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CHAP Group has added Derek Shewan to its board as a non-executive director. A well-known and respected character in the Scottish construction industry, Mr Shewan has spent over 40 years working for tier-one contractors, latterly in the role of CEO.

Galliford Try is confident it can effectively manage the tough economic conditions without any material impact on trading by maintaining good relationships with its supply chain and clients and increasing its "strong" balance sheet. In a first-half trading statement this morning chief exec

Glasgow-based electrical business A Alexander Group has created two new management roles following the company’s continued growth. Gordon Anderson has been appointed electrical small works manager and Alex Lawther has become fire & security service manager.

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has today launched a survey of stonemasonry in Scotland to better understand the current status of the sector. The survey seeks to gather information on the number of stonemasons there are in Scotland, where the business that employ stonemasons are based, and the

The ongoing transformation of Paisley’s historic cultural venues is moving forward – with Paisley Town Hall set to be the first to reopen later this year. Renfrewshire Council’s current investment aims to use the town’s unique cultural and heritage story to transform its futu

More than 500 construction jobs could be created after the Scottish Government announced an investment of almost £27 million into regeneration projects in disadvantaged and rural communities across the country. The latest round of funding from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF), delive

A 2023 calendar featuring giant cats attacking infrastructure across the north west of the United States has been released by the Army Corps Of Engineers. The new 2023 calendar highlighting the achievements of the US Army Corps of Engineers features giant cats superimposed in photos of their en

An Inverness-based property company has been fined £80,000 after a 64-year-old asbestos surveyor died following an electrical explosion. Global Energy Nigg Limited pled guilty to a health and safety breach committed on 10 December 2020 at Tain Sheriff Court on 18 January 2023.

Ayrshire teenagers are now planning a future in construction after Riverside Scotland and McTaggart Construction gave them a foot on the ladder. A series of two-week placements on Riverside’s new housing development in Tarryholme has inspired young people to seek a career in the building indus

New research from IPPR, supported by housing association Stonewater, has found that retrofitting the UK’s housing supply could save the average household £500 per year on their energy bills when the UK Government’s new energy price guarantee comes into effect in April 2023 –

Scotland sales and lettings agent firm, DJ Alexander Ltd has opened a new premises in Byres Road in Glasgow. The outlet at 303 Byres Road employs 20 people and reflects the firm's optimism about the strength of the Glasgow sales and lettings property market.

The remodelling of a Dundee multi-storey car park and a re-routing of the A78 dual-carriageway are among ten projects in Scotland be awarded a share of almost £180 million of UK Government ‘levelling up’ funding. A total of 111 projects across the UK have been selected to

Scottish-based UK and internationally operating construction and property business Edison Group has made the strategic acquisition of project management, interior fit-out and property maintenance business GDC Design. Glasgow-based GDC Design, which operates throughout Scotland and as far south as Bi

A special groundbreaking event was held yesterday to mark the start of construction work on the new Currie Community High School. Shirley-Anne Somerville, cabinet secretary for education and skills at the Scottish Government was joined on site by Councillor Joan Griffiths, education, children and fa

The final step to allow work to begin preparing for the construction of Edinburgh's first new concert hall in over 100 years has been cleared after IMPACT Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland marked the transfer of the land behind the city's iconic Dundas House. The music venue, which was g