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The National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has begun its 2023 programme of skills demonstrations in Scotland, following a history of successful demonstrations in conjunction with Build Your Future. This year’s work began in Edinburgh: pupils at Gracemount High School and Liberton Hi
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Ayrshire-headquartered construction, property and investment business Edison Group has acquired Crown Architectural Systems. Crown Architectural Systems is a north-east of England-based company which operates from a 6500 sq. ft facility in the City of Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, and e
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Apprentice stonemasons with The Ridge project in Dunbar have completed a commission at a multi-million-pound new facility. The two apprentices, Darren Brown and Simon Reay, worked on a boundary wall on the Wallyford Secondary Learning Campus site. They were supervised and trained by The Ridge Founda
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Civil engineering students across Scotland are being urged to consider a career working in forests instead of urban environments. Civil engineers are in great demand at Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS); the national forestry body has vacancies for engineers to work in locations around Scotland.
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Specialist lender Together has provided a loan of £400,000 to a family-run developer to convert a former guesthouse into boutique holiday apartments in Aviemore. The development in Grampian Road, will create 10 luxury, self-catering rooms for visitors in one building, with another 11 rooms in
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The Highland Council has awarded a significant contract to Norbloc Construction Ltd from Halkirk to carry out a full refurbishment of the public convenience at Whitechapel Road, Wick. The £395K works involve bringing the former public convenience back into use by undertaking ground stabilisati
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Prison officials in the US have been left red-faced after two inmates tunnelled their way to freedom using a toothbrush. Prisoners John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to "exploit a construction design weakness" in Newpo
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Barratt Developments North Scotland has unveiled a new road, Mill Drive, at its Riverside Quarter development in Bucksburn as part of a multi-million-pound commitment to improving local roads, services and amenities. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this week at Riverside Quarter hosted by David
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A trade body for the UK's painting and decorating sector has joined forces with a construction wellbeing charity.
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Cala Homes (East) has unveiled a suite of community support initiatives for the Aberdour area in Fife, as part of its major new Community Pledge programme. The Community Pledge sees bespoke programmes of activity created for each Cala development, designed in collaboration with the communities they
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Scottish Water has completed an operation to replace a battered 130-year-old bridge at Milngavie Reservoirs in East Dunbartonshire as part of a massive facelift for the popular beauty spot. The complex operation was vital to upgrade key infrastructure at the reservoirs, which supply drinking water t
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A Cornish tower is to be moved and reinstated brick by brick to avoid falling into the sea. The Storm Tower at Compass Point in Bude will be relocated a few hundred feet inland after the Bude-Stratton town council was awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £249,362.
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Perth and Kinross Council members have approved plans to construct four new flats within a Conservation Area in Blairgowrie.
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A new school on Aberdeen is on course for completion in Summer 2024 – and will result in a £6 million budget saving following a retendering exercise. The Finance and Resource Committee at Aberdeen City Council was yesterday updated on progress made on the replacement Riverbank Primary Sc
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Clark Contracts has been awarded a third consecutive Order of Distinction in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)’s Health and Safety Awards 2023. To receive the Order of Distinction, Clark Contracts demonstrated excellent occupational health and safety management systems,
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