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The Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) marked its recent AGM last month with a new team at the top and a ringing affirmation of the vital importance of apprenticeships to the future of the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. The annual meeting of the proactive training pr

BDP’s Glasgow studio has been shortlisted in the annual Scottish Design Awards for its design of Ayr Grammar primary school. The sensitively restored historic building, located on the edge of the 17th Century Citadel of Ayr, is one of six buildings making the education building & proj

Digital agency director Frankie Healy reveals why his business and others won't be ditching their office spaces post-pandemic. My digital agency turns five years old this month and I am proud of everything we have achieved in half a decade. Little did I think we would be faced with operating in a gl

Three of CALA Homes’ largest and most ambitious showhomes are launching across two Edinburgh developments with just two weeks separating them. Saturday 12 June will see the opening of The Waverley, part of The Avenue at Ravelrig Heights in Balerno. With more than 3700 square feet of living spa

Robertson Construction has deployed facial recognition technology on its National Robotarium project in Edinburgh to support contactless site entry for the workforce.

Development manager Bankfoot APAM has unveiled plans to invest £500 million to overhaul Edinburgh’s Gyle Shopping Centre into a major "urban quarter". According to the Edinburgh Evening News, the centre and its surrounding car parks would be transformed over the next ten years. The

A key part of Aberdeen’s £350 million harbour development is in the balance due to a shortfall in financing, according to reports.

Experienced health and safety professional Colin Lafferty has been appointed by building and construction firm The JR Group as its new group HSEQ manager. Colin, 40 from Glasgow, brings with him more than 15 years of experience to his new role, gained from his time at Sir Robert McAlpine a

Regeneration firm Urban Union has strengthened its Glasgow-based team with four new appointments, as it continues to transform communities across Scotland. Daniel MacDonald, Claire Ferris, Ashleigh Donnelly and Chloe Paterson will join Urban Union’s head office in Glasgow across the firm&rsquo

An application to build a care home on empty land in Stonehaven has been rejected by councillors amid concerns of traffic and parking provision.

Residents in the Canongate area of Edinburgh's Old Town will benefit from a range of conservation and energy efficiency improvements on track to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions by over 50%.

Emtec Building Services has been awarded the contract for the full M&E services for Project Alba with Robertson Group. The project includes the refurbishment of an existing distribution warehouse in Livingston to provide a new cardboard and packaging facility for SAICA.

Burns & McDonnell projects director, Jason Chandler, looks at the advantages and safety improvements delivered by wearable technology which has been used widely in the US in construction sites during the pandemic. For utilities, safety has long been the utmost priority. Now, as the ong

John McNairney has announced that he intends to retire from his position as chief planner at the Scottish Government later this summer. Mr McNairney took up the chief planner role in 2012, after previously holding lead roles in planning policy and practice, digital planning and information. Prior to

A £2.3 million project to strengthen and re-paint two bridges in the southside of Glasgow will get underway this month. Network Rail is carrying out the essential improvement works on Queen Mary Avenue and Albert Road, next to Crosshill Station, from June until November. The work is designed t