The hub Club meeting in Dumfires and Galloway earlier this month Construction and infrastructure-focused partnership hub South West has launched a networking arm which aims to better connect businesses throughout Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.
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Work is now about to get underway to start building the new Queen Margaret Academy Plans to build a new Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr are a step closer with the official contracts now signed after reaching financial close.
Kier Construction Scotland is to deliver the £34.5 million Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank as its parent group prepares to unveil a new trading update in line with current expectations. The contractor has been awarded the role of Principal Supply Chain Partner to develop a new electiv
Construction work is now complete on Unit 201, a new 27,500 sq. ft. manufacturing and engineering facility at Clyde Gateway East Business Park. Built by Kier Construction Scotland and being marketed by Ryden LLP, the £3 million industrial unit is the latest speculative new build undertaken and comp
Michael McBrearty, chief executive of hub South West, delivers a speech during the ceremony The £45 million William McIlvanney Campus in Kilmarnock has passed another important milestone with its topping out ceremony last week.
A growth in construction output across the UK in August failed to offset a fall in output over the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found. Construction output grew 0.6% month-on-month in August 2017, predominantly driven by a 1.7% rise in all new work thanks to private housing,
Kier Construction Scotland has been named as one of four principal supply chain partners on the new £160 million Aberdeenshire Council Social Housing Improvement Framework, which will see Kier deliver up to £40m worth of construction, renovation and maintenance improvements to thousands of counci
John Gilchrist (left) and Stephen Parker from Kier Construction Scotland Two of Kier Construction Scotland’s construction managers reached the final of the prestigious Construction Manager of the Year Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London last week with host, BBC news presenter Steph
Kier Group has returned to profit thanks to its continued restructure and a ‘strong’ contribution from Kier Construction Scotland.
The timetable and remit of an independent inquiry into construction flaws at the DG One leisure centre in Dumfries have been revealed after a request to investigate was rejected by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Dumfries and Galloway Council approached the safety body earlier this year with
Master craftsmen Angus Johnston and Martins Cirulis of Laurence McIntosh in the Mackintosh Library prototype. Credit McAteer photo A full-size model of a section of the Mackintosh Library has been unveiled by the Glasgow School of Art as work continues to restore the building to its original 1910 de
Steve Radley More than 300 projects across the UK have benefitted from CITB levy funding, a new report has revealed.
Haydn Mursell Kier is pledging 1% of its workforce to act as career ambassadors in schools and colleges over the next 12 months to help attract new talent into the industry.
The Scottish Procurement Alliance has revealed the nine main contractors to have secured places on its £800 million schools and community buildings framework. The four-year framework is split into regions as well as four value bands (up to £2m, £2m-£4m, £4m-£10m and £10m+) with four selected
Output in the UK's construction sector fell 1.3% in the three months to June, after a 1.1% rise in the first quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. The 3 month on 3 month decrease was driven by a 1.3% drop in new work and a 1.4% fall in repair and maintenance, the fourth con