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Orchard Park at Eurocentral, a distribution hub in North Lanarkshire, has received planning permission for a new industrial and logistics development totalling 353,000 sq ft, with five buildings on this prime site of just under 24 acres. Glasgow-based Tulchan Developments and its partner, logistics

Housebuilder Dandara is celebrating another excellence award win for its Foxhall Gait development in Kirkliston, Edinburgh. Having won an award for its Eskbank Gardens development two months ago, the development of modern family homes in Kirkliston has now also received a prestigious ‘Quality

CCG (Scotland) has completed the supply and installation of high-performance fire doors at a multi-storey tower block in the town centre of Cambuslang. Undertaken on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council, residents of Kyle Court, located on Main Street, have each received new 60-minute fire resistant

Glasgow-based building services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) has appointed Andrew Halliday as a commercial director. Founded in 2016, Arc-Tech specialises in the delivery of mechanical, electrical, and renewable service installations to support residential and commercial construction.

A construction firm has been fined £10,000 after an employee was crushed to death by an industrial drill in Glasgow. Core Cut Limited employee Derek McLean, 43, was crushed after attempting to manoeuvre a 3.5-tonne BROKK machine up a set of stairs in Glasgow's St Enoch shopping

Cala Homes (East) has confirmed an agreement worth £2.995 million with Manor Estates Housing Association (MEHA) to deliver much-needed affordable homes at a famous setting. The developer, which has recently started construction on its Queensferry Heights project on land made available after th

Ground has broken on a new hands-on learning centre at Scottish charity Harmeny Education Trust’s 35-acre estate, designed by Loader Monteith with Studio SJM Architects. Located just south of Edinburgh, Harmeny Education Trust provides education, care and therapeutic support to young people wi

Stephen Dick has joined Gilson Gray as a partner. Mr Dick has more than two decades of experience in the property sector and joins Gilson Gray from DLA Piper, where his client base included a range of high-profile investors, developers, landlords, and occupiers. He also previously spent six years wo

Cameron House Hotel has completed the final phase of its extensive transformation as it opens its new Lomond Wing. The multi-million-pound extension will scale up the Loch Lomond resort’s facilities, adding 68 new luxurious bedrooms and suites, a 700-square-metre ballroom, and a new loch-facin

Ogilvie Construction’s commitment to employee learning and development has been recognised with the award of gold membership of the 5% Club, the organisation that works with UK employers to inspire increased workplace learning. The award is given to companies who are accredited by audit that m

Pacific Building is one of just six organisations in Scotland to have been awarded Gold accredited membership via The 5% Club’s 2022-23 Employer Audit Scheme. The award recognises the company's significant contribution to the continued development of all employees through “earn and learn

The UK construction sector gained momentum during October with total industry activity rising at the fastest pace since May, according to the S&P Global / CIPS UKConstruction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), but new orders fell for first time since May 2020. The headline seasona

Cruden Building Scotland has further strengthened its commitment to job provision and skills development by welcoming a total of 27 new apprentices and trainees. Supporting the next generation of construction professionals, the company has taken on a number of young apprentices, including ten joiner

A key Clydesdale bridge is to be rebuilt after South Lanarkshire Council overcame a series of issues related to the project.

Councillor Jim Logue, leader of North Lanarkshire Council, has written to the Scottish Government to ask them to back funding applications for two school estate improvement programmes. In a letter to the cabinet secretary for education & skills, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Councillor Logue has