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The newly restored Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) has transformed Edinburgh’s historic Quartermile site, once the Royal Infirmary, into a modern landmark blending history, innovation, and sustainability.
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Long-established architectural firm Bracewell Stirling Consulting has appointed Stephen Lynas to a newly formed role as business development manager as part of its ambitious growth plans. Bringing a wealth of experience and strategic vision to support Bracewell Stirling's teams in Tillicoultry, Inve
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Rettie has expanded its executive team with Alan Cumming joining the property firm in a newly created role, head of sales and financial services, to focus on growth and operational efficiencies. Mr Cumming previously spent two decades at Aberdein Considine, most recently as national estate agency di
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Annemarie O'Donnell has been appointed as hub West Scotland (hWS) Limited’s new independent chair. Annemarie will take up her new position on 1st January 2025.
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Bellway Homes has welcomed two new apprentices and a graduate to its Scotland West Division based in Hamilton. Junior Boyd-McKee, from Carluke, joins as an apprentice civil engineer alongside Alexandra Healy, from Hamilton who has been appointed an apprentice quantity surveyor. Both will attend univ
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Turnberry Homes has appointed Amanda Keenan as commercial director as the company continues to expand its developments across the west of Scotland. Ms Keenan brings over 20 years of experience in the housing sector, having worked for major developers, including CALA Homes and Persimmon.
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Thomas & Adamson's Zander Muego speaks to Colin Cardwell about his journey to Egis Group via the Middle East. Scalability is a perennial problem for many companies in Scotland. How to exploit new markets, grow more efficiently and expand market presence? For property and construction consultancy
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Senior associate Sammi Johnstone speaks to Colin Cardwell about her unusual route into construction, the influence of her father and the successful multi-disciplinary approach taken by Jones Hargreaves. Overseeing the tagging and microchipping of turtles in Tobago is an undeniably intrigui
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This month's SCN Construction Leader, Gordon Megahy tells Colin Cardwell about his journey to Clancy Consulting, his love of timber and the firm's work on high profile sporting projects. Clancy Consulting, it seems, knows how to keep ahead of the game. The multi-disciplinary engineering co
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Tim Metcalfe, Keepmoat’s regional managing director in Scotland, tells Colin Cardwell why his company's model to balance the needs of investors and provide affordable homes makes moral and business sense. The optics of today’s housebuilding industry are not unmitigatedly positive. After
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A much-anticipated transformation of a vacant urban site in Dundee is now complete, with 162 new homes already occupied by residents.
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Dundee Football Club has released a video created by architect Holmes Miller that brings to life its proposed new stadium at Camperdown.
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Block Nine Architects is set to progress its technical designs for a new high-end contemporary two-storey dwelling near Edinburgh's A-listed historic Gogar Castle.
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Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) is an ambitious joint venture between Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council and Michelin, created in response to the closure of Michelin’s Dundee tyre factory in 2020. It aims to drive innovation in the Scottish economy and address the global climate
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Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) has been reappointed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide legal services in Scotland. Having acted for it for over 22 years, the firm has built a strong relationship with the MoD in Scotland and has been directly awarded this exclusive contract to continue to
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Law firm CMS has strengthened its infrastructure, construction and energy disputes (ICE disputes) offering with the appointment of Caroline Maciver as partner in its Edinburgh office. Ms Maciver, who joins the firm from Burness Paull, has 20 years’ experience leading on large, complex disputes
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Addleshaw Goddard has recruited Martin Devine, a property development and investment specialist, as a partner in its real estate team in Scotland. Mr Devine, who joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, is a prominent figure in the Scottish real estate market with wide ranging development experience span
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Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Inquiry’s Final Report (also called the Phase 2 Report), was published in September. It paints a bleak picture of years of failures by government and others in the construction industry and calls for far-reaching reform
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A Dundee charity that supports children and young people with disabilities and additional needs is embarking on an ambitious refurbishment of its family support centre, plugging a ‘significant gap’ in respite provision, after-school and holiday support.
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Developer Kelvin Properties has marked the progress of a landmark transformation of a Victorian school in Glasgow as its showhome opens to the public.
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Line marking and road safety specialist WJ Group has shared a series of images taken by its employees in celebration of the hidden perks of working in construction.
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Plans to transform the derelict ABC building on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street into a vibrant destination food hall concept ‘House of Social’ are forming as urban regeneration specialist Vita Group kicks off the second round of public consultation.
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PDM has unveiled a fleet of six new trucks as part of a million-pound investment to increase efficiency and enhance the customer experience across Scotland. The investment takes the Scottish-based fleet to over 70 vehicles across a range of 3.5-tonne pickups to 26-tonne crane-operated vehicles.
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The findings of the first fully comprehensive study of the UK’s plant-hire sector will be unveiled at the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) Conference taking place this week.
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Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), the Fife-based specialist flooring contractor, has laid the foundations for major growth after taking delivery of its second Putzmeister Transmix truck.
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The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is calling on employers in the lifting sector to sign up apprentices for the second intake of the Scottish crane operator apprenticeship ahead of the 29th November deadline. The first cohort of apprentices on the inaugural Scottish crane operator apprenti
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For the first time since the modernisation of the electricity network, horses are being used to extract timber on SSEN Transmission projects. It may be the image of a bygone era, but there is still very much a place for horse logging - the extraction of timber - from Scotland’s forests.
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A team of archaeologists recently discovered historic 900-year-old door guardian statues in Angkor Thom, Cambodia.
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A San Francisco company offering "sleeping pods" in a former bank for $700 (c. £530) a month has received over 300 applications for its remaining 17 beds, despite facing ongoing regulatory challenges. Brownstone Shared Housing, which aims to provide low-cost accommodation in expensive cities,
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The site of a former public convenience at Barassie Beach, Troon, is to become a new restaurant.
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Two Scots who are believed to own the biggest brick collection in the UK are looking for a museum to house all 6,000 of them.
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