As Springfield Properties continues to grow, the housebuilder is tackling an industry skills shortage by unearthing fresh talent through student placement programmes across the country. To date, the firm has placed 11 university students in a variety of work experience roles over the past two years,
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A waste vehicle became stuck after sinking into a town centre road in Berkshire. The lorry's back wheels sunk into Old Bath Road in Newbury, which appeared to have partially collapsed.
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Scientists at the National University of Singapore have announced the launch of a 3D printed project to accelerate the production of toilet units to improve sanitation in India. The university’s Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS) hoped its AM.NUS Construction 3D Printing Programme will acc
Kevin Whitaker has been appointed as the new chief executive at CALA Group as the housebuilder delivered a sixth consecutive year of strong performance.
Scotland saw 54% more infrastructure output per person than London in 2017 and also came out top in cumulative infrastructure output per person between 1997 and 2017, according to new research. Commissioned to “shine a light on the delivery of infrastructure projects across the UK since 1997”, t
The UK government's “overriding priority” for outsourcing is spending as little money as possible while “forcing contractors to take unacceptable levels of financial risk” has been exposed by the collapse of Carillion, a committee of MPs said today. Releasing its latest report into the contr
Robertson Property is developing plans for a 90-bed hotel and 99-bed student accommodation development at Abbey Park, St Andrews. It is proposed that the site will be complemented with an extensive park area in front of the buildings.
Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has successfully delivered a £2 million 6,800 sq ft extension to Milne’s Primary School in the village of Fochabers, north east Scotland.
A new consultation has been launched that seeks to obtain the views and opinions of stakeholders on a review of building and fire safety regulatory frameworks in order to help ensure the safety of people in and around Scotland’s buildings. This consultation covers two main areas, which are as foll
A new national contract to help Scotland’s councils source power tools has gone live with eight companies announced as suppliers. Scotland Excel’s supply and delivery of power tools framework went live recently, with six Scottish companies among the supplier list, and another supplier set to ser
Dundee’s new £38 million railway station officially opened its doors for the first time today. Passengers were joined by minister for public health and sport Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Lord Provost Ian Borthwick and representatives from Dundee City Council, contractors Balfour Beatty, suppliers and ope
Construction work has been completed on the new £32 million West Calder High School in West Lothian. The keys to the state-of-the-art building were handed over to West Lothian Council on June 29 by developer hub South East and main contractor Morrison Construction.
(from left) New SELECT MD Darrell Matthews, president Kevin Griffin, vice president Kenny Duncan and immediate past president Eric Rae Scotland’s electrotechnical campaigning trade body SELECT has recorded another year of successful awareness raising, outreach and training initiatives at its AGM.
Dundee city development committee convener Lynne Short and deputy convener Mark Flynn celebrating Dundee’s Northern Links project being shortlisted for the competition A total of 10 active travel proposals from eight local authorities have been successful in the first phase of judging of Sustrans