Consultant to lay down roots for Games legacy
CONSTRUCTION consultant Pick Everard has been appointed to project manage a £4.9m public woodland park project that will be part of the legacy remaining...
Hunter’s help for homeless – New facility in Aberdeen
A former hostel in the centre of Aberdeen is being demolished to make way for a facility to help the homeless.
Victoria House in West...
‘No cuts’ budget is a Smart move by city council
ABERDEEN City Council has approved its revenue budget for 2013/4 and a £300m five-year capital investment programme.
The budget includes no new cuts in services...
A work of art – A-list status for Burrell Collection
THE museum built to house Glasgow’s world-famous Burrell art treasures has been given A-list status by Historic Scotland.
The building – which this year marks...
Doors that are fit for purpose – Solidor to set bar for Master Fitter...
THE eight teams competing in the finals of The Master Fitter Challenge at The FIT Show in April will be tested on composite door...
Search begins for industry pioneers
NOMINATIONS have opened for the Renewable Energy Association’s annual awards.
Now in their eighth year, the scheme acknowledges the breadth and diversity of the industry...
Glasgow could become new European hot spot
Researchers dig deep to assess city’s heating potential
A NETWORK of abandoned mine workings underneath Glasgow could be the key to a unique sustainable heating...
Borders firm warms to underground solution
AN underground stream is the key to an unusual project being undertaken by Ecofitter in East Lothian.
The MCS-accredited consultancy is fitting two 42KW Danfoss...
Gun is fired on offshore boom
OFFSHORE wind developers have invested around £165m in the Scottish economy so far, according to new figures published by Scottish Renewables.
The industry body asked...
Bar raised for biomass
WOOD fuelled biomass stations with an installed capacity greater than 15MW must provide good quality combined heat and power or miss out on support...
Housing firm backs moves to accelerate planning permission
A house builder which spends three times as much gaining consents as it does buying blocks has backed moves to streamline the planning process.
Springfield...
Whisky galore as new distilleries go ahead
CONSTRUCTION of a new whisky distillery and visitor centre in Fife is expected to begin in April with the first spirit flowing within a...
Thousands of hectares could be developed in short term
PUBLIC funding helped bring large swathes of Scotland’s derelict land back into use between 2011 and last year according to updated statistics. And 4,000...
A fitting HQ for SEPA
CONTRACTORS have started fitting out the new headquarters of Scotland’s environment watchdog.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), which last year took a 20-year lease...
Scots are left at the starting gate
Industry will continue to struggle as England picks up the pace
THE construction industry in Scotland will be left behind this year as the rest...
Canal campus bid in
AN application has been submitted for the first new build project in a multi-million pound canal project in Glasgow.
The bid by Speirs Wharf Developments...
Handful of hopes
JUST five projects in Scotland – two of them by the same architect – are among the 86 winners in the 2013 Civic Trust...
Twin beds deal for airport site
PLANS have been submitted for two airport hotels in Aberdeen.
The 140-bed Novotel and 112-bed Ibis will be built on the city’s new business park...
It’s looking good on the surface at Highland bridge
A surfacing material that been used only once before on a large-scale UK project is to be installed at a bridge in the Highlands.
Balfour...
The public gets its chance
THE proposed blueprint for a major housing development in Aberdeen is out for public consultation.
The city council is gauging reaction to the Hopecroft Planning...
