Awards recognition highlights stunning turnaround for housing association
LOREBURN Housing Association has made two senior appointments and been shortlisted for three prestigious awards.
The Dumfries and Galloway social housing provider, which manages around 2,500 homes across the...
Hotel milestone for timber engineering firm
ROBERTSON Timber Engineering has been awarded a contract to to build what will be its 6,000th hotel room in the space of two years.
The firm, which...
Partnership approach pays off for Findrassie
Pitgaveny and Moray Council have been honoured for a masterplan to create a new neighbourhood on the northern edge of Elgin.
The Findrassie Masterplan came...
New home for Fife timber specialist
JAMES Donaldson & Sons is moving to a new purpose built head office at the Saltire Centre in Glenrothes.
The timber specialist said the new 5,000...
A happy medium for CALA Homes
EDINBURGH-headquartered CALA Homes has been named the UK’s Best Medium Housebuilder of the Year at a major awards ceremony.
The firm came top of its...
Student work placements backed to help ease skills crisis
ROBERT Gordon University (RGU) and Ogilvie Construction have joined forces to offer students “valuable” paid employment opportunities.
Ogilvie is currently providing Patrycja Linka, a Stage...
Five stars for Dandara at UK Property Awards
Property developer, Dandara, picked up a total of nine prizes at the recent UK round of the International Property Awards.
The firm’s Forbes Place at...
Aberdeen Grandhome project gets underway
Work is now underway on the new community of Grandhome in Aberdeen.
Grandhome is a new planned community for Aberdeen being led by the Grandhome...
Ayrshire conservation project gets green light
Plans for the large-scale conservation of the Garnock Valley in Ayrshire have been green lit by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The restoration will go...
Livingston firm secures “landmark” observatory project
LIVINGSTON-based Esh Border Construction has been appointed to a project which will transform the City Observatory site on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill.
The firm said it will lead a...
Awards ceremony set to celebrate considerate constructors
THE winners of this year's Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) national awards will be revealed next week.
The Scheme, which has registered around 900 companies and...
Trade body chief spells out housing challenges
BUILDING new houses in Scotland should be as easy as "ABC", an audience of senior housing sector representatives was told this week.
Nicola Barclay, chief executive...
Brexit tipped to impact on Scottish house price growth
HOUSE prices are set to remain flat in Scotland next year, according to new forecasts from JLL.
The firm predicts that Brexit will "dominate" UK housing...
APS awards celebrate health and safety risk management
THE ninth annual APS National Awards resulted in a number of organisations being awarded for work in construction design risk management.
Held in London, the ceremony, which...
Mactaggart & Mickel Group sees sharp rise in profits
Mactaggart & Mickel Group has reported a 7.1% rise in pre-tax profits to £10.4 million despite a 4.2% decrease in turnover to £65.1 million for...
Maxi bags Panmure House refurb contract
MAXI Construction has secured a £2.2 million contract for the refurbishment of Panmure House for Edinburgh Business School.
The Livingston-based contractor will carry out alteration and extension...
Work starts on Perth housing developments
TWO new housing developments are to get underway in the north of Perth this month – both of which are being designed and built by...
Milestone for Saltcoats regeneration project
A regeneration project to enhance Saltcoats town centre is underway.
Designed by Austin-Smith:Lord on behalf of Irvine Bay Regeneration Company and North Ayrshire Council, the...
Orkney apprentice wins top award
An Orkney apprentice has scooped the top prize at the 2016 Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Apprentice Awards.
Sophie Turner, 25, a stonemason apprentice employed...
New university campus set for Hamilton
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has announced the completion of the formal contract signing for a new “state-of-the-art” campus in Lanarkshire.
UWS...
