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A monthly networking event for sustainability professionals from all areas of Scotland's built environment and construction sector is set to launch in Edinburgh this year.
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Detailed design work for the new Girvan and South Carrick leisure and community facility is about to get underway, following the appointment of the contractors to design and construct the new building.
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BAM celebrates the Kitemark achievement Six contractors have become the first organisations in the world to achieve a new Kitemark for BIM (Building Information Modelling) launched yesterday by the business standards company BSI.
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Gerard McMahon Esh Construction has won a tender to deliver key refurbishment work that will significantly revitalise St Anthony’s Primary School in Johnstone.
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Queen's Square would be transformed into a mixed-use urban quarter under the City Centre Masterplan Aberdeen City Council has placed a moratorium on affordable housing contributions from developers as part of a series of efforts to increase the number of city centre homes.
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Construction industry organisations have joined forces to create a new National Retrofit Hub to help propel retrofit rollout in the UK’s existing homes. The initiative, launched at the Building Centre in central London on 1st March, is a response from industry to the growing need to make build
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To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week (6-10 March), Harley Haddow’s three current apprenticeship engineers highlight the need for awareness within the engineering industry and how promoting and advertising apprenticeships available would be beneficial for those interested in a career in enginee
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Team members from construction firm The JR Group put their best foot forward over 22 miles to raise money for mental health charity The Lighthouse Club.
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Falkirk councillors will be asked to approve the appointment of a contractor to undertake the major Westfield A9/A904 improvement works. If the green light is given at the executive on Tuesday, 13 June, then Balfour Beatty will begin work over the summer to widen carriageways, build major crossing p
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Rural champions across Inverness and the Highlands are being urged to step forward as nominations open for the 2026 Helping It Happen Awards – with a major new £10,000 prize marking the awards’ milestone 10th year. Organised by Scottish Land & Estates and generously sponsored b
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Harmony Fire has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Graham Oliphant as managing director of its consultancy business. Bringing over 23 years of life safety expertise, most recently as director of a UK national fire consultancy, Graham has a proven track record successfully n
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Building works are expected to get underway at the Loch Centre in June 2026 as part of a £5 million repair and refurbishment project. Under this timetable, it’s anticipated that the improvements at the Tranent facility would be completed in June 2027.
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Ahead of International Women's Day (8 March), Cruden director Hazel Davies discusses progress made in the sector and some of the strengths of women at work. In the lead-up to International Women's Day, it’s a good time to step back and reflect on the positive changes sweeping through trad
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A new eBuildingStandards system that streamlines applications through one web portal has gone live. eBuildingStandards follows the launch of the improved ePlanning service in January, and signals the latest development in streamlining public services in the digital age. This new service makes it qui
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A build to rent project is underway at Edinburgh's Fountainbridge A strategic partnership has been appointed by Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) to advise on the Scottish Government’s landmark policy for supporting the emerging professionally managed Build-to-Rent (BTR) sector.
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