Kevin Gibb is vice chair of CIOB’s Scotland North Hub and works as a senior building standards surveyor (BSS) at the City of Edinburgh Council. He has been involved in several high-profile projects, including Edinburgh St James Quarter, Meadowbank Stadium, and cancer units at the Western Gener
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The first phase of physical preparation works for the rebuild of the Mackintosh Building has been completed with massive amounts of fire-damaged material removed from the site, and a complex and meticulous evaluation of the building undertaken, the Glasgow School of Art confirmed yesterday. Followin
Real estate developer and investment company Simply UK has made several senior management promotions and a key new addition to its board of directors. Linda Meston has been promoted to Simply Care group managing director overseeing the Morar and Portland portfolios.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has revealed its refreshed Edinburgh Castle whisky recipe, packaging design and bottle shape, introducing a modern edge to the landmark Scotch.
Muir Construction’s 2023 is already shaping up to be another successful year having just secured over £22 million worth of work in the first month across three very diverse projects within the industrial sector.
Network Rail opened the new Nithsdale Road bridge to traffic last Friday (20 January), completing an important phase of the Glasgow to Barrhead electrification project.
Repair works are to take place at two sections of the Garrion Bridge in South Lanarkshire.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that high level masonry inspections have started at Tantallon Castle and Dirleton Castle. The inspections can take over a month due to the scope of the task and the different characteristics of the buildings, many of which date back several hundred y
Whiteburn Projects has lodged its intent to deliver a new housing development on a former woollen mill site in Peebles. The developer pledged to breathe new life into the March Street Mill when it purchased the site from Moorbrook Textiles Limited last year.
Councillors have pushed back their decision into whether a former Glasgow convent should be demolished to make way for a new block of apartments so a public hearing can take place into the proposals. Surplus Property Solutions wants to replace the empty villa at 32 Mansionhouse Road, Langs
A total of 220 energy-efficient new homes will be built in West Kilbride after North Ayrshire Council approved Persimmon’s planning application for a new housing development at Portencross.
A total of 18 new affordable homes will be built on the Isle of Arran by the Arran Development Trust (ADT) as part of the Rowarden Affordable Housing Project.
Sector body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has announced the promotion of planning team members Liz Hamilton and Richard Lewington. Liz Hamilton becomes director of planning and Richard Principal is the body's new planning adviser.
A total of 44 new homes are earmarked for construction at the site of Brechin Infirmary, which is set for demolition. Earlier this week, Angus Council cleared the way for the demolition of the infirmary, bringing an end to hopes of the site being saved for community use.
Civil engineering and groundworks contractor Kilmac has recently taken delivery of three new 8.5-tonne HX85A compact excavators.


