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Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) was delighted to host the region’s first Net Zero Business Opportunities Summit on Monday, September 23 at its Crichton Campus in Dumfries. Taking place during Business Week 2024, the summit was the first in a series of events — coordinated with Dumfri
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Persimmon Homes has partnered with Glasgow Clyde College to deliver apprenticeships as it expands into Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire. The housebuilder has recruited an apprentice painter and decorator who will study at Glasgow Clyde College whilst learning on the developers’ sites.
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Holmes Miller has made the shortlist of the AJ Architecture Awards 2024 – one of the most prestigious awards in the UK, celebrating design excellence.
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An award-winning charity that connects children and young people with the natural environment is looking forward to seeing families take part in its ‘Fairy House Challenge’.
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The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board’s (ECITB) Project Management Steering Group (PMSG) has been bringing people together from across industry to collaborate and champion project management for a decade.
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New home warranties and insurance provider NHBC has appointed Stefan Szymoszowskyj as regional director to lead customer relations with house builders in Scotland. Stefan joined NHBC in 2019, as a senior engineer before progressing to principal engineer in early 2023. Prior to working for NHBC, Stef
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The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its support for the construction of 2,800 mid-market rent homes with £100 million of investment. As announced as part of the 2024-25 Programme for Government, funding will be used alongside institutional investment – such as pension funds – to
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Ahead of its centenary year, construction firm Morris & Spottiswood has announced record turnover of £128 million in 2023, a 25% rise from the previous year. Part of the Morris & Spottiswood Group, its founding business, Morris & Spottiswood Ltd, also achieved an operating profit o
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The electrical sector is the “keystone” to the ongoing transition to net zero, one of the foremost experts in construction innovation will this week tell guests of SELECT, Scotland’s largest construction trade association. In a keynote speech to the campaigning body’s annual
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Work to restore the iconic timber groynes on Portobello beach has been completed by the City of Edinburgh Council.
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Construction input costs and building tender prices in Scotland rose in 3Q 2024, according to the latest findings of two panels formed by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Members of the BCIS Scottish Tender Price Assessment Panel, which helps measure the trend of contractors’ pric
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Paisley Central Library has received industry recognition as the finalists are announced for the AJ Architecture Awards 2024. Edging out fierce competition, the library has been named as a finalist in the Civic Project category alongside the Shipman Youth Zone by Rivington Street Studio, Sidcup Stor
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SURF, Scotland’s Regeneration Forum, is pleased to announce the 2024 shortlist for the prestigious SURF Award national awards scheme, which showcases success in responding to regeneration challenges in communities across Scotland. The SURF Awards are delivered each year by SURF, a regeneration
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The pilot version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UKNZCBS) has been released. Its launch is the culmination of collaboration from experts across the UK Built Environment Industry. The Pilot Version of the Standard enables industry to robustly prove their built assets are net zero
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Alison Watson MBE, founder and CEO of Class Of Your Own (COYO), was appointed at the annual general meeting of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) on 18 September. COYO is a social enterprise and specialist education consultancy, which developed the ‘Design Enginee
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