North Lanarkshire

The design and build extension at Muller Milk and Ingredients’ factory in Bellshill has been completed by Clark Contracts. The works included the construction of a two storey extension to accommodate additional employee welfare and office facilities to increase the production capacity at the B

North Lanarkshire Council has confirmed the appointment of regeneration specialist ENGIE for an extensive refurbishment programme on four sixteen-storey housing blocks in Coatbridge, worth a collective £18.5 million. Significant renovation work will be taking place at Blairgrove and Merryston

Affordable housing developer Swan Group has had planning consent granted for a 35-unit development at Avon House in Cumbernauld Town Centre. Initially divided into one bedroom flats providing bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living space, Avon House was later changed to offices but has been left unuse

Cumbernauld’s last two tower blocks are being reduced to rubble, making space for more than 130 new homes. The demolition of Stuart House and Elliot House in Burns Road by high-reach excavator marks the end of more than 50 years of high-rise living in the town.

A new chapter has started for Coatbridge’s historic Carnegie Library after a £2.5 million transformation into 12 social housing flats. The project to bring the former derelict building back into use again was driven by Clyde Valley Housing Association and was officially unveiled by The P

North Lanarkshire Council has unveiled plans to progress redevelopment proposals for two prominent sites in Monklands. An area of Bank Street in Coatbridge and the former Orrs building in Airdrie have, for a number of years, been identified as areas requiring redevelopment.

Engineering specialist SES Engineering Services (SES) has announced its latest contract win in the education sector on a new £17.9 million shared campus and community project in North Lanarkshire. Working on behalf of main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure, SES has be

As the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Region City Deal gathers pace, Scottish Construction Now highlights the progress of the major infrastructure projects involved in the Deal. Last month the Glasgow City Region Cabinet considered the significant progress made to date in the delivery of the &poun

A review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital is to report back by the end of February 2019. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board

Pupils, teachers and local councillors in Airdrie have celebrated key milestones at the sites of two new joint campus primary schools which are being delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure. The first school taking shape on Petersburn Road will provide a new home for Petersburn

Morrison Construction has celebrated surpassing a major milestone for the £37 million Cumbernauld Academy and Cumbernauld Theatre project. The project, which is being undertaken with development partner hub South West and North Lanarkshire Council, has progressed to the weathertight stage.

The Scottish Government has ordered a review into the consultation process around the future location of a new Monklands Hospital. NHS Lanarkshire is currently consulting on proposals for a new or replacement hospital, with an alternative site in Gartcosh being promoted by the health board as its to

North Lanarkshire Council has included recently approved additional projects to provide more, modern and affordable new homes for the region’s residents into its next Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) which has now been submitted to the Scottish Government. The SHIP for 2019-20/2023-24

Muir Homes is expanding its presence in the central belt with the acquisition of a major new development site at Garnqueen Farm, near the village of Glenboig in North Lanarkshire. The 16-acre site, which is within the Gartcosh and Glenboig Community Growth Area, already has full planning permission

A deal has been struck between landowner Simon Howie and waste to energy developer CoGen which removes any time constraints in which to deal with the planning application for the waste to energy plant adjacent to the A8 at Carnbroe in Coatbridge. Howie’s company Shore Energy received full panning