Scottish communities set for fast-tracked £3.2m green recovery funding
COMMUNITIES across Scotland are set to benefit from fast-tracked funding to help deliver the country's green recovery from Covid-19, the Scottish Government has announced.
A...
Whisky won’t cost the earth thanks to new £10m green innovation fund
ELEVEN whisky distilleries in Scotland are to benefit from a new £10 million fund to help implement green innovations at their facilities.
The UK Government...
Dundee City Council to invest £320,000 in play parks
AN investment of £320,000 is to be made to improve and enhance play provision in Dundee, the city's council has announced.
Councillors are to be...
Former ski hotel to be redeveloped into affordable housing
HIGHLAND councillors have given their backing for the raising of a compulsory purchase order to acquire the Struan House Hotel in Carrbridge which has...
Up to 50 jobs to be created as decommissioning facility secures major contract
CESSCON Decom has launched its new decommissioning facility at Energy Park Fife in a move which Fife Council said will create up to 50...
Network Rail completes £16m upgrade of Scotland’s railway
NETWORK Rail has hailed its £16 million improvement works to Scotland's railway as a success.
From Christmas Eve until the early hours of January 2,...
East Ayrshire Council to invest £154m in housing stock over next five years
EAST Ayrshire Council has said it is to invest £154 million in its housing over the next five years.
The local authority said that projects...
Council ‘encouraged’ by progress of major construction projects amid lockdown
ARGYLL and Bute Council has said it is 'encouraged' that construction can still go ahead, as it moves forward on major projects across the...
Workers returning from Scottish mainland to Shetland wind farm to be tested for Covid-19
CONSTRUCTION workers returning to Shetland from mainland Scotland for the build of SSE Renewable's £566 million Viking Wind Farm are to be tested for...
Housebuilder set to mark East Lothian debut with new development
ALLANWATER Homes is launching a new development which will see the firm build in East Lothian for the very first time.
Allanwater Haddington, situated in the...
Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum urges sector to use face coverings properly
THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is urging the sector's workforce to wear face coverings properly.
The call follows the news that, as things stand,...
Trade body secures services of ‘tireless campaigner’ for construction industry
SELECT has appointed professor Rudi Klein to act as a consultant for the trade association.
Professor Klein recently stepped down from his role as chief...
Chartered surveying business appoints new managing partner
DM Hall has appointed Ayrshire-based John McHugh as the firm's new managing partner.
He succeeds Eric Curran, who has held the role for the past...
Paisley contractor lands £40m of new business
CLARK Contracts has announced the business has secured over £40 million of new orders in the first trading quarter of 2021.
The contracts include the...
Green roof manufacturer urges clients to plan ahead to avoid Brexit-related supply chain issues
A manufacturer of green roofs is urging construction managers to plan carefully over the coming months to avoid Brexit-related supply chain issues. Wallbarn said many of the...
Study at Robert the Bruce’s final resting place uncovers 15 potential ‘elite burials’
A research project has uncovered evidence of the original layout of the choir of the historic Dunfermline Abbey, where Robert the Bruce was buried...
South Ayrshire Council exceeds affordable homes build target
SOUTH Ayrshire Council has hailed 2020 as a good year for the construction of affordable homes across the constituency.
In total, 305 affordable homes were...
New build Starbucks project complete at Hillington Park
FRASERS Property has confirmed that the build of a new 'drive thru and drive up' Starbucks at Glasgow's Hillington Park has been completed.
The 1,800...
Channel Tunnel-style link between Northern Ireland and Scotland proposed
A not-for-profit high speed rail research and development organisation has proposed the build of a rail tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The suggestion came...
Robertson Homes acquires two new sites with £45m development value
ROBERTSON Homes has expanded its presence in the east of Scotland with the purchase of two new sites with a combined development value of...
