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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has acquired long-established Aberdeen-based quantity surveying practice BDG Thomson Gray for an undisclosed sum. A strategic move, the acquisition bolsters Hardies’ service offering in the northeast, where it did not have a QS department.

ICW Group has begun a UK-wide search to identify and reward excellence in the construction sector with the launch of the ICW Showcase Awards. Open to all registered ICW builders and developers, the awards recognise those projects which are managed and run to exceptional standards and demonstrate hig

BakerHicks, the multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company, along with Network Rail Design Delivery and Wardell Armstrong LLP, took away the Team of the Year award at the recent Ground Engineering Awards for their work helping to decarbonise Scotland’s railways. Networ

BAM’s UK & Ireland businesses have set an ambitious carbon target to become net zero in their direct operations by 2026 and is ruling out counting electricity from green energy tariffs towards its net zero emissions. The target, which places BAM at the forefront of the UK and Ireland&rsquo

The final sections of Trams to Newhaven track in Edinburgh are soon to be laid as the project prepares for the electrification of the full line. Energisation of newly installed overhead lines during November and December will allow a testing and commissioning period to begin at the start of 2023.

An image of Stockingfield Junction and Bridge in Glasgow, reflected on the Forth and Clyde Canal, has won the 2022 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Photo Competition. The photo, taken by George McBurnie, a senior project manager for Scottish Canals and ICE Scotland member, was submitted in line

Voigt Architects has received planning permission for five new houses at Tarriebank by Arbroath. The development will be constructed by local developer Moir Developments on the back of the successful West Newbigging development, and homes are expected to be available in 2023.

Connect Modular Ltd has been appointed by North Ayrshire Council to deliver six new amenity bungalows at Afton Court, Stevenston. The development, which is supported by a Scottish Government grant, will see the construction of two one-bedroom and four two-bedroom affordable homes in the heart of the

Potential designs for how Aberdeen city centre streets could look as part of the City Centre and Beach Masterplan have been revealed for the first time alongside the launch of an online public consultation. The designs include play areas, public art, events spaces, and greening the area with trees,

Commercial property development company Knight Property Group has announced that Stuart Heslop has joined the team as a non-executive director. Mr Heslop brings a vast experience and knowledge to the business, having previously been managing director of real estate finance at RBS for Scotland and th

Bellway Homes has launched a consultation concerning plans to build new homes on the outskirts of Penicuik, Midlothian. Pre-application discussions for The Brae at Auchendinny include provision for a possible primary school on 28ha of fallow land bounded by established woodland.

Plans to deliver 78 new homes and upgrade facilities at one of Scotland’s most historic golf clubs have been given the green light. The application submitted by Dunbar Golf Club & Cala Management Ltd was granted approval yesterday by East Lothian Council’s Planning Committe

Scottish Borders Council has received plans for a new whisky distillery to be built on the site of Grahamslaw Farm near Kelso. Plans for The Grahamslaw Distillery Company are being led by businesswoman Sarah Lang alongside a group of whisky experts, with the aim of converting Grahamslaw Farm into a

An aspiring teenage footballer who almost died following a head injury sustained on the pitch is constructing a new future as a City Building apprentice. Mitchell Hughes, from Cardonald, is among 60 new apprentices recently appointed by the Glasgow-based construction firm. The 16-year-old showed a k

Persimmon Homes is marking its 50th anniversary by donating 1,550 trees to the Queen’s Green Canopy Project, helping to celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. This represents a donation of 50 trees for each of the company’s operating businesses – including its East, North and We