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Housebuilder Springfield Properties has said it continues to evaluate opportunities to acquire land for new developments to satisfy sustained demand from the private and affordable sectors. In a trading update for the first six months of its financial year, the Elgin-based group said it intends to d

Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland said it is poised to deliver more off-site manufactured solutions for housebuilders after it completed the acquisition of SIG Roofspace Solutions. Set up in 2008, SIG Roofspace provides a turn-key panelised roofing and room-in-roof solution to house builders.

Willmott Dixon has strengthened its senior team by promoting its two chief operating officers (COOs) onto its parent board. The move will see John Waterman, COO at Willmott Dixon Construction, and Mike Hart, COO at Willmott Dixon Interiors, join the Willmott Dixon Holdings board from the start of 20

Expanding engineering and environmental services company RSK Group has bought more companies after securing a new funding package. RSK said a unitranche senior debt facility from funds managed by Ares Capital Europe will be used to finance its strategic planned doubling in size over the next few yea

Balfour Beatty has announced the appointment of Matthew Steele as managing director of its gas & water business. Matthew joins from Network Rail where he was commercial and development director. Previously, he was programme director at Crossrail and head of power, communications and cooling upgr

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has issued an open invitation to any interested parties to shape the future of the institute and the planning profession. The UK's leading body for spatial planning and the largest planning institute in Europe with over 25,000 members worldwide has launc

Planning partner Sarah Baillie contrasts the lack of ambition within Scotland’s Planning Bill to the bold, inspirational, collaborative and game-changing Connecting Glasgow Report issued recently by Glasgow City Council. Since 2014, conversations in the development and property sector have cen

Perth-based construction company Algo Ltd has unveiled its plans to increase its £18 million turnover with a successful 2019. With a newly appointed business development manager, growth of the estimating department, and increased support staff for senior management, Murray Alexander, Algo&rsqu

A north of Scotland care home provider has unveiled plans for two new developments after it secured a £5 million investment from business investor BGF. Parklands Group provides high-quality residential care for older people at eight care homes across Moray and the Highlands, the most recent be

Dundee City Council has joined forces with local trade unions to sign a 12-point charter committing them to fair work in the construction sector. The charter pledges to ensure that through the procurement and delivery of council-backed building projects there will be high standards of employment sta

Employees from Kier Construction Scotland and their sub-contractors have just completed a very rewarding construction project – volunteering at Whiteleys Retreat in South Ayrshire to improve a number of its facilities. The team at Kier Construction, who are currently building the nearby state-

BAM Construction’s team working on Edinburgh’s new premier office development, Capital Square, rallied round to donate 120 selection boxes to the Grassmarket Community Project which provides a drop-in meal service for the homeless community. The gift-wrapped boxes will be distributed thi

Almost 1000 guests were welcomed through the doors of the Park Plaza Hotel in London earlier this month on what was to prove to be the fundraising event of the year for the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, with a magnificent £212,000 being raised for construction families in crisis. G

This week tenants begin moving in to brand new Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) homes in Galashiels, just in time for Christmas. Work has been completed on the new £1.8 million SBHA housing development at Rose Court in Langlee, which was handed over by Hart Builders and agents Eildo

Roof truss manufacturer and supplier Pasquill has embraced the festive spirit by unveiling a Christmas tree measuring 23 feet made entirely out of trusses. Staff from Pasquill’s Inverness branch created a smaller design the previous year, and after receiving a great response decided to supersi