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Construction work on a new £300 million teaching and research campus for the University of Glasgow is to get underway this month. The Keystone Building is the fifth major building to be constructed through the University’s £1.3 billion Campus Development Programme.
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Temporary works specialist Mabey Hire has appointed John Breen as its new managing director. Currently commercial director at RMD Kwikform, Mr Breen will join Mabey Hire from October 21st.
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SGN has announced that Simon Kilonback will become its new chief executive officer. Simon joined the energy network business in September 2023 as Chief Financial Officer. He will take over from Mark Wild who is leaving to run the high-speed rail project HS2.
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Architecture and interiors firm TINTO has announced the launch of its Glasgow office and the appointment of its city-based team. Following the successful completion of several projects in the central region delivering fees of over £250k, the team have witnessed the potential of the city as it
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Glasgow-based Pacific Building has appointed Paul Devine as the company’s new operations director. He has joined the construction and fit-out firm on the back of a significant increase in turnover over the past 12 months and will help to maintain that upward trend over the coming years.
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Building compliance firm William Martin has promoted Derrick Milligan to director of consultancy. With over 15 years’ experience in safety consultancy management, Mr Milligan brings a wealth of expertise to the position, as well as in-depth knowledge of technical operations and account managem
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Thomas & Adamson's Zander Muego speaks to Colin Cardwell about his journey to Egis Group via the Middle East. Scalability is a perennial problem for many companies in Scotland. How to exploit new markets, grow more efficiently and expand market presence? For property and construction consultancy
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Senior associate Sammi Johnstone speaks to Colin Cardwell about her unusual route into construction, the influence of her father and the successful multi-disciplinary approach taken by Jones Hargreaves. Overseeing the tagging and microchipping of turtles in Tobago is an undeniably intrigui
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This month's SCN Construction Leader, Gordon Megahy tells Colin Cardwell about his journey to Clancy Consulting, his love of timber and the firm's work on high profile sporting projects. Clancy Consulting, it seems, knows how to keep ahead of the game. The multi-disciplinary engineering co
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Tim Metcalfe, Keepmoat’s regional managing director in Scotland, tells Colin Cardwell why his company's model to balance the needs of investors and provide affordable homes makes moral and business sense. The optics of today’s housebuilding industry are not unmitigatedly positive. After
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Dundee Football Club has released a video created by architect Holmes Miller that brings to life its proposed new stadium at Camperdown.
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Block Nine Architects is set to progress its technical designs for a new high-end contemporary two-storey dwelling near Edinburgh's A-listed historic Gogar Castle.
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Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc (MSIP) is an ambitious joint venture between Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council and Michelin, created in response to the closure of Michelin’s Dundee tyre factory in 2020. It aims to drive innovation in the Scottish economy and address the global climate
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Brunton Design has finalised the design for this new build house in Leuchars, Fife.
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Addleshaw Goddard has recruited Martin Devine, a property development and investment specialist, as a partner in its real estate team in Scotland. Mr Devine, who joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, is a prominent figure in the Scottish real estate market with wide ranging development experience span
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Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, the Grenfell Inquiry’s Final Report (also called the Phase 2 Report), was published in September. It paints a bleak picture of years of failures by government and others in the construction industry and calls for far-reaching reform
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Kate Ross, a trainee solicitor at BTO, considers the implications of a case where a main contractor and subcontractor were invited to notify the adjudicator of any "clerical or typographical errors". McLaughlin and Harvey Ltd v LJJ Ltd [2024] EWHC 1032 (TCC) concerned the enforcement of a decis
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The Highland Council's decision to redesign part of Inverness city centre has been overturned by a senior judge after the plans were challenged by the owners of the region's biggest shopping centre.
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Line marking and road safety specialist WJ Group has shared a series of images taken by its employees in celebration of the hidden perks of working in construction.
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Plans to transform the derelict ABC building on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street into a vibrant destination food hall concept ‘House of Social’ are forming as urban regeneration specialist Vita Group kicks off the second round of public consultation.
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These images provide a first look inside a new development just south of the River Clyde.
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Experiential design agency Mather & Co is working on the design of the highly anticipated Inverness Castle Experience. The company, renowned for designing leading visitor attractions across the world, from immersive castle experiences and whisky distilleries to sports museums and heritage destin
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The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is calling on employers in the lifting sector to sign up apprentices for the second intake of the Scottish crane operator apprenticeship ahead of the 29th November deadline. The first cohort of apprentices on the inaugural Scottish crane operator apprenti
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Akela Ground Engineering has taken a bold move as part of their growth ambitions to make a significant investment in a new fleet of plant equipment.
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Advance Construction took the keys to a new DAF 65-tonne showpiece truck at Truckfest Scotland 2024 and raised over £2,500 at the event for the Beatson Cancer Charity.
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The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) has confirmed the panel speakers and topics for the CPA Conference taking place on Thursday 7th November 2024 at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre in Meriden near Coventry.
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While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one new paper has claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia was constructed as far back as 25,000 BC – though there have since been doubts as t
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A ground-breaking discovery of a secret tomb at one of the new seven wonders of the world has been made by a team of researchers, including academics from the University of St Andrews.
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A state-of-the-art fire station has burned to the ground because it had not been equipped with a fire alarm.
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The World Conker Championships is investigating an allegation of cheating after a contestant was found to have a steel chestnut. The men's winner at the annual competition in Northamptonshire was searched by organisers after his rival cried foul play, The Telegraph reports.
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Glass mineral wool insulation manufacturer Superglass has unveiled its new marketing campaign, featuring a brand film with Kevin McCloud. In the film, titled The Walk, Kevin highlights the Superglass journey from its roots in Stirling to modern lean manufacturing practices that define its produ
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