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Knight Property Group has announced plans for a £45 million 12 acre commercial development in Westhill, Aberdeenshire. Planning consent for Kingshill Commercial Park was granted in November 2014 and ground works and infrastructure have commenced on site. Two industrial units, plots three and four,

Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred bidder by Moray Council for the refurbishment of four primary schools under the LHC Framework The £17 million contract will see the Galliford Try subsidiary work on projects at Applegrove in Forres, Millbank in Buckie, Seafield in Elgin and St Gera

Graham Construction has been appointed the main contractor to refurbish the critical care and theatre suites at the biggest hospital in the Highlands. The original building at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness was constructed in 1980.

Glasgow construction and manufacturing company CCG (Scotland) Ltd welcomed minister for youth and women’s employment Annabelle Ewing MSP yesterday to meet members of the company’s 61 strong apprentice team. CCG has a proven track record of working with partner organisations to create employment

Tony Fry The sustained success of its civil engineering business has seen Robertson Group continue to diversify into new sectors such as flood alleviation, bridge construction and marine work.

James Donaldson & Sons Ltd (JDS) has forged a new banking relationship with RBS to provide strategic funding services across the JDS Group. Under the agreement - which will benefit all four JDS Group companies (James Donaldson Timber Ltd; Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd; MGM Timber (Scotland) L

Eyre Crescent, Edinburgh Three Scottish projects were recognised last week as the winners of the tenth UK Roofing Awards were announced at a ceremony in London.

Darren Smith (left) and Douglas Anderson GAP Hire Solutions is reinforcing its commitment to its apprenticeship programme during Scottish Apprenticeship Week by meeting current and future apprentices across the country.

Noise from pile driving during offshore wind turbine construction could be damaging the hearing of harbour seals around the UK, researchers have found. Ecologists from the University of St Andrews said more research is needed on how noise affects marine mammals' hearing and into engineering solution

Bellway Homes has been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 after a bricklayer suffered back injuries in a three metre fall when a temporary platform collapsed. Bricklayer Daniel Kersey, 64, was injured on the Mitford Fields development in Reading on 5th August 2013. He was working on a platform over a st

Hundreds of Scotland’s most talented construction apprentices will descend on City of Glasgow College today to take part in a national construction competition that could lead to a trip to Brazil to show off their skills. SkillBuild, organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), is

Pupils in West Lothian and Highland secondary schools are set to benefit from a new foundation apprenticeship in construction which has been launched at the new Forth crossing. The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Skills Development Scotland have been working with local employers, sch

Gardiner & Theobold (G&T) has won the quantity surveyor contract on the restoration of the Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Mackintosh building, following the fire in May 2014. The consultancy has already been appointed project manager on the restoration and beat several major players to the

Liberal Democrat councillors have called on Aberdeen City Council to consider the compulsory purchase of the “badly neglected and dangerous” Broadford Works. A large fire broke out at the disused factory on Saturday but no-one was hurt.

RICS Scotland has urged the Scottish Government to take advantage of the range of new powers provided by the Scotland Bill to maintain its “commendable” construction record. Under the new plans announced in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech, the Scottish Parliament is to receive new devolved powers