Hub South East and Connect Modular to deliver new Livingston homes
REPRESENTATIVES from West Lothian Council recently visited the site of planned new council homes in Livingston that will include supported housing specifically for homeless...
Dundee housebuilders encourage a more mainstream approach to sustainable building
A Scottish housebuilder has claimed that building more A-rated homes shouldn't cost any more than a less energy efficient C-rated property.
Cost is frequently sited...
Stewart Milne lands role on ambitious troops relocation project
STEWART Milne Timber Systems has announced its involvement in a "stretching" housebuilding project to relocate some 4,000 service personnel and their families from Germany...
Building new homes while meeting climate targets is possible
By Stewart Dalgarno, project director at the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project
THE end of the UN’s climate change conference...
Timber frame specialist appoints new factory operations manager
KIRKWOOD Timber Frame has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of a factory operations manager.
Alan Little, from just outside Kintore, Aberdeenshire, replaces the...
Timber technology teaching marks a new era for construction education
A Scottish professor is to lead the introduction and establishment of a new method of academic construction delivery focusing on timber technology.
Professor Robert Hairstans...
Construction and education need to work together for MMC to thrive
By Ian Atkinson, partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
MOVING to Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) isn’t just about reducing the labour requirements needed to meet UK...
Fixing a solution for offsite sector
FIXINGS and fastening specialist BeA Fastening Systems says it has seen increasing demand in recent years from offsite and structural timber manufacturers with a...
Seeing the wood for the trees: how timber can help Scotland deliver sustainability
By Sam Hart, innovation manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
SCOTLAND is claimed to have hit the energy jackpot twice, with the discovery of North...
Alex Goodfellow appointed chair of the Confederation of Timber Industries
ALEX Goodfellow, MD for strategic development at Stewart Milne Group, has been appointed chair of the Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI), which represents the...
Robertson Timber Engineering appoints new sales director
ROBERTSON Timber Engineering (RTE) has appointed David Jamieson as the firm's new sales director.
He brings over 25 years' experience in the construction industry to...
Glenrothes-based business building on solid foundations
GLENROTHES-based Sips Eco has detailed its plans to invest in the future of affordable housing in Scotland.
The structural insulated panels (SIP) manufacturer employs 40...
New investment tipped to boost offsite construction
OFFSITE construction is said to be going 'mainstream' after CITB agreed a £1.2 million funding package for two projects.
The initiatives, led by the Construction Scotland...
First amenity blocks delivered to Clinterty Travelling Persons Site in Aberdeen
CONNECT Modular, which is part of modular construction solutions specialist The Wee House Group, has delivered the first six amenity blocks to the Clinterty...
Construction of vaccine labs completed in Glasgow
OFFSITE specialist Merit has announced the completion of construction of two new labs for SGS at its Biosafety Centre of Excellence in Glasgow.
The facilities...
Precast in the frame for net zero future
A precast concrete approach to constructing the building frame for the UK’s largest ever Passivhaus school has demonstrated the material’s potential for use in...
SIPs specified for Balmoral sentry box commission
JML Contracts has constructed a new high-end sentry box on the Balmoral Estate.
Built using Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) for a “highly insulated, airtight and...
Vivalda launches ‘dust-free’ fabrication services nationwide
VIVALDA Group, the parent company of Cumbernauld-based MSP Facades, Prism Powder Coating and Vivalda Scotland, has announced the completion of its roll-out of ‘dust-free’...
Reflective membrane solution delivers thermal efficiency for large social housing development
A combination of a low emissivity, insulating breather membrane and internal air and vapour control layer from Protect Membranes has been installed as part of an award-winning social housing development in Greater Manchester
Research facility bound for Antarctica undergoes trial assembly in Scotland
A complete trial assembly of a specialist air communications tower for a British Antarctic research station has been undertaken in Kintore.
It comes ahead of...
