New details unveiled for “world class” Edinburgh Marina
THE new Edinburgh Marina is poised to take centre stage at the new £500 million waterside quarter development close to the Capital's city centre.
To...
Breedon to buy four Tarmac quarries
BREEDON has agreed to acquire four quarries and an asphalt plant from Tarmac in a £16.5 million deal.
The move will be satisfied by the...
New Leith housing development given unanimous green light
PROPOSALS to build a new housing development on disused land opposite Leith’s Ocean Terminal have been approved.
Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the new...
Roofing firm announces “vital” factory investment
DUMFRIES and Galloway-based pitched roofing manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles has announced it is to make a half a million pound investment in its factory.
The...
New building helps historic firm’s expansion plans knit together
ESH Construction has been appointed to deliver the redevelopment of the historic Scott & Charters’ knitwear factory in Hawick.
The existing facility in Burnfoot will...
Pilot programme aims to improve wellbeing of construction workers
KELTBRAY Training has launched a trial to improve the wellbeing and communication of construction workers by exploring the relationship between the human mind and...
£65 million manufacturing institute to be based in Renfrewshire
RENFREWSHIRE will be the location for a new £65 million ‘Factory for the Future’, it has been revealed.
Work to build the National Manufacturing Institute...
MP hails Raploch development
LOCAL MP Stephen Kerr has been to see the progress at Cruden Homes’ Royal Park View development in the Raploch regeneration area in Stirling.
Mr...
Hardies office move aids integration plans
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has relocated its Edinburgh office from East London Street to join its colleagues from Shepherd Chartered Surveyors in the city's...
Elderly to keep warm this winter in new Milngavie care home
A new care home built by construction firm CCG has opened in East Dunbartonshire.
Abbotsford House Luxury Suites in Milngavie has been delivered by CCG...
Leading architect calls for sweeping RIAS reforms
Fraser Rummens speaks to professor Alan Dunlop in the wake of recent calls for more transparency from the architectural body
A leading architect has urged...
Barratt helps “meet the squeeze” on housing in Scotland
BARRATT Developments has announced it delivered a £298 million boost to the UK economy for the year ended 30 June 2017.
During that period, the business,...
BAM secures Glasgow primary school double
BAM Construction has been chosen to build two new primary schools in Glasgow with a combined contract value of £18 million.
The contractor was appointed...
Pupils to add a splash of colour to £15m school site
A Glasgow-based construction firm has teamed up with the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) on an initiative to get youngsters thinking about construction.
A group of pupils...
Morrison apprentices landscape resource centre garden
APPRENTICES from Morrison Construction have volunteered their time to landscape a garden at Spinners Gate Resource Centre in Paisley.
The centre is home to two Renfrewshire...
Partnership aims to provide hands-on experience to college students
GLASGOW Clyde College has launched the Bell Decorating Academy, in partnership with Bell Group, which will focus on supplementing the painting and decorating skills...
Magnificent seven: architectural practice shares equity with management team members
WATSON Batty architects has announced the release of equity in the business to seven new members of its management team.
The move is a part...
Parliament to debate cash retentions bill
A Private Members Bill to ring-fence billions of pounds of cash retentions in the construction sector is to be introduced.
The SEC (Specialist Engineering Contractors)...
APS calls on construction sector to adopt “fresh perspective” on fire safety
THE Association for Project Safety (APS) has called for specialist construction designers with fire prevention skills to be at the forefront of new UK...
Housebuilder gets the go-ahead for first English development
MACTAGGART & Mickel Homes has received planning permission for its first English housing development at Milton under Wychwood in Witney, Oxfordshire.
The housebuilder said this...
