Apprentices lend a hand to Drumchapel organisation
A team of apprentice joiners from City Building have been putting their skills to good use to support a Drumchapel-based initiative that provides training...
Major milestone for £5.29m Lennoxtown Hub
A topping out ceremony has marked the completion of the exterior of the new £5.29 million Lennoxtown Community Hub.
The final concrete block of the brick...
Preferred bidder named for scaffolding training centre
ASET Training Academy has been announced as the preferred bidder to develop a new £500,000 scaffolding training centre in the north cast of Scotland.
The Construction...
AJC site manager wins national award
SITE manager Paul Evans has won a national award for his role in the Chapelton development, being built just five miles south of Aberdeen.
Paul was named...
Breedon to buy Hope for £336 million
Breedon Aggregates is to acquire Hope Construction Materials for £336 million.
Breedon say the move will create the UK’s “leading independent producer of cement, concrete and...
Local MP tours award-winning innovation park
BRE Ravenscraig recently played host to Marion Fellows MP, the Westminster representative for the people of Motherwell and Wishaw.
During her tour of the facility,...
Turner & Townsend at the heart of new hospice plans
Turner & Townsend is acting as project manager and CDM advisor on the new Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH) for Glasgow.
The new purpose...
Loose joins Ogilvie Construction board
Iain Loose has joined the board of Ogilvie Construction as business development director.
Iain, who has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry, joined...
Trade body in warning over new electrical safety deadline
SELECT, the campaigning trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, has started a Scotland-wide campaign to alert landlords and tenants to an important looming deadline.
From December 1...
Planning application lodged for barite mine in Scotland
A planning application to develop a world class barite resource at Duntanlich, north of Aberfeldy, has been lodged with Perth & Kinross Council by oilfield services...
Finalists named for Scottish Property Awards
THE finalists have been announced for the 3rd annual Scottish Property Awards.
A 19-strong judging panel has reviewed 40 new developments which are currently undergoing...
Small sites challenged on worker safety
THE Health and Safety Executive’s Chief Inspector of Construction has challenged the refurbishment industry to act now after 46 per cent of sites fell below standards...
New relationships formed at ‘Meet the Buyer’ event
LIVINGSTON-based Esh Border Construction has laid the foundations for building new business relationships after a successful ‘Meet The Buyer’ event.
Almost 100 suppliers and subcontractors...
Housebuilder named Scotland’s Large Business of the Year
GEORGE Clooney was on hand to see CALA Homes named Scotland’s large business of the year.
Chief executive Alan Brown capped an impressive year for...
Clark Contracts to deliver new arts centre
THE £1.4m construction contract for a new Artists Centre at Peaton Hill, on the Rosneath Peninsula in Argyll and Bute has been awarded by Cove...
Construction workers offered asbestos awareness course
A risk management firm is offering a free online training course aimed at helping construction workers refresh their knowledge of the risks posed by...
Barratt to deliver 40 affordable homes
BARRATT Homes has revealed plans to deliver 40 affordable apartments at a new development in the west of Edinburgh, worth almost £5 million.
Britain’s biggest housebuilder is delivering...
Laurieston scoops top accolade at planning awards
THE team behind the regeneration of Laurieston, Glasgow, has won the Delivering in Partnership category at the Scottish Government's Quality in Planning Awards 2015.
The...
Keepmoat launches homes division in Scotland
Keepmoat has launched a new homes division in Scotland following a series of contract wins.
The company, which already has a regeneration arm in Scotland,...
Esh Group launches community bursary scheme
Esh Group has launched its fourth community bursary scheme, which the firm says offers much-needed support to local groups.
Esh Communities offers grants of up...
