Timber trainers to add extra courses

TRADA Technology Ltd has expanded its portfolio of timber frame training ventures with a new course in cross laminated timber. It says new uses for...

Castle to bridge

Castle Group Scotland has started essential strengthening works on Dollar Bridge in Clackmannanshire. The seven-week job for the local authority involves removing the surfacing, repairing...
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Maclay gets Helensburgh town centre

A multi-million pound contract to transform Helensburgh’s town centre and West Bay Esplanade areas has been awarded to Maclay Civil Engineering. Work is expected to...
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On the face of it…

THE next stage of a programme to improve the safety of Edinburgh Castle’s rock face has been revealed by Historic Scotland. A £1m project for...
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School team – Hub selects Shetland squad

HUB North Scotland has made a number of professional appointments for the new Anderson High School project in Shetland. The team includes contractor Miller Construction...

Plot plans

Five serviced plots have become available for development on a business park alongside one of Scotland’s main road routes. The sites at Broxden Business...

On the town

IRVINE councillors have heard about plans to revitalise one of the town’s best-known buildings. The Town House will be refurbished into a cultural and historical...

The Highland Council – In the frame

The Highland Council is reviewing its contractors framework agreement for construction works covering reactive day-to-day repairs, general maintenance and minor projects up to the...

Deadline day

THE deadline for entries into Carbon Trust Scotland’s Low Carbon Building Awards is December 14. The awards, for new builds and refurbishments, recognise commercial building...

Balfour’s M&E win – University of the West of Scotland’s Paisley Campus

BALFOUR Beatty Engineering Services has been awarded a £3.5m contract to design, supply and install the mechanical and electrical services for a new energy...

Playing the name game

THE chance to choose a permanent name for the Forth Replacement Crossing has been thrown open to the public. Members of the public can play...

Blood centre good to go

THE procurement process for a national centre for blood has begun following the Scottish Government’s decision to back an outline business case for the...
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Something in reserve – Latest figures from BDS

SCOTLAND is bucking the trend in replenishing its supplies of aggregates. While eight out of 10 planning regions failed to replace reserves extracted during 2012...
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Moving closer – Flood defence for Elgin

ELGIN’S £86m flood alleviation scheme is becoming more visible as construction activity switches closer to the town centre. Since starting two years ago the bulk...

Big house spend

WEST Lothian Council is to spend £54m on more than 600 council homes. And nearly half could be built in the Broxburn area to...
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Arbroath house plan on target

A further 11 council houses have been completed in Arbroath as Angus Council continues regeneration of the Demondale area of the town. The homes are...

South West gears up for £600m boost

Trust completes its handful of Hubcos THE fifth and final company set up by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) to deliver public infrastructure projects is...

Big two now trading after JV completion

ANGLO American and Lafarge have announced completion of the 50:50 joint venture that creates the UK’s leading construction materials business. The deal sees the pair...

New-look centre

A £4.7m project to transform Gourock town centre has been approved by Inverclyde Council’s planning board. The development is a priority for the council...

Builder marches on

CCG Scotland is building four industrial units at Polmadie in Glasgow on a strip of industrial land adjacent to Junction 1A of the new...