Students’ prospects enhanced
A new partnership initiative is being piloted in East Dunbartonshire to increase the employment opportunities of pupils interested in a career in the construction...
Value of occupied NHT homes now passes £100m
THE value of homes built and fully occupied across the Scotland-wide National Housing Trust (NHT) programme has surpassed the £100 million mark and is...
Boom time
NEW figures have revealed the total value of commercial and retail construction contracts in August almost doubled compared to the same month in 2013.
Barbour...
Firm fined over worker’s fatal fall
A Glasgow-based company has been fined £200,000 following the death of an employee at the Annick Water Viaduct in Stewarton, Ayrshire.
SW Global Resourcing Limited...
Firms unveil plans for £100m office scheme
BAM Properties and Taylor Clark Properties have announced plans for a £100 million Glasgow office development which could support almost 3000 jobs.
Their joint venture...
Scots bosses ‘cautiously optimistic’
EMPLOYERS in the Scottish construction sector are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about future prospects as 42% expect to take on more workers over the next three...
WSP growth leads to key posts
GLOBAL professional services consultancy WSP has appointed Glasgow-based Pete Dunbar (pictured) to a new position of deputy operations director for its UK structures arm,...
Aberdeen base for architects
WILLIAM Lippe Architects Ltd opened a new office in Aberdeen recently to complement their existing premises in Inverurie.
The office will be managed by Associate,...
Things fall into place thanks to safety collaboration
SCOTTISH Water is pushing the bar in ‘work at height’ safety with the development of a new fall protection system to safeguard staff and...
AECC public response influences options
UPDATED plans for a proposed new multi-million pound Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre have gone on show.
Henry Boot Developments – Aberdeen City Council’s development...
Local firms boosted by new Crime Campus
BALFOUR Beatty is celebrating the recent official opening of the £75 million Scottish Crime Campus by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
The firm...
1.3 million tradespeople at risk from asbestos
TRADESPEOPLE, including construction workers, could come into contact with deadly asbestos on average more than 100 times a year according to a new survey...
House price momentum slows
GREATER caution appears to be being exercised across the UK housing market as house price momentum slowed to the same level it was 16 months...
Queensferry Crossing costs going down
THE overall cost for the Queensferry Crossing will be £50 million lower than the previous budget estimate made in 2013.
The new budget range for the...
Lovell set for Clydebank tower block work
WEST Dunbartonshire Council has selected Glasgow-based housing refurbishment and regeneration specialist Lovell to carry out a £4.8 million programme of external refurbishment work for three...
SELECT to hail heroes of the electrical industry
MARKING a year in which the economy has finally started to recover, Scotland's electrical trade will gather this week (Friday, October 10) to recognise and...
New commercial property expert for Hardies
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has appointed a new Commercial Property Surveyor to cover Fife and the Lothians area.
Paul Carr joins the firm, bringing just...
Scotland’s Innovation Centre officially launched
THE vital role that innovation has to play in the Scottish construction industry was reinforced by Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP in Glasgow when...
Scots university to host architectural technology conference
ROBERT Gordon University (RGU) is gearing up to host an international architectural technology conference next month.
The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment will...
Construction pioneer Ray O’Rourke to headline Construction Scotland conference
THE Laing O’Rourke name is synonymous with some of the world’s most iconic construction projects – The London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Park, Canary Wharf,...
