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Domestic mains powered Fire and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms provider Aico has announced a new team of Regional Specification Managers (RSMs) covering Scotland. They are Krys Wallace RSM for Scotland North; Tony Boyle RSM for Scotland West; and David Richmond RSM for Scotland East. 

A collaborative project between Road Intelligence Ltd, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the University of Edinburgh could lead to an app that predicts potholes before they occur. Currently, the majority of potholes have to be detected manually by foot or vehicular patrols, or simpl

Aberdeen-based mechanical and electrical installation firm Richard Irvin has collapsed with the loss of more than 100 jobs across Scotland. A total of 93 of the 107 jobs lost are at in Aberdeen itself but there are also redundancies in Inverness, Dundee and Glasgow.

Glasgow engineering company Walker MacLeod has appointed a provisional liquidator with 46 employees being made redundant as a result. The firm’s management said they have taken the difficult decision having recently experienced a downturn in trading.

Hopes the final section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) would open before Christmas have been dashed after the Aberdeen Roads Ltd (ARL) consortium confirmed it will not meet the deadline it set itself just over a fortnight ago. Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try’s consortium told

Interserve is to consider a request by its lenders to take control of its RMD Kwikform business as part of a deal to ease the group’s debt. In a progress report on its deleveraging plan to the Stock Exchange this morning, Interserve said it continues to be in “constructive discussions&rd

The Invitation to Participate (ITP) for Scotland Excel’s four-year New Build Residential Construction Framework will close on January 14. The Centre of Procurement Expertise has joined forces with 11 Scottish councils to implement the framework, which will enable contracts for housing developm

Glasgow City Council has approved planning permission in principle for a Queens Cross Housing Association-driven project for a new 600 home development in the north of the city. Outline planning permission has been granted to transform the Hamiltonhill area into a 21st Century suburb close to the ci

Scotland Excel’s Construction Team is working on the fourth-generation renewals of several key frameworks: Building and Timber; Plumbing and Heating; and Electrical Materials. These contracts are part of the organisation’s growing construction portfolio and are crucial in helping Scotlan

A significant milestone has been reached in the redevelopment of 10 George Street in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town. Robertson began work on the refurbishment of the office accommodation in March this year for La Française Real Estate Partners International on behalf of their client

Work is gathering pace on the new Whitecraig Community Centre in East Lothian after groundworks began on the site. Due for completion in August 2019, the centre will include a multi-purpose games hall, creche and café. Changing facilities for Deantown Welfare Bowling Club members are also inc

Cumbernauld-based interior glass solutions supplier Indeglas has completed its work at the University of Edinburgh’s iconic new building The Bayes Centre. The facility, which forms the final phase of the University’s state-of-the-art Potterrow development, is the latest of a clutch of co

McTaggart Construction has made a £10,000 donation to the Wheatley Foundation in support of community projects. The homebuilder is currently building over 350 new homes across the central belt of Scotland for Wheatley and is a member of their contractor framework.  

Our final instalment of the 30 most read stories of 2018 contains police investigations, administrations and a proposal for a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

A celebration event took place at the Brunton Hall on Monday night as seven young people graduated from the Musselburgh Construction Skills Academy ready to move into the construction industry. The S5 pupils, who originally attended Preston Lodge and Ross High schools, studied at the Construction Sk