Ailsa Ritchie, partner at law firm CMS, provides the following comment on the construction policy note which has introduced a Graduated Pricing Mechanism as an alternative method of determining price score in tender evaluation. Guidance setting out a new method of determining the price score in tend
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Blackhall & Powis has appointed Rick Campbell as a director to support growth plans and maturing projects across the business. The firm is a specialist provider of consultancy services for developers and acquiring authorities in the low carbon energy and infrastructure sector and operates a
JLL has strengthened its offering to clients in Scotland with a series of promotions in its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The real estate services firm has invested in its Scotland teams with a wave of promotions in its Agency and Tenant Representation, Valuations and Property & Asset Managemen
The work programme to make repairs to Aboyne Bridge remains on track following specialist structural inspections in recent weeks. Aberdeenshire Council is currently awaiting the remainder of the laboratory results and final materials testing report on the internal condition of the crossing and
Aberdeenshire-based KR Group is nearing completion on two distillery projects which have generated almost £1.5 million for the steel and cladding company. The team have worked on over 25 distilleries across Scotland previously, however, recent projects at Glenfarclas Distillery and two new con
A £5.5 million contract has been awarded in an effort to determine a long-term solution to landslide risks at the Rest And Be Thankful.
Scottish Enterprise has launched a £35 million Manufacturing Property Challenge Programme for prospective developers of manufacturing property to create 1 million sq ft of new industrial space to increase innovation and Scotland’s attractiveness to inward investors. The initial phase wil
Funding cuts to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) have resulted in more than 1,800 new affordable homes being stalled, according to a new report.
A topping-out ceremony has marked a significant milestone in the construction of the £66.5 million Monifieth Learning Campus. The milestone was celebrated with a unique and creative contribution from young people in S6 at the current Monifieth High School who designed and painted a vibrant mur
A site manager of a new homes development in Inverness has been recognised as one of the best in the UK after winning a top housing industry award. John Dawson, who works for Robertson Homes on its Torvean development in Inverness, is celebrating having received a Quality Award from the National Hou
Decommissioned data centres and former office sites belonging to Lloyds Banking Group are to be redeveloped into new social housing projects. The group announced today that it plans to identify suitable housing partners in the regions who will be responsible for redeveloping the sites to increase th
Developer Whiteburn Projects’ regeneration of the former March Street Mill in Peebles is underway with a programme of pre-construction demolition works.
An application by West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) for 110 new homes on former railway land in Kelvindale has been approved by city planners.
Former mining land to the east of Airdrie has been set aside for a large mixed-use expansion of the Central Belt town alongside the East Airdrie Link Road.
It is essential that householders feel confident in the people carrying out retrofit upgrades to their homes if the UK is to deliver the scale of roll-out needed, according to new research. A study has been carried out on behalf of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) by Professor Alice Owen, Uni