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National rail contractor QTS Group has become the first dedicated rail business to attain a prestigious Silver Award for Social Value, awarded by the Social Value Quality Mark CIC. To achieve the Silver Award, the firm had to demonstrate a strong commitment to social value and provide robust evidenc
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More than 40 landowners, including Transport Scotland, SSE Renewables, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, and Tomatin Distillery were invited to meet by representatives of the Strathdearn community to encourage communication and transparency around community benefits from land in the area. The even
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Work on the UK’s first offshore wind tower factory will officially start in Argyll today. CS Wind UK’s base in Campbeltown, which employs 175 people, is set for a £27 million investment after its acquisition by South Korean manufacturer CS Wind Corporation in April.
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Balado's famous "golf ball" spy station is set to be repurposed as an aerospace museum under plans currently in development. Aero Space Kinross (ASK) has agreed to buy the former Balado Satellite Ground Station, used by NATO to intercept aircraft transmissions until 2006, according to The Times.
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November marked a major milestone for McGowan Environmental Engineering as it delivered the largest project they have undertaken to date, at Moy Wind Farm, south of Inverness. In mid-November, the Aviemore-based civil and environmental engineering contractor successfully completed the installation o
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A public consultation is underway into the City of Edinburgh Council's plans for a "transformational redevelopment project” of the area surrounding the newly opened Meadowbank Sports Centre. The local authority is working in collaboration with the Edinburgh-Meadowbank (EDMB) Consorti
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Civil engineering students across Scotland are being urged to consider a career working in forests instead of urban environments. Civil engineers are in great demand at Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS); the national forestry body has vacancies for engineers to work in locations around Scotland.
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Partnership homebuilder Keepmoat has hailed its effective use of working capital, disciplined operational performance, and continued strong demand for underpinning revenue growth during its latest financial year. In record-breaking results, the revenue at the group increased by 10.9% for t
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the RIBA House of the Year 2023, the annual award for the UK’s best new house, and a Scottish property has made the list. Hundred Acre Wood, Argyll and Bute, Scotland by Denizen Works pays homage to Scotland&rsquo
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Kier GRAHAM Defence (KGD) has marked a significant step forward in the delivery of new Single Living Accommodation (SLA) at HM Naval Base Clyde, with the first prefabricated concrete panels erected on-site. The panels, weighing between ten and eighteen tonnes and spanning three to five metres, will
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It was always going to be an incredibly special evening, as the Lighthouse Charity’s Scotland West Region marked a major milestone and celebrated six decades of charitable giving and support to the construction community. And it was only fitting that the celebratory event on Friday 1st August
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Rents and capital values in Scotland’s commercial property sector are expected to increase in the short-term, supported by relatively low availability of industrial and office space and stable demand, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Q2 Commercial Propert
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Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has received planning consent to build a new grid-scale 560MW / 1120MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) near Clydebank. The 29-hectare site is the eleventh BESS development that Apatura has secured planning permission for in the last two years. With t
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Infrastructure solutions company Costain has moved into a new office in Aberdeen. The office investment is in response to Costain’s growing customer base in the energy sector and will service engineering, energy resilience and energy transition projects in Scotland and across the UK.
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Stirling Council has approved proposals to start the process of procuring a contractor to deliver 44 new council homes in St Ninians. The site at Graystale Road has been vacant since 2012 when previous tenement flats were demolished as part of efforts to revitalise the area.
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