UK housing market plateaus but Scotland holds firm
HOUSE price momentum slowed to the same level it was a year ago and new buyer enquiries fell for the second consecutive month, according to...
Building firms fined after worker breaks back in leisure centre fall
TWO building contractors have been fined after a worker broke his back when he fell four metres from a roof.
The 36-year-old man from Kettlebrook, Tamworth,...
Stephen Good named Innovation Centre CEO
STEPHEN Good has been appointed CEO of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre – the £9.5 million project to connect industry and academia to drive innovation...
Stromness Primary nominated for top building award
STROMNESS Primary School has been nominated for the ‘Civic Building of the Year 2014’ award at the upcoming SCALA (Society of Chief Architects of Local...
CCG starts work on Dollar Academy teaching block
CCG has commenced building additional state-of-the-art classrooms at one of Scotland’s most prestigious schools.Dollar Academy, a highly sought after private school in Clackmannanshire, has...
SELECT to address European delegates in Slovenia
SELECT, the campaigning trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, will take its place at the top table of the industry on Friday when it attends the...
Grampian firms encouraged to attend safety event
CONSTRUCTION firms in the Grampian area are being encouraged to attend a free event to get to grips with health and safety in one of Britain's...
Construction Scotland’s inaugural conference to focus on innovation to drive growth
CONSTRUCTION Scotland is to host its inaugural conference on Tuesday 7 October at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow, bringing together hundreds of the industry’s...
Preferred bidder for Dumfries hospital named
HIGH Wood Health, a consortium including Laing O'Rourke, has been chosen by NHS Dumfries and Galloway as the preferred bidder to build the new £200...
Bowmer & Kirkland to deliver National Performance Centre for Sport
BOWMER and Kirkland has been appointed as preferred contractor to build Scotland’s new National Performance Centre for Sport at Heriot-Watt’s Edinburgh Campus.
The £30 million...
Shepherd and Wedderburn appoints telecoms guru
LAW firm Shepherd and Wedderburn today announced its lateral hire of telecommunications luminary, Gordon Moir from niche international practice Webb Henderson.
Moir becomes a...
IBI Group unites UK brands
THE International consultant IBI Group has announced it is to consolidate its brands in the UK. As of September 2014, IBI Nightingale and IBI Taylor...
First new council houses for St Andrews in 17 years
WORK is progressing well on a housing development in St Andrews which will see the first new council homes for the town in 17 years...
Phil Ford takes the helm at CITB Scotland
CITB has named Phil Ford as its new Strategic Partnerships Director for Scotland.
Mr Ford takes on his new role after six-and-a-half years with CITB...
New appointments as Scottish structures team continues growth
GLOBAL professional services consultancy WSP has appointed Glasgow-based Pete Dunbar to a new position of deputy operations director for its UK structures arm, as the business...
Beattock Country Park goes on the market
SPECIALIST parks agents, Colliers International, has been instructed by administrators, Kirstie Provan and Paul Dounis of Begbies Traynor, to dispose of Beattock Country Park in Dumfries and Galloway.
The...
Kier to deliver £40m education campus
HUB South West Scotland has appointed Kier Construction to deliver a £40m project which will see the creation of a new education campus in the...
Barratt Homes invests in buoyant Aberdeen market
BARATT Homes is continuing its investment in and around Aberdeen with new developments amounting to a sales value of £100 million.
The housebuilder has recently acquired...
Elaine C Smith supports ‘Architect in the Hoose’ 2014
THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is launching Architect in the Hoose to help homeowners and raise money for the Architects Benevolent Society...
New figures reinforce concerns over Help to Buy funding
WITH new statistics showing increases in Scottish house purchase lending, the country’s home building industry has again highlighted the clear impact of the Scottish Government’s...
