Funding Boost for Festival of Architecture
THE Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced a significant award of £50,000 from Creative Scotland towards the cost of developing The Festival of Architecture...
“Disappointing” year end results for Morgan Sindall
MORGAN Sindall Group plc has announced "disappointing" preliminary results the year ended 31 December 2014.
While trading conditions remained challenging, the construction and regeneration group delivered...
Morrison tackles Wester Hailes underpass project
MORRISON Construction is building a new underpass to provide a safe and wheelchair-friendly path to a state of the art health centre in the...
Knight Property Group pursues Central Belt expansion
COMMERCIAL property developers and investors, Knight Property Group has purchased buildings on two of Edinburgh’s most iconic streets, totalling a £9 million investment.
One and Two...
Lovell to build East Kilbride council homes
SOUTH Lanarkshire Council has appointed Glasgow-based affordable housing developer, Lovell, to build a £2.6 million development of 22 environmentally-friendly new council homes in East...
SELECT to unveil revamped apprenticeship assessment regime
SELECT, the campaigning trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, and their Scottish Joint Industry Board partners Unite the Union are about to unveil a...
Wind farm refused as impact on landscape deemed unacceptable
PLANNING consent has been refused for the proposed 30 turbine Sandy Knowe Wind Farm in the Dumfries and Galloway Council planning area.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing...
WYG to move to iconic Edinburgh building
WYG, the global programme, project management and technical consultancy, is to relocate to new offices at The Cube on Edinburgh’s Leith Street.
The firm has...
Looming General Election not denting industry confidence
BRITAIN'S construction businesses are expecting a strong 2015 for sales and investment, and are continuing to recruit strongly following 18 months of high optimism about...
Work starts on £745m Aberdeen bypass
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was in the Granite City this week to kick off work on the £745 million Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty road scheme.
Construction...
Capital street transformation underway
THE transformation of West Maitland Street in Edinburgh’s West End is underway through a new project to improve its shopfronts, in a joint initiative...
Green light for Edinburgh hospital work
CONSTRUCTION of a major new healthcare facility in Edinburgh is set to start after the financial contracts were agreed.
The exciting news follows the approval of...
JLL gets gold for Edinburgh fit out
A project led by JLL’s Building Consultancy team is one of the first in Scotland to achieve the prestigious Ska ‘Gold’ Rating for sustainable...
2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards launched
THE 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards are launched this week by the Saltire Society, recognising design excellence across five categories – including a brand new...
Man of steel
ONCE the industrial heartland of Scotland’s steel production, Ravenscraig steelworks’ cooling towers and gasholders silhouetted the skyline of the Motherwell area nicknamed Steelopolis. Following its...
Scottish firms encouraged by industry growth
OUTPUT in the construction industry was estimated to have increased by 7.4% when comparing the 2014 annual data with 2013, according to the latest ONS stats.
All...
Quarry operator fined after dump truck death
AN Arbroath quarry operator has been fined for serious safety failings after a dumper truck driver died when his vehicle reversed over a stop...
‘Minimum intervention’ approach at the heart of GLM success story
“WE do more with less.”
That’s what Ian McKee describes as GLM’s Unique Selling Point.
Ian is Managing Director of the Edinburgh-based firm, home to an...
Marshall’s Law: non-aggressive policy pays off for Alloa firm
ROBERT Marshall left school at the age of 16 without so much as an O-level to his name.
Today he’s Managing Director of Marshall Construction,...
Stewart Milne Group launches major recruitment drive
THE will create more than 250 new posts within its business in the next 12 months to support growth in its homes and timber...
