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Scape Group chief executive, Mark Robinson, on the Scottish Government’s fresh investment into affordable housing and the barriers needed to overcome for delivery. Scotland is facing a huge shortage of homes for social rent. There are currently over 130,100 households on council waiting lists

Bob Holt is to retire from housing maintenance contractor Mears Group after 23 years at the company. The group made the announcement today as it unveiled Kieran Murphy as his successor.

The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group Scotland has welcomed an announcement by the Scottish Government to consult on curbing the abuse of the retention system. Business minister Jamie Hepburn revealed that cash retentions in the construction industry will be among the issues consi

Coatbridge-based specialist coatings company Chemco International, which has 24 staff, has become 100% employee-owned in a move made to address succession issues and safeguard local skills and jobs. Chemco delivers environmentally friendly products for a wide range of industries throughout the

Scope of services, standard of care and correct contracting parties. Three standard appointment issues for professional consultants advising on construction projects, but issues which reach the courts on a regular basis as a recent court judgment demonstrates. A site in Cheshire was being developed

A publicly owned energy company must be positioned at the heart of policy making, long-term in its thinking and flexible enough to react to change as it happens, according to a Holyrood committee. The economy, energy and fair work committee has written to the Scottish Government with its findings on

As the electric vehicle revolution gathers pace, SELECT, the trade body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland, is leading by example by ramping up the installation of EV charging points at its headquarters. The campaigning organisation has added another four fast charge spaces at the Walled

Mactaggart & Mickel’s Building Communities Fund contributed £1,000 to Symington Community Council to stage a charity concert last month to raise funds for a commemorative bench in the village marking the sacrifice of those who did not return from the trenches in 1918. The concert was

Regeneration firm ENGIE has handed over new homes and festive hampers for Glasgow Housing Association’s (GHA) newest customers in Cathay Street, Milton. ENGIE secured a £6.1 million contract to build 54 terraced houses and cottage flats on the former brownfield site on behalf of GHA, par

The boss of a sustainable building materials company who won an auction for the right to name a newly discovered species of amphibian has named the blind creature after Donald Trump in recognition of the US president’s climate change denial. Paying $25,000 (£19,800) in the auction, Envir

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