Beat that
A house building company has laid claim to Scotland’s best selling development of 2012.
Springfield Properties said its Riverside Point site at Braehead near Glasgow...
Take it to the bank
BAM Construct brought in the new year by starting work on its multi-million pound office and retail development on a prime site in Glasgow...
It’s a shore thing for ‘refined’ V&A design
LATEST plans for the V&A museum in Dundee go on public display this month.
Plans for the site, as well as the latest ‘fly through’...
Cost controller appointed for north east’s new town
A cost manager has been appointed for infrastructure development of the first phase of Scotland’s biggest planned new town.
Elsick Development Company (EDC) has appointed...
Theatre will stage the big move with £2m culture cash
CULTURAL projects will be big winners under the £205m capital projects package announced last month by finance secretary John Swinney.
Up to £2m of Government...
Council architect gets unanimous backing to be RIAS president
IAIN Connelly of Fife Council is to be the new face of the architectural profession in Scotland.
The council of the Royal Incorporation of Architects...
Boclair goes boutique
A former council headquarters is set to become a boutique hotel.
Boclair House, East Dunbartonshire Council’s office building in Bearsden, has been placed ‘under offer’...
Scottish Water tests the wind for self-sufficiency
PROPOSALS for a wind farm in Angus are to be explored by Scottish Water as it investigates ways it can become self-sufficient in energy.
The...
‘Go ahead’ says Council
THE Highland Council is to raise no objections to a consultation on proposals by MeyGen Ltd for a 86MW tidal array scheme in the...
On the move
Industry veteran David Leishman has joined Miller Construction as commercial director for Scottish operations.
He moves from Forth Electrical Facilities Management Ltd where he was...
Fife builder was told to halt work after unsafe scaffolding discovered
Work at height remains the biggest threat
A Fife construction firm has been fined for risking workers’ lives by using unsafe scaffolding.
G and G Contracts...
Surveyors run the rule over progress at new city campus
A delegation of surveyors has been to Inverness to check progress on the city’s new university campus.
Delegates from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors...
The heat is on in the fight to cut emissions
As the UK continues to drive towards a ‘zero carbon’ homes standard, with homes built to higher levels of air tightness, home owners could...
Cuts at Castle
Edinburgh Castle, which uses enough energy to power 300 homes, is making fast progress in its bid to reduce carbon emissions.
Latest statistics reveal that...
Homes boss warns of huge risk to jobs
NEW energy standards proposed by the Scottish Government could add £10,000 to the cost of new homes but will contribute only 0.07% to overall...
Energy-saving building launched
A new range of modular buildings could reduce companies’ energy use by 60% according to the manufacturer.
Portakabin says its Energy-Saver range will allow occupiers...
Can industry hit its target?
This year will see the industry get an indication of the progress being made in the Europe-wide drive to recycle 70% of construction waste...
Ekki under threat
NEW import rules being introduced this year could force wood traders to find alternatives to an African species that has been used by the...
Highlands house designer in a wooden performance
MODIFIED wood products have been used as a “sustainable alternative” to concrete in the construction of a Highland home.
Dunsmore House has a two-storey platform...
Summit for growth
INDUSTRY representatives were in Downing Street this month to present UK skills minister Matt Hancock with their proposals to get construction moving again.
Mark Farrar,...
