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Safety comes first – Consultants recognised

HULLEY & Kirkwood Consulting Engineers has been accredited for its commitment to excellence in health and safety. The accolade came from Safecontractor, a third party...

Ross is registered

JULIE Ross of the Edinburgh office of design consultant Turley Associates has been accepted as a registered practitioner in urban design by the Urban...
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Good work – Training group recognised

TRAINING organisation CITB-ConstructionSkills has been congratulated on achieving an “outstanding” grading in its recent Ofsted inspection. The agency achieved the highest possible rating in areas...

Model makers

BALFOUR Beatty is among the founder members of a new organisation that wants to put Building Information Modelling (BIM) into practice across the industry. BIM...

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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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...
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UK cannot opt out of imminent Euro regulations

THE industry has been warned of important changes to Euro regulations on construction products. The Construction Products Regulation (CPR) will come into force on July...

Fife plan approved

FIFE Council has approved publication of the first stage in a new local development plan that will replace the three existing local plans when...

M8 site purchased by Roxhill Developments

ROXHILL Developments has acquired a 12.5-acre site at Newbridge, Edinburgh next to the M8/M9 interchange. The fully-serviced site has planning consent for extensive industrial and...
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Fraudster gets jail sentence for £1m scam

A building boss has been jailed for 18 months after a £1m VAT fraud. An investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officials discovered that...

Civic projects sought

THE search is on to find Scotland’s best new civic project and civic champion for 2013. The Scottish Civic Trust My Place Award will...

Safety net

EXPERT advice and guidance for builders adapting to the new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) legislation on Fee For Intervention is now available from...

More skilled staff needed

THE latest Regional Labour Market Statistics show employment in the Scottish construction industry fell from 171,000 in December 2013 to 164,000 in June 2014....

Houses up

The number of new homes started in the year to September 2012 increased by 11% over the previous year, the first increase since 2006....
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Homing in on heating

BRE has been appointed to carry out a research project to understand heat losses in the seven million solid wall homes in Great Britain. The...

Cash for Bay – Scottish Government funding

REGENERATION projects in Irvine Bay are to benefit from more than £5m worth of Scottish Government funding. A total of £5.2m has been granted...

A new collection

Mumford & Wood, the award-winning specialist manufacturer of traditionally styled Conservation windows, glazed French doorsets and bi-fold doors, has introduced new enhancements to this...

Hit the roads

AROUND 18 miles of roads are to be upgraded by Transport Scotland’s operating companies thanks to the £5m share of the Scottish Government’s recently...

Making their Mark

MARK Esling has been appointed business development director at Saint-Gobain PAM UK, the manufacturer of cast iron drainage systems for the construction sector. He...
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Something has changed

by Mike Travers AFTER an enforced absence for medical reasons it was disconcerting to return to the fray and discover that little had changed in...