Plant boss jailed over fatal platform collapse
A Scottish plant hire boss has been jailed for health and safety breaches following a fatal mobile platform incident, which left one worker dead...
Changes to CCS checklist take effect
A new Monitors' Checklist is now in force for the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), with updated questions on tackling illegal working and improving road safety.
The new...
£36m Garnock Community Campus set to open
THE £36 million Garnock Community Campus, which will cater for 1,500 students, has been formally handed over to North Ayrshire Council ahead of its...
Esh Border Constuction receives Investors in Young People accreditation
Esh Border Construction has received silver status accreditation by Investors in Young People (IIYP).
IIYP is the country’s only people management award that focuses on...
Dundee trainees show Hart on course
A group of Dundee-based trainees have successfully gained full-time employment after completing an employability programme.
Five of eight candidates were offered a job with Hart Builders...
Community groups sought for grant funding
Esh Border Construction is offering community groups a chance to receive grant support.
The construction services firm, part of Esh Group, is offering up to...
Shepherd appoints new partners following merger
Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has named nine new partners across Scotland and added an office in Dalkeith following the firm's recent merger with Hardies Property &...
McLaughlin & Harvey contribute to charity backpack appeal
Paisley-based construction firm McLaughlin & Harvey has donated school bags and supplies as part of a charity campaign to help some of the world’s...
BRE shortlisted for Scottish business award
Global building science centre, BRE, has been shortlisted for a top Scottish business award.
BRE Innovation Park in Ravenscraig has been shortlisted in the Excellent...
Scots JLL graduates qualify as chartered surveyors
Four graduates from professional services and investment management company JLL have qualified as chartered surveyors with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Edinburgh-based surveyors...
Colin’s flying solo at Eagle Plant
COLIN Inglis has become the sole owner of Eagle Plant after buying his brother Alan’s 50% share of the plant and equipment hire firm.
Eagle has experienced a...
Bathgate construction company raises thousands for charity
A charity set up by a Bathgate-based construction and development company has raised thousands at a recent fundraiser.
The Ashwood Scotland Foundation, set up by...
Real estate student bags commercial property prize
Heriot-Watt University graduate Eve Lewis has been awarded a commercial property prize by JLL Scotland for her "exceptional" academic performance.
Eve was judged as the best...
North Lanarkshire Council breaks ground on new Chapelhall development
A sod-cutting event recently took place at the site of the former St. Aloysius Primary School in Chapelhall to mark the beginning of construction...
CITB chief executive to stand down
ADRIAN Belton is leaving his role as chief executive of CITB at the end of the year, the organisation has announced.
Sarah Beale, currently chief...
Brexit vote fails to derail Scottish construction output
THE UK's decision to leave the European Union appears to have had no immediate effect on the performance of the Scottish construction industry, according...
Construction firm furnishes hospital cafe
GRAHAM Construction has donated a range of new garden furniture to Café Aroma at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline after carrying out work at the...
Contractor launches new recruitment drive
GLASGOW-headquartered Morris & Spottiswood has announced it is launching a recruitment drive in the north of England after unveiling a £600,000 office buy-out and refurb...
Finance package agreed for Grampian health projects
CONSTRUCTION work can start on two new health centres after a £22 million finance package was agreed.
An £8 million health facility will be built in Inverurie...
Firm in the frame for hat-trick of awards
MCLAUGHLIN & Harvey Construction has been shortlisted as a finalist in three categories in the 2016 Construction Investing in Talent Awards.
The firm is in the...
