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City Gate Construction (CGC) has got 2019 off to a flying start by revealing it has an £11.6 million order book. The healthy beginning to the new year comes on the back of an impressive year of success in 2018.

SME firms in Northern Ireland’s construction industry have heaped praise on the country’s project bank account (PBA) initiative. Driven by Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD), the procurement authority in Northern Ireland, the PBAs lead to shorter payment times and ensure that pa

Property and construction group Henry Boot has hailed a “successful year” despite market and a one-off pension contribution. In a trading update the group said its Henry Boot Developments, the firm behind Aberdeen’s new £333 million event complex, was affected by "challenging

Glasgow Housing Association’s transformation of social housing in Scotland’s largest city has boosted the nation’s economy by £2 billion and supported thousands of jobs, a new report has revealed. The study by the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) reviewed the impact of both

GRAHAM has supported an event aiming to encourage young female students to consider a career in construction or civil engineering. 150 S1 and S2 students from nine schools across East, North and South Ayrshire attended Girls into Construction and Civil Engineering at Ayrshire College, as part of the

Views are being sought from the housing sector as a Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) consultation nears its conclusion. As part of “transformational changes needed to tackle today’s problems”, the environmental body is shifting its approach to regulation by moving focu

Chartered surveyors DM Hall has moved to high-quality, modern, fully-refurbished premises on the third floor of 4-5 Union Terrace in Aberdeen city centre. The new offices, on one floor with an open-plan layout and spectacular views over Union Terrace Gardens and the city centre, will mean that, unli

Dunfermline-based construction consultancy Riddell PM has appointed Mark Grant to the position of business development director. Now in its 30th year, Riddell PM provides professional support services to construction and other industry sectors, now specialising in Building O&M Manual documentati

The Scottish Parliament’s economy committee is currently seeking views on the construction sector and its contribution to Scotland’s economy.

Proposals to build a rail link between Glasgow Airport and Glasgow city centre must be progressed "as a matter of urgency", according to a cross-party group of MSPs. A plan to connect the airport to the city directly from Glasgow Central Station, also stopping at Paisley Gilmour Street station, was

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Glasgow City Council has appointed Professor Brian Evans as its first City Urbanist to enhance the city’s approach to place-making and connectivity. A professor in urbanism and landscape at The Glasgow School of Art's Mackintosh School of Architecture, and one of the UK's leading urbanists, th

The “protracted uncertainty” caused by the ongoing Brexit standoff is taking its toll on commercial and industrial activity in Scotland, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The results of the Q4 2018 RICS Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey show that

Rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could provide long-term storage locations for renewable energy production, new research suggests. An advanced technique could be used to trap compressed air in porous rock formations found in the North Sea using electricity from renewable technologies.

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have formed a new partnership to help address the shortage of innovation skills in the construction industry. As the industry training board for the construction sector, CITB’s remit includes sup