The winners in Scotland’s national competition which recognises excellence in the Scottish new build housing sector were announced at the annual industry celebration and dinner held in Glasgow last week. Over 540 guests gathered to celebrate the 15th annual Scottish Home Awards, sponsored by R
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See all articlesThree women members of the team at David Narro Associates have been promoted to associates following a recent round of annual reviews. With a cumulative experience of over thirty years, Lily Erskine, Yvonne McKean and Anna Naughton are section leaders, heading up teams of more junior engineering sta
Real estate advisor CBRE has unveiled two new appointments for its Aberdeen office. Dominic Millar has joined both the advisory and transactions and rating teams, and Lewis McManus joins the UK project management and building consultancy team.
Joanne Plant (MRTPI) has joined Savills as an associate director in the company's planning team in Scotland. Based in the firm’s Glasgow office and focusing largely on the company’s fast-expanding renewables planning consultancy, Joanne will work alongside Simon Herriot, Savills director
Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP has welcomed Carolyn Richards as a partner. Ms Richards has almost 30 years’ experience in the new homes sector. An Aberdonian educated at St. Margaret’s School for Girls and the University of Aberdeen, she has practised exclusively in the housebu
HFD Group has announced two senior appointments with a new commercial director and operations director joining the commercial property developer to lead its construction business. Commercial director Paul Evans and operations director Andy Day take over from David Shearer, who retired as managing di
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See all articlesWith the bidding process closing today, Sheelagh Cooley, real estate partner in the Edinburgh office of law firm Shoosmiths, considers the benefits and potential challenges ahead for the operators of Scotland’s Green Freeports. It has been well publicised that the Scottish Government is curren
Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP has welcomed Carolyn Richards as a partner. Ms Richards has almost 30 years’ experience in the new homes sector. An Aberdonian educated at St. Margaret’s School for Girls and the University of Aberdeen, she has practised exclusively in the housebu
The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a whisky distillery against a judge’s decision not to grant interdict in a trade mark infringement case brought against another company proposing to develop a retail site in a village near the distillery. Tomatin Distillery Compa

Recent changes to the law of prescription in Scotland mark an important development to the law in Scotland that will certainly have an impact on construction-related disputes, argues Jonathan Seddon at Morton Fraser. What's the background?
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See all articlesIn an exclusive interview with Scottish Construction Now, Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) chief executive Tim Balcon has praised Scotland’s employers for leading the way when it comes to construction apprenticeships. Historically there are two sectors that provide a good indication
Michael Swanney is a project manager with McGill, and currently manages one of its largest contracts for a housing association. Here, he talks about how his previous experience in a toxic working environment led to severe depression and to him leaving the construction industry, and why it’s so
Alistair McAlinden, Interpath Advisory's managing director (Scotland) speaks to Rosemary Gallagher for Scottish Construction Now about how existing advisors within businesses of all sizes can be supported on their journey and through any challenges. A perfect storm is affecting t
Rugby union legend Gavin Hastings OBE talks to SCN about his playing career, being a qualified surveyor and his new role as a business consultant for The Shore Group in Scotland. For the uninitiated, and possibly SCN’s younger readers, Gavin Hastings is recognised as one of the outstanding rug

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See all articlesScottish rental company Bernard Hunter has purchased its 35th Liebherr crane since it purchased its first unit 27 years ago. With a load capacity of 110 tonnes and a 60-metre telescopic boom, the new arrival is an LTM1110-5.1 and follows last year’s delivery of the Edinburgh company&
Operators across the UK and Ireland are being invited to put their machinery skills to the test by Kubota UK, as part of the business’s ongoing celebrations to mark 25 years as the country’s biggest selling mini-excavator manufacturer. The #Kubota25Challenge is encouraging operators to s
A construction machinery training provider from Airdrie is one of 41 participants to benefit from the UK Government's Springboard for Rural Skills fund. Last year, with support from the National Transition Training Fund, Lantra Scotland ran the Springboard for Rural Skills project to meet the n
The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has elected James Currie, Gary Robertson and Robin Bryant to its executive committee following the AGM held earlier this month. James Currie, managing director of Currie Contractors in Cullen, has also taken up a position in the Safety, Training and Compe
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See all articlesA luxurious St Andrews property worth £3 million has been listed for sale just in time for the start of the Golf Open, which makes a return to the Old Course for its 150th anniversary.
Airbnb is giving away $10 million to help 100 people make their "craziest listing ideas" come true. As part of its OMG! Fund, the home-rental platform is asking people to submit "out-of-this-world" ideas for "the world's craziest spaces." The plans will be judged by an expert panel and the top 100 a
Plans for the world’s first true floating island city could become reality in the Maldives. Architects at Waterstudio, working in cooperation with Netherlands-based Dutch Docklands and the Government of The Maldives, believe they have found a modern, scalable, commercially-viabl
A floating restaurant that was a famous Hong Kong landmark has sunk, days after it was towed away from the harbour where it operated for nearly 50 years. The Jumbo restaurant capsized in the South China Sea while on its way to an undisclosed location, its parent company Aberdeen Restaurant Enterpris