Anglo Holt heads north
A WEST Midlands construction company has delivered its most northerly project with the completion of a £3.1m hotel in Fort William.
Anglo Holt has built...
Agency cash for building repairs
TWO mills, a suspension bridge and the country’s oldest working theatre are among the latest recipients of Historic Scotland’s building repair grants.
Six historic sites...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kudos for council
Perth & Kinross Council’s architectural services organisation has been commended by the Dundee Institute of Architects for its design of an affordable housing scheme...
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....
Norway sales deal
Window and door hardware specialist Sealco (Scotland) has been appointed UK distributor for SPILKA hardware produced in Norway. The Falkirk firm supplies window and...
Take-up improves according to research from JLL
GLASGOW and Edinburgh are seeing an increase in take-up of prime industrial units, research from Jones Lang LaSalle has found.
Both city centre sites and...
All the details – Campus plans progressing in Forfar
PLANS for a community campus in Forfar are moving ahead after councillors agreed to appoint a team to carry out detailed designs for the...
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...
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...
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...
King of the road
CIVIL engineer Elspeth King will become Scotland’s roads watchdog in January.
She has been appointed as the second Scottish Road Works Commissioner following the retirement...
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...
Lottery win for famous theatre
GLASGOW’S Theatre Royal will close for just three months while work continues on the £11.5m project to build new public spaces at the famous...
Moray house boost
NEARLY 100 new council houses will be built in Forres and Buckie over the next 12 months after Moray councillors agreed to accept bids...
Now it’s five
Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts has won a £1.1m contract for the fifth phase of a housing development for war veterans.
Work is underway on the...
