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The UK’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced plans to co-fund an £111 million recycling and waste-to-energy plant in South Lanarkshire. The government-funded bank said it had invested more than £28m in the new facility at Forth by Lanark, due to open in 2017.

Flashing hi-ves vests which warn workers of potential dangers on sites are being developed a technology consultancy. The ‘SmartVest’ expands on the current invaluable safety benefits of the high visibility vest by incorporating low energy, affordable Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that respond to

Highland Council has now given the go-ahead to plans by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) for a nuclear archive at Wick in Scotland. Planning permission for the Reiach and Hall Architects-designed facility was granted this week by the North Planning Committee meeting at Dingwall, following

BRE is launching a competition to identify tools and technologies that can rapidly and accurately measure the heat losses from solid wall homes in the UK. There are over seven million solid wall homes in Great Britain that could benefit from insulation. Insulating these types of homes is one of the

Dozens of workers affected by the collapse of Dundee building firm Muirfield Contracts have successfully found new employment although only nine of the apprentices have secured new placements, according to a union rep. The firm went into administration earlier this month, resulting in the loss of ar

Staff at Kier Inverness office with Lord Provost Alex Graham and Danny Alexander MP Kier Construction has demonstrated its commitment to the Highlands by opening an office in Inverness to capitalise on the growing number of contracts it is winning across the region.

The flats at Sandy Loan in Broughty Ferry A Dunfermline building company has gone out of business within weeks of finishing a housing development.

A £4.7 million construction contract for the first phase of the regeneration of Denny Town Centre has been awarded by Falkirk Council to Clark Contracts. The work, won through a competitive tender, involves the construction of ten new build retail units, a library and community space with associate

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided student accommodation developer Ziggurat with a finance facility of almost £30 million to help fund the construction of a major project in the city and support the firm’s wider growth. Ziggurat, which was founded in the capital by Jim Pike and colleague Matthew

Barr Construction has secured the contract to build a 4500 sq ft expansion at BrewDog’s existing brewery headquarters in Ellon, Aberdeenshire. This will be one of the final projects delivered under the Barr Construction banner following the recent merger with McLaughlin & Harvey.

Scottish fit-out specialist Thomas Johnstone has won a £1.5 million contract to transform a building owned by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Gerard Eadie Latest accounts for Fife-based double glazing and conservatory company CR Smith have shown the firm to have posted a healthy profit on the back of a seven-figure payout following a successful legal action stretching back more than a decade.

Glasgow and Edinburgh-based Clark Contracts has recorded its most successful month for new business in its 37-year history after picking up £11 million worth of orders in March. The construction, maintenance and refurbishment business said contracts ranged in value from £120,000 to £4.7m, with th

You’ve heard of a water bed, but a water house? It brings to mind something built on or in the ocean, but it actually has nothing to do with the view. Hungarian architect Matyas Gutai is a firm believer that a house can be kept at an optimal temperature through the use of water, according to CNN.

The Scottish bill to recover medical costs for asbestos diseases will lead to over-burdening costs on compensators as well as delays to the claims process and will do little or nothing to improve the overall care services for asbestos victims, law firm DWF has said. The Recovery of Medical Costs for