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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

The City of Edinburgh Council has set out a city-wide approach to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions as part of new plans being considered by councillors to tackle climate change.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has started work to deliver the first of 69 affordable homes for Home Group Scotland at its Calderwood development on land off Clifton Road in East Calder. This parcel of land within phase 4 of Taylor Wimpey’s Calderwood development will provide a mix of two and thr

A major environmental conference this month will hear how the space sector is contributing to tackling the global climate emergency. The ‘Engineering Climate Conference’ is a virtual two-day event organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland, Engineering Scotland and th

Construction work to build new council homes at Eagle Brae, Livingston is now well under way.

An 18-hole crazy golf venue with eye-catching holes including a giant hamster cage and a bouncy castle is set to open in Glasgow city centre next month.

Output growth in the UK construction sector reaching its strongest since September 2014, according to new data.

A disused quarry in Caithness has been earmarked as the site of a proposed new battery energy plant. Developer Highview Power has notified the Highland Council of its plan to submit an application for the project.

Network Rail’s £7.5 million project to refurbish and repaint the North Queensferry approach span to the world famous Forth Bridge is now underway.

Work has started on the new primary school to serve the housing developments at Ness Castle and Ness-Side in Inverness.

A steep decline in resourcing for Scottish planning authorities over the last decade has left the profession in a precarious position, new research by Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Scotland has concluded.

Plans have been approved for a new block of 35 flats on the site of a vacant warehouse in Partick.