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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...
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PAYE up time – New real time system from HMRC

THE biggest shake-up of the PAYE system in nearly 70 years came into operation this month. Employers are required to move to a new way...
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Work of art – BDP to design Aberdeen Music Hall

Building Design Partnership (BDP) has been chosen from a shortlist of five architectural practices by Aberdeen Performing Arts to develop design proposals for the...

Work begins

FLEMING Masonry has started the next phase of work to redevelop the former Trinity Church in Irvine. Restoration work started last month and includes the...
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Miller wants a chain reaction

SUPPLIERS and sub-contractors in the north are to get advice on how to become involved in a supply chain for £50m worth of contracts. Miller...

Castle wins campus deal

WEEKS after launching its East Kilbride regional office, Castle Building Services, an independent building services design and installation companies, has announced a significant contract...

Office space green light at quarry site

AN office development has been given the go-ahead on the edge of Aberdeen’s world-famous Rubislaw Quarry. Plans for the site were unanimously approved by a...

Space for more growth

SPACE Solutions has announced a key appointment following impressive year on year growth. With over 25 years in the building and construction industry, Lindsay Cowan,...

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....

More for Kier

KIER Construction have won the contract for a £5.8m primary school in East Kilbride. The go-ahead by the planning committee marks the approval of...

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...

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...

Newco to manage Forth transport network

The Scottish Parliament has passed a Bill to set up a new operating company to manage the Forth Road Bridge, the new Forth Replacement...

Try, try again – funding heritage regeneration in Kirkintilloch

A council’s town centre regeneration plans are on hold after it failed in a bid for £1.25m funding. East Dunbartonshire Council said it will now...
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Veterans come Forth to see the new generation

SOME of the construction veterans who helped build the original Forth Road Bridge returned for a reunion on the site of the new structure. The...

An Excellent Try

GALLIFORD Try was awarded Best Construction and Materials plc at the 2013 Stock Market Awards for the second year in a row. The award...
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Green light for university’s expansion plans

THE University of Glasgow has received planning permission to press ahead with its £1 billion campus masterplan. Glasgow City Council has given the green light...
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School talks open in Aberdeen

ABERDEEN City Council's education, culture and sport committee has agreed to open public consultations on a preferred site for a replacement school for Kincorth...

Muddled figures fail to give clear picture on energy use

REPORTED growth in community renewable schemes does not give the full picture an energy conference has heard. Speaking at the All Energy Conference in Aberdeen,...

Three go Forth – Stirling Council

Three Forth Valley construction consultancies are to supplement the work of Stirling Council’s in-house team at times of peak demand. A new framework agreement has...