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Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) services are supporting modernisation works at Merchiston Castle School, a boy’s Boarding School located in Colinton, south-east Edinburgh. Arc-Tech (Scotland), a specialist for M&E service installations, is supporting Linear Design and Construct to up

McLaughlin & Harvey's trainee engineer Christy Dickson has picked up the coveted CECA Scotland’s Most Promising Apprentice 2023 award. Developing the engineering stars of tomorrow is part of the ethos at McLaughlin & Harvey, with the company committed to ensuring 5% of the workforce is

Andy Steel, the operations director at rail contractor QTS Group, has joined the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland’s board of directors. The move follows Andy’s 11-year career at QTS. He joined the firm in 2012 as design manager before progressing through the rank

Land around the disused Scatsta airport in Shetland will be developed for future energy production if a deal is reached between the local authority and Statkraft. Shetland Islands Council is to soon enter into negotiations with Statkraft, Aker Horizons Asset Development and Mainstream

The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has appointed renowned expert Lesley Anderson as its permanent head. Ms Andertson will drive the development of the procurement body, which has £1.1 billion of contracts under management and is also delivering a benefits scheme worth millions o

A developer is hoping it is third time lucky with its new attempt to secure planning permission for a block of flats in Finnieston. HJV Consultants wants to build a block with 14 flats and two ground floor commercial units at 1017 Argyle Street, opposite Kent Road.

Graduate architect Quita Hynd shares her final year project which considered whether to retrofit the recently demolished 219-245 Blackness Road tenements in Dundee. One module available for final year 5th year Architecture students, entitled Macro Micro, explored ‘deep retrofit&

Sixteen new projects which help improve Scotland’s timber transport infrastructure, decarbonise the forestry sector and take pressure off rural roads used by communities, have been given a funding boost. The projects will create new haulage routes away from busy villages, build passing places

Loanhead Children’s Gala Day has welcomed a £500 donation from independent housebuilder Dandara Scotland. The money will be used to sponsor an afternoon of entertainment on Sunday 18th of June. This will include a dance show from Gemini Pom Pom Troupe and a concert from award-winning you

Gordon Nelson, Scotland director of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), reflects on the past 30 years as the trade federation looks forward to the 30th Anniversary of FMB Scotland. Whilst the FMB was established in 1941 and has had members based in Scotland since the 1970s (at least as far as I

Progress on creating new high quality, inclusive and segregated active travel routes to/from Dundee city centre is continuing with the launch of further consultation. Discussions on five more routes linking the city centre with communities across Dundee is underway, following engagement earlier this

Orion, the developer of Lucent – a 90,000 sq.ft. 'Grade A' smart enabled office development in Glasgow city centre – has launched an appeal for essential items for the charity Glasgow’s Number 1 Baby & Family Support Service (GNO1B). The appeal has the support of STV prese

Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging Ltd has secured a £475,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise to enable the firm to extend its Glasgow premises to bring in new machinery to make them even more energy efficient and sustainable. The company takes the offcuts from the cardboard boxes it produces for su

Since 2017, Clark Contracts has offered all their employees the opportunity to spend one paid working day per year volunteering for a charity of their choice. This initiative means that over 2,000 hours can be spent supporting charities across Scotland, and over recent months, a number of the contra

Landmark Glasgow buildings such as the Kelvin Hall, Emirates Arena and Royal Concert Hall have been earmarked for inclusion in a solar panel scheme that could save an estimated £750,000 in energy costs per year. A total of fifteen schools, daycare centres, leisure centres and other council fac