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East Ayrshire Council’s Capital Programme works are continuing during the school summer holidays with improvement works taking place across the area.  Over the past 15 years the Council has invested £1 billion in local communities through the Capital Programme. This annually updated

Lucy Howard, UK major bids lead at Turner & Townsend, and Vince Lydon, managing director at McLaren, have been appointed co-chairs of Constructing Excellence.  The industry body brings together a cross-disciplinary group which works to shape best practice, and drive innovation and collabora

Private credit platform Pluto Finance has opened its first UK regional office in Edinburgh at 26 Alva Street which will be headed by Jamie Drummond the recently appointed lending director for Scotland. Its presence in Edinburgh reinforces Pluto’s long-term commitment to Scotland and will enabl

Clark Contracts has completed the refurbishment of Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema. This £2 million refurbishment comes almost three years after closing due to the collapse of its previous owner and was completed following the success of the Edinburgh Filmhouse charity’s “Open t

A £140,000 community benefit fund has been instrumental in improving the lives of hundreds of tenants of Wheatley Homes across Scotland over the past eight years. Enabling many to secure vital household essentials, the money has provided much needed digital equipment, reading books for childre

Springfield Properties has forecasted a rise in annual revenue to £280 million, up from £266m the previous year, attributing the growth to a significant increase in profitable land sales. In its latest trading update, the group confirmed it expects to report an annual profit before tax t

Satisfying the Scottish Government with the bomb-proof cladding for Glasgow’s redeveloped Queen Street Station sounds like a challenge. For TI Dynamic Facades, it was part of a day’s work. “It involved seven-millimetre-thick stone bonded to aluminium honeycomb that was blast tested

Aberdeen can meet its net zero goals by refurbishing, not rebuilding, argues Roddy Morrison of CBRE Scotland. As companies sharpen their focus on meeting net zero targets, the demand for energy-efficient, Grade A office space continues to surge.

Glasgow-based ECD Architects has promoted Alistair Cameron to joint managing director with specific responsibility for Scotland. Mr Cameron will work alongside joint managing director James Traynor, who has responsibility for the practice’s delivery in England, as the firm seeks to meet growin

Glasgow-headquartered MARCH has acquired Quantum Controls Limited (QC) and Q Electrical Industrial Services Limited (QE), collectively known as Quantum. The move strengthens MARCH’s ability to deliver critical asset care and maintenance services with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainabi

Four Clark Contracts employees have graduated with BSc Honours degrees in Quantity Surveying and Construction Management from Glasgow Caledonian University. Liam joined Clark Contracts in 2022 as a trainee site manager having already completed an HND in Construction Management at City of Glasgow Col

Port Glasgow’s proud seafaring heritage is being remembered and celebrated – in the form of LEGO bricks. Staff at Port Glasgow Library had been researching local hero Chippy McNish, the Port man who was part of the famous crew of Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition aboard the Enduran

The long-term future of Cardross Bridge and its vital road link between Arnprior and Port of Menteith has been secured following the completion of extensive and complex improvement works. Stirling Council invested £1.2 million to repair and strengthen the 18th-century Category B-listed bridge,

Edinburgh Gin is celebrating a Silver award win at the 2025 Scottish Design Awards for its newly opened flagship distillery and visitor experience beneath the iconic historic arches in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The award recognises the ambitious and bold reimagining of five listed Victorian arches

George Rowe, managing director of Glasgow-based MegaTech Projects, has received an Outstanding Achievement Award, sponsored by Egnyte, from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Southern) after 39 years of high service to construction. George, a former professional footballer, was recognise