KR Group lands steel and cladding contract for Wester Ross aquaculture facility
KR Group has announced it has landed a contract, on behalf of client NoFitech, to provide steel work and cladding for the build of...
Eye-catching steelwork completed at £20 million Silverburn extension
MAIN contractor GRAHAM Construction has reached a major milestone with the completion of the steelwork at the £20 million extension to the Silverburn shopping...
Steel solution for university research facility
Martin Cooper from New Steel Construction reports on why one Scottish university turned to steel for its new research building
TO help boost economic development,...
Scottish Water announces low-emission steel supply chain partners
SCOTTISH Water has announced new low-emission supply chain partners as it looks to continue its drive to cut carbon in its capital investment programme...
J&D Pierce training manager in the frame for ex-forces award
STEEL specialist J&D Pierce has announced that training manager Tom Wallace is a finalist in the ‘Service Leaver of The Year’ category in this...
Steel frame specialist appoints chief financial officer
EMBRACE Steel Group, a provider of steel frame building solutions throughout the UK, has appointed Ross McAdam as its new chief financial officer.
Based in...
Light Steel Frame Association appoints first chair
MIKE Fairey has been unanimously voted in as the inaugural chair of the Light Steel Frame Association (LSFA).
The trade body was formed at the Focus...
Steel contractor expects turnover to rise towards £200 million in milestone year
NORTH Ayrshire-based structural steel fabricator J&D Pierce Contracts is expecting turnover to rise towards £200 million as the firm celebrates its 50th anniversary this...
Site work starts on landmark project
CONSTRUCTION has started on what has been called the largest ever offsite project in the education sector.
The Portakabin Group is the main contractor on...
CE marking still causing problems for steel industry
BM TRADA has said many steel manufacturers, contractors and fabricators remain unaware of the requirements placed on them by the introduction of the Construction Products...
New East Lothian schools begin to take shape
STRUCTURAL steel frames have been installed by Balfour Beatty at the sites of the builds of two new schools in East Lothian.
Blindwells and Craighall...
UK targets making steel sector more competitive globally
THE UK's steel procurement taskforce has presented the findings of its final report on the ways in which the steel sector can become more...
Milestone reached in Port Seton sports hall extension project
AN important milestone has been reached in the construction of the new £1.094 million extension to Port Seton Community Centre with the foundations now...
DunBear sculpture lit up to mark historic battle
LIGHTS illuminating The DunBear will alternate between blue and white today (September 3) to commemorate the Battle of Dunbar in 1650.
The battle was fought between...
Robinsons MD earns top director prize
ROBINSONS Scotland MD Ryan Brown has been named Regional Director of the Year for the south of Scotland in the small/medium business category at...
KR Group makes ‘significant’ progress with distillery projects worth £1.5m
ABERDEENSHIRE-based steel and cladding specialist, KR Group, is making 'significant' progress on two major distillery projects.
The two projects, which are nearing completion, have generated...
British Steel enters compulsory liquidation
THE High Court has ordered British Steel into compulsory liquidation, with the Official Receiver having been appointed as liquidator.
The firm is continuing to trade...
Lockerbie firm has entrepreneurial spirit
LOCKERBIE-based steel specialist Robinsons Scotland has been shortlisted for the Scale-Up Entrepreneurs of the Year prize at the 2017 Royal Bank of Scotland Great...
Galvanizing firm aiding recycling
A Glasgow firm is playing its part in a multi-million pound recycling and renewable energy development which is set to be fully operational by...
Construction milestone for submarine training facility at HMNB Clyde
WORK is progressing on the construction of a new training facility at HMNB Clyde, with the steel frames now in place.
Last year the Defence...
