for Athron Hill Development Company, near Milnathort.
The site is located in wooded grounds, which...
Work resumes to convert former Shakespeare Street school building
WORK on the third and final stage of a new residential development close to Glasgow’s west end has resumed, which is set to preserve...
Latest Building for Growth programme moves to online format
HUB South West has announced that its eleventh Building for Growth programme is to get underway.
This edition will be online only due to Covid-19...
Robertson to build Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Preston
ROBERTSON has been appointed by the University of Sheffield to build its new Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Preston.
The facility will be constructed...
Supply Chain Sustainability School marks partner milestone
MCCARTHY & Stone has become the 100th partner at the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
The Supply Chain Sustainability School is an initiative which represents a...
New link road boosts Cults community
CALA Homes (North) has announced completion of the construction of a 'key' new road for the Cults community, which is now open to traffic.
Craigbank Drive, connecting Craigton Road and...
