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Ellon-headquartered housebuilder Scotia Homes has announced its managing director, Martin Bruce, is to retire in December 2022. Mr Bruce supported his late father Bill Bruce in founding Scotia back in 1990 and is stepping down from his role to become more involved with his family’s farming and
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Security forces in Lebanon have seized more than five million captagon pills hidden inside construction material. Interior minister Bassam Mawlawi said officers seized “a large quantity of captagon” during a raid on a warehouse in the southern Lebanese city of Ghazieh.
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Construction has now started on the final phase of 18 homes at The Grange in the West End of Aberdeen. Dandara Aberdeen is building the last four and five-bedroom homes at the development on Hazledene Drive.
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Cala Homes (East) has confirmed an agreement worth £2.995 million with Manor Estates Housing Association (MEHA) to deliver much-needed affordable homes at a famous setting. The developer, which has recently started construction on its Queensferry Heights project on land made available after th
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The UK construction sector gained momentum during October with total industry activity rising at the fastest pace since May, according to the S&P Global / CIPS UKConstruction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), but new orders fell for first time since May 2020. The headline seasona
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Pacific Building is one of just six organisations in Scotland to have been awarded Gold accredited membership via The 5% Club’s 2022-23 Employer Audit Scheme. The award recognises the company's significant contribution to the continued development of all employees through “earn and learn
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Ogilvie Construction’s commitment to employee learning and development has been recognised with the award of gold membership of the 5% Club, the organisation that works with UK employers to inspire increased workplace learning. The award is given to companies who are accredited by audit that m
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A construction firm has been fined £10,000 after an employee was crushed to death by an industrial drill in Glasgow. Core Cut Limited employee Derek McLean, 43, was crushed after attempting to manoeuvre a 3.5-tonne BROKK machine up a set of stairs in Glasgow's St Enoch shopping
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Cameron House Hotel has completed the final phase of its extensive transformation as it opens its new Lomond Wing. The multi-million-pound extension will scale up the Loch Lomond resort’s facilities, adding 68 new luxurious bedrooms and suites, a 700-square-metre ballroom, and a new loch-facin
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Housebuilder Dandara is celebrating another excellence award win for its Foxhall Gait development in Kirkliston, Edinburgh. Having won an award for its Eskbank Gardens development two months ago, the development of modern family homes in Kirkliston has now also received a prestigious ‘Quality
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A builder has been disqualified for 10 years after his company took at least £181,000 from clients despite knowing it couldn't carry out the building works. Daniel Eric Carter was the sole director of DC Building & Extensions Ltd, previously known as Carters Building Ltd. Incorporated in A
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Utility and Construction Training (UCT) has been acquired by the 3t Energy Group, a provider of training, learning technology and simulation solutions. The seven-figure deal reinforces 3t’s growth plans both in the UK and globally where it offers training through its businesses Drilling System
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Plans have been submitted with Aberdeen City Council to build 30 affordable homes. The planned development would made up of 100% affordable housing and be built on the site of the former Braeside Primary School in Aberdeen’s west end.
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Finalised proposals for long-term planning reform are being tabled in the Scottish Parliament later today. The revised National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) will set out policies against which planning applications will be assessed for the next decade.
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Fife-based specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of Matthew Smith as operations manager. With 12 years of industrial concrete flooring experience, Mr Smith's arrival is part of ongoing expansion for the Rosyt
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