Scottish firm scoops leading landscape prize
LAND Engineering has been named a Principal Winner at the BALI National Landscape Awards for its landscape construction works at the Emirates Arena and...
Important milestone reached at Muirhouse development
SPRINGFIELD Properties has handed over the keys to the first nine units at its Edinburgh development to Muirhouse Housing Association.
These nine homes are the...
£200 million Haymarket development project is up and running
CONSTRUCTION work has started at The Haymarket, one of Edinburgh’s biggest commercial developments of the last 10 years.
Engineering work has begun on the railway...
BAM to build Perth schools
BAM Construction is to build two new primary schools for Perth and Kinross Council as part of their capital investment programme and delivered through...
New ASDA store puts the Barr into Barrhead!
BARR Construction has been chosen to deliver the new 25,000sq ft ASDA superstore in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire.
The store is being built on a...
Church’s prayers are answered
IAN Springford Architects have completed work on the redevelopment of St Martin’s Church at Magdalene Drive in Edinburgh.
The project, developed by Cruden Homes and...
Steel timebomb puts thousands of jobs at risk
UPWARDS of 1000 Scottish companies could be trading illegally from July this year when new EU regulations come into force.
That’s the view of industry...
Office plans make a splash
OLYMPIC rowing champion Katherine Grainger has spoken of her joy at the news that a new riverside office development in Aberdeen is to be...
Calls grows for further sector investment
DEPUTY First Mininster Nicola Sturgeon was among the speakers at the launch of the Scottish Contractors’ Group (SCG) Creating Scotland’s Future campaign.
The campaign...
Forth Bridge on the right track for World Heritage site status
THE Forth Bridge has been put forward as the UK’s latest nomination for World Heritage site status.
The bridge, recognised around the world as an...
Number of Scots killed at work rises
22 people died at work across Scotland in 2012/13 according to new HSE figures.
A further 1,914 people suffered a major injury. This compares to...
Waterfront development gets Olympic seal of approval
200 jobs are to be created in Aberdeen after planning permission for a new riverside office development was approved by the city council.
Grainger House...
Praise for affordable homes in Denny
A £3.2 million affordable new homes development, delivered in Carrongrove, Denny as part of the National Housing Trust initiative, has been completed.
The achievement was...
£34 million school work is underway
CONSTRUCTION has started on the new £34 million James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh.
Morrison Construction will be working on the project for hub South...
Morrison tees off 2014 with golf’s Ryder Cup contract
MORRISON Construction has been named official construction services supplier to the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Morrison, part of Galliford Try, will build two temporary...
Lovell to build homes for elderly
BIELD Housing & Care, Scotland’s leading provider of housing and care services for older people, has appointed Lovell to build a £2 million 20-home...
Nearly 30,000 additional jobs expected by 2018
ALMOST 30,000 extra construction jobs are to be created in Scotland over the next five years according to new research by CITB.
CITB’s Construction Skills...
Construction students flying high
AN innovative project has been launched that sees construction students suspended 100 metres in the air without leaving the classroom.
Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh College...
Paving the way for success at the Commonwealth Games
TOBERMORE, a Northern Ireland-based paving manufacturer, have supplied £350,000 of products to the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
This venue forms one of the most...
Mackintosh building goes green at 100
THE Grade A-listed Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art is celebrating its recent centenary and also the fact it has become almost...
