Design consultants chase A9 contracts

THE bosses of 26 consultancy firms attended a recent industry day in Perth as the race intensifies to win design contracts on the A9...

Euro grant for new building on Skye

A £590,000 European grant will allow work to start on a new building on Skye for West Highland College UHI. The money from the European...
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On the wall – Plan nears completion for landmark

COMMUNITIES along the Antonine Wall are being encouraged to play their parts in finalising a five-year management plan for the World Heritage Site. The 12-week...

Penguin trio

THREE businesses have joined forces to create a new penguin enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo. Project manager Turner & Townsend worked on the design with Fletcher...
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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...

School spending – West Lothian Council

Infrastructure and schools projects account for more than half of the £200m capital spend approved by West Lothian Council for the next five years. The...

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....

Time to PAYE

AN advertising campaign supporting the biggest overhaul of the PAYE system in almost 70 years has been launched by HM Revenue and Customs. The...

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...

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...

Cash for centres – Funding from Scottish Government

Historic town and city centres are to benefit from more than £10m worth of funding from the Scottish Government. The move will see 12 council...

New emergency response team has £1m target

AN ‘all trades’ contractor is predicting a sales surge of £1m after identifying a niche market for fixed price emergency repairs. Edinburgh firm First Call...
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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...

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...
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Key staff changes for Hardies Dunfermline

IT’S been a busy time for Hardies Property & Construction Consultants in Dunfermline. Further to its relocation to larger premises in Pitreavie Business Park, the...

Insulation boost

INSULATION and window companies will get a boost from a £60m fund to transform thousands of properties across Scotland into homes that are cheaper...

New auto centre job for AGM Group

AGM Group has been appointed by Graham & Sibbald to refurbish an old car showroom and garage in Ayr into a new Halfords Auto...

An ‘Excellent’ choice

Phase two of Horton Halls, a £7.6m student accommodation for St George’s, University of London, is on its way to achieving a BREEAM “Excellent”...

Kate for Hardies – New building surveying associate

HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Kate Bilbrough as an associate in its building surveying department. A specialist in the management of framework...

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...