North Lanarkshire Council has confirmed the appointment of regeneration specialist ENGIE for an extensive refurbishment programme on four sixteen-storey housing blocks in Coatbridge, worth a collective £18.5 million. Significant renovation work will be taking place at Blairgrove and Merryston
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CECA Scotland held its prestigious Annual Awards ceremony last night at an event was attended by over five hundred and fifty guests representing all sections of the Scottish civil engineering sector. The ceremony, at CECA Scotland’s 23rd Annual Dinner in the Doubletree by Hilton, Glasgow, was
A planning application for 85 homes on in Aberdour has been approved at appeal. The Scottish Government’s planning and environmental appeals division confirmed a Reporter was minded to grant CALA Homes’ proposal for a field to the east of the Fife village.
Scotland’s residential market remains less affected by the political uncertainty impacting housing markets in London and the south, according to Savills latest analysis launched at their Scottish Property Outlook Conference held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre yesterday. An au
Scottish business advisors Scott-Moncrieff outline how the construction industry can ensure it is prepared for the upcoming Making Tax Digital deadline. I don’t want to panic you, but HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) deadline comes into effect on Monday (1st April). What this means is tha
The convener of Holyrood’s Cross Party Group on Accident Prevention and Safety has become the latest member of the Scottish Parliament to back a campaign to regulate electricians. Clare Adamson MSP has lent her support to electrotechnical trade association SELECT for raising awareness by campa
Morrison Construction has shown continued support for a teenager campaigning for more inclusive disabled access signage. The contractor has installed Grace’s Signs at the new £18.9m Wallyford Primary School for East Lothian Council.
Link Group’s development in Dunbeg has benefited from £8 million of funding delivered by Allia Impact Finance through a Scottish Charitable Bond. The loan will be used to partially fund Dunbeg Phase 3, which will deliver 300 properties with 261 for social rent and 39 for Shared Equity.
Edinburgh-based P1 Contractors Ltd and commercial plant nursery Johnsons of Whixley have teamed up to supply thousands of plants for the landscaping of an iconic building originally known as Donaldson’s Hospital. The former Donaldson’s hospital site has been turned into luxury apartments
Attempting DIY with your partner could ruin your relationship, according to new research. Half of the ‘relationship renovators’ said that their sex life suffered, with 8% saying that their sex life was completely killed off by the work.
A £21 million construction contract has been approved to create the connections underpinning a major innovation district being developed in Renfrewshire. The Glasgow Airport Investment Area project will see new roads, bridges, cycleways and footpaths being built to connect into a site at the c
Four locations in Scotland have made an 18-strong shortlist as potential regional construction hubs for a new runway at Heathrow Airport. Heathrow is looking to pioneer the large-scale use of logistics hubs to build as much of the £16 billion expansion project offsite as possible.
Persimmon Homes West Scotland is to invest £60 million to bring forward a development of almost 250 homes in Renfrewshire. The announcement comes after the housebuilder successfully finalised a 27-acre land deal with the owners of Erskine Bridge Hotel.
The Highland Council has awarded the contract for a new nursery extension at Ullapool Primary School to Morgan Sindall. The work will see the dilapidated former nursery classroom unit replaced by an extension to the school comprising two nursery rooms (one each for English and Gaelic Medium pu
Plans have been lodged to build 330 homes in Whitlawburn as part of a £42 million housing-led regeneration project. CCG (Scotland) Ltd, the construction and manufacturing group appointed to build the new homes, has submitted a planning application in partnership with hub South West for 330 mix