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The National House Building Council (NHBC) has appointed Paul Turner as chief executive officer, effective 1 September 2025. Paul Turner will succeed Steve Wood, who announced his intention to step down earlier this year after leading the organisation since 2017.

A Perthshire family construction firm is hoping a long-haul sales pitch will pave the way for more orders from the South Atlantic. Auchterarder-based JML SIPs owner John Langley, SIPs director Derek McIntyre and project coordinator Kyle Tait have returned from an exhausting 16,000-mile round trip to

Persimmon apprentices Ricky Booth and Casey Gardner have been rewarded by Glasgow Clyde College. A first-year apprentice painter and decorator from Drumchapel, Ricky Booth has been named First Year Painting and Decorating Apprentice of the Year at Glasgow Clyde College’s 2025 Faculty of Future

The latest Civil Engineering Operative students to graduate from CECA Academy Scotland were told they would be entering an industry with ‘unprecedented’ opportunities when they celebrated their success at a special ceremony at UHI Inverness. Michael Butler, Euan Greig, Aiden Moore, Dunca

Balfour Beatty has appointed Nick Rowan as managing director of its UK Construction Services Regional Scotland business, effective from 4 August 2025. Nick’s appointment is testament to the company’s commitment to attracting, training and retaining its employees, having joined the compan

Scottish commercial property company HFD has raised almost £130,000 for good causes in Glasgow and the surrounding area through its sell-out annual golfing fundraiser. Organised by the HFD Charitable Foundation, the event took place on 23 May and welcomed over 170 players from Scotland’s

One of Scotland's largest structural steel fabricators is gearing up for a period of major growth as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. J&D Pierce Contracts, based in Glengarnock, North Ayrshire, is expecting turnover to rise towards £200m as it capitalises on growth in key sect

Plans to demolish a former Edinburgh pub to make way for student accommodation have been given the green light. Designed by Flectcher Joseph Associates, the proposals will see the creation of 80 units at the site of the former Murrayfield Sports Bar in Gorgie.

NHS Borders, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Tayside are all set for considerable energy and carbon savings as their energy conservation schemes reach completion and go live. Now complete, the three projects are set to reduce NHS Scotland’s carbon footprint by over 12,000 tonnes over the course of the

Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson has relocated its London office to Southwark in preparation for further growth. Now based alongside Egis’ UK team at 3 Valentine Place, the move from its previous home near London’s West End will give Thomas & Adamson room to

Sarah Peterson, a seasoned director at Horizon M&E Services Design with over 15 years specialising in sustainability and energy within the built environment, is set to offer critical insights on the path to net zero at the inaugural Scottish Construction Summit. Her talk, Route to Net Zero

Business and civic leaders across Dundee and Angus are urging the Scottish Government to back a bold and transformational plan by Dundee and Angus College to create new, integrated campuses in the heart of Dundee and Arbroath. The initiative, which also includes an expanded STEM-focused facility at

A new team is set to take over at engineering consultancy firm Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) following a management buyout by three of its long-serving directors. Civil engineering director Scott MacPhail, structural engineering director Alan Ferns and transportation director Stuart Harrow w

The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is hoping to continue a successful year after being shortlisted in four categories at the prestigious Regional Energy Efficiency Awards 2025. The Dalkeith firm has been nominated for Boiler Installer of the Year, Solar Installer of the Year, ASHP Installer of the Y

A number of homes, properties, and pieces of land on sites across Glasgow are to be disposed of by the local authority to allow for the creation of new homes and other development. Decisions approved by a Glasgow City Council committee yesterday will result in social, mid-market rent and privat