For June's Construction Leaders feature, Alan Smith tells Colin Cardwell how SPI McGrattan navigated a number of challenges to carry out different types of contracts in Scotland. There must be something eminently satisfying about being integral to the completion of the last in the trilogy

As the Scottish Futures Trust publishes its Business Plan for 2024/25, the SCN Construction Leader for May, Peter Reekie, tells Colin Cardwell that net zero remains firmly on the agenda at the organisation. Peter Reekie laughs when he recalls his first work experience. It was certainly a s

For April's SCN Construction Leaders feature, Colin Cardwell caught up with Sidey managing director Steve Hardy to hear about the company's award-winning 2023 and its double-digit turnover growth. Steve Hardy is a refreshingly ebullient person. The native of Newcastle upon Tyne who made Perth his ad

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

Brunton Design has finalised the design for this new build house in Leuchars, Fife.

Moxon Architects has completed the Gairnshiel Jubilee Bridge in rural Aberdeenshire in the eastern part of the Cairngorms National Park in collaboration with civil and structural engineers Arcadis. Named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the year in which construction

Law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Alexandra Clayton as a director in its Real Estate department. Alexandra joins the firm from Linklaters, where she was a managing associate in its Real Estate team.

Kirsten Belk, a practice development lawyer at Dentons, runs through the new Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill with an eye on its impact for real estate in Scotland. The Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 26 June. Sustainable production and consumption are

Ailsa Ritchie, partner at law firm CMS, provides the following comment on the construction policy note which has introduced a Graduated Pricing Mechanism as an alternative method of determining price score in tender evaluation. Guidance setting out a new method of determining the price score in tend

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.

These images provide a first look inside a new development just south of the River Clyde.

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

Organisers of the Scottish Plant Operator Challenge (SPOC) and MDiG are bringing RodRadar's Live Dig Radar (LDR) technology to Errol Airfield, where the 2024 edition of the Scottish Plant Operator Challenge will take place on 27th July.

The Women in Plant (WiP) working group from the Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is planning to attend the Scottish Plant Operator Challenge taking place 27th July at Errol, in a bid to introduce women to a career in plant. Carly Somerville will be heading up the team representing WiP at the

Mark Royse, head of sales at Mecalac Construction Equipment UK, explores the highways sector’s changing regulatory landscape and explains why manufacturers are investing heavily in next-generation product development to set new standards in safety, efficiency and productivity.

Former Glasgow subway carriages could be repurposed as glamping pods, community hubs, cafes or even art galleries after being put up for sale. Up to 20 of the city's old-style trains could be yours for £5,000 each.

The company behind plans drawn up by Silicon Valley billionaires for an $800 million (c. £620m) utopia in central California have been forced to put the project on hold after the release of a report highlighting huge potential costs to taxpayers. California Forever had promised

A mysterious monolith has baffled police officers in Las Vegas after it was spotted glimmering in a remote mountain range near the city.

Workers battling a dam breach in southern China tried to seal the gap by driving construction trucks into the emerging hole.