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...
Construction workers to lobby parliament over blacklisting
CONSTRUCTION workers who are members of the Unite union are planning to lobby Parliament on Wednesday 6 December as part of a day of...
Lovell encouraged by “good progress” in Scotland
The Scottish division of partnership housing provider Lovell has welcomed the latest monthly output figures for the UK construction industry, reporting positive progress during...
Heat from waste project honoured with energy award
BRITAIN'S first heat-from-sewage system has scooped an energy innovation prize.
The sewage energy recovery infrastructure, which was installed at Scottish Borders College by Scottish Water...
Silver lining for Ayrshire architects
AYRSHIRE-based LMA Architects has been ranked 10th in the Silver Employer of the Year (2-49) category at the annual Investors in People Awards.
Winners and...
George Leslie appointed to £250m Queens Quay project
GEORGE Leslie has been appointed to deliver marine works at the £250 million Queens Quay regeneration project at the site of the ex-John Brown’s...
Construction sector urged to “get its house in order” over training
UNITE has called upon the UK construction sector to spell out its training plans to avoid a "calamitous" Brexit for the industry.
With fears growing...
Housebuilder gets on its bike to support young cyclist
SPRINGFIELD Properties has announced a new sponsorship package with one of Scotland's top young cyclists.
Georgia Mansfield (18) from Forres, holds a number of titles...
Kier named Tier One contractor to hub West Scotland
KIER Construction Scotland has been appointed as a Tier One contractor to hub West Scotland’s supply chain.
Earlier this week we reported that Morrison Construction...
JLL graduates rise to the challenge
FOUR JLL Scotland graduates have qualified as chartered surveyors. Conor Docherty, Jan Dunsire, Ally Stang and Matthew Hannah have all passed their RICS Assessment...
