Citizens charter for cost manager – Turner & Townsend appointed
Turner & Townsend has been appointed cost manager for the renovation of one of the UK’s oldest theatres.
The £6.5m project is the first major...
Academics will help shape future homes
Joint venture will focus on slashing energy needs
ABERDEEN academics are to join forces with a developer, an architect and the wider construction industry on...
In the pink – New epilepsy centre for Scotland
SCOTLAND’S famous Locharbriggs red sandstone has been used to clad the first epilepsy centre of its kind in the country.
The harbourside development in Glasgow...
Phil fills chair at Ogilvie – Berry set to stand down
PHIL McEwan has been appointed executive chairman at the Ogilvie Group to succeed John Berry who steps down at the end of June after...
Health hub is a first – NHS care projects
HUB North Scotland Ltd has reached financial close on three primary care projects for NHS Grampian and NHS Highland. With a construction value of...
Now for part two – Extension in Inchinnan
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £5m contract to build an extension to the Advanced Forming Research Centre in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire.
It is the first...
Scotland falling further behind says new survey
MORE construction professionals saw workloads rise in the last quarter than at any time since the end of 2007. But not in Scotland.
According to...
New faces in at Morrison – Appointments
Morrison Construction has boosted its central Scotland building business with two appointments.
David Wilson (left) joins as project director to lead the company’s work in...
Buyers mill around – Building available in Glasgow’s west end
A former flour mill is expected to raise interest from student accommodation providers.
Property consultant CBRE has been instructed to market the Scotstoun Mill building...
A Capitol idea for 1930s icon – Theatre to be transformed
A developer has unveiled plans to spend £30m breathing new life into a historic building on Aberdeen’s Union Street.
Formerly the Capitol Theatre, the listed...
Carillion shows its power – Company seals Battersea project
Carillion has won the bidding race for the first phase of redevelopment at London’s famous Battersea Power Station site.
It was selected as preferred bidder...
Private Bill bid for Edinburgh high school
A Private Bill has been introduced in the Scottish Parliament in a bid to allow a new school to be built in Edinburgh’s Portobello...
Orkney school completed by Keppie and Morrison
ARCHITECT Keppie Design and contractor Morrison Construction have handed over Stromness Primary School in Orkney.
Part of the Orkney Islands Schools Investment Programme the...
Glasgow to shop for a new look – District blueprint
The city centre is to be “reimagined” in a bid to retain its status as the top shopping destination outside London.
A development blueprint that...
Pupils get some new home work – Green home on show
Exhibition highlights greenest house
AN exhibition tracing the construction of one of Scotland’s greenest homes has opened in Glasgow.
Running at The Lighthouse until July 7,...
Blue sky thinking – Work on schedule at Prospect Park
ABERDEEN developer Knight Property Group has completed Pavilion 2 at Prospect Park, in Westhill.
The four-storey building represents an investment of around £7m by the...
Luck of the draw as three get cash boost
Lottery win will transform historic town centres
THE economic fortunes of three Scottish centres are to be transformed after funding was confirmed for their historic...
Motoring ahead – Perth plots made available
A 12-acre development site on Perth’s ‘Motor Mile’ has gone on the market.
The land at the Inveralmond roundabout on the A9 dual carriageway is...
BMF gets well insulated – Superglass tour
Superglass Insulation welcomed members of The Builders Merchants Federation to its manufacturing plant in Stirling recently.
BMF managing director, John Newcomb and Graham Bolton, the...
South Lanarkshire wind bid submitted
A planning application has gone in for the installation of 14 wind turbines at Leadhills in South Lanarkshire.
The application was submitted by Atmos Consulting...
