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Construction, refurbishment and fit out contractor akp Scotland has been appointed to work with Registers of Scotland (RoS) on a programme of small to medium works across the RoS Estate.

Housebuilder McTaggart Construction has delivered over 100 work placements this year alone. The company offers work placements to employability programme participants from the areas in which it is building new affordable housing, and this has been a record year for the company’s sustainable co

Merit Holdings has made three key appointments to its Glasgow team as part of a plan to develop the company’s specialist turnkey design and build business in Scotland. Charlie McKenzie joins the Glasgow office as regional managing director along with Rob Beattie as project consultant and Steve

Uncertainty caused by Brexit is leading buyers and sellers in Scotland to sit tight in increasing numbers, according to the November 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey. The results from the latest survey show a weaker trend in sales than previous months with the headline indicators for

Marking a decade since the introduction of Home Reports, Eric Curran highlights issues such as length, categories, valuation price and the importance of being on a lender panel. It is quite remarkable that it is now 10 years since Home Reports, the initiative which radically altered the Scottish hou

Plans to build four blocks of flats on a derelict site on Leith waterfront have been given the green light. S1 Developments has secured planning permission to build 245 flats at a development branded ‘Skyliner’ at Ocean Drive on the edge of Albert Dock. The flats will be built in four bl

Expanding engineering and environmental services company RSK Group has bought more companies after securing a new funding package. RSK said a unitranche senior debt facility from funds managed by Ares Capital Europe will be used to finance its strategic planned doubling in size over the next few yea

Dundee City Council has joined forces with local trade unions to sign a 12-point charter committing them to fair work in the construction sector. The charter pledges to ensure that through the procurement and delivery of council-backed building projects there will be high standards of employment sta

A publicly owned energy company must be positioned at the heart of policy making, long-term in its thinking and flexible enough to react to change as it happens, according to a Holyrood committee. The economy, energy and fair work committee has written to the Scottish Government with its findings on

Mactaggart & Mickel’s Building Communities Fund contributed £1,000 to Symington Community Council to stage a charity concert last month to raise funds for a commemorative bench in the village marking the sacrifice of those who did not return from the trenches in 1918. The concert was

Morrison Construction paid a visit to New College Lanarkshire to give pre-apprentices an insight into the career opportunities available in the construction industry. Economic performance manager Jim Johnstone and assistant community skills manager Caitlin Quinn from the contractor visited the Mothe

Work is gathering pace on the new Whitecraig Community Centre in East Lothian after groundworks began on the site. Due for completion in August 2019, the centre will include a multi-purpose games hall, creche and café. Changing facilities for Deantown Welfare Bowling Club members are also inc

The £250 million Queen’s Quay regeneration project in Clydebank is set to be the site of Scotland’s first of its kind large-scale water source heat pump scheme to connect to a district heating network. The ground-breaking scheme will initially see the installation of 5MW of water s

A Balfour Beatty-supported competition entry with St Gerardines Primary in Lossiemouth has been announced as a UK winning entry in this year’s Considerate Constructors Scheme Honor Big Build competition. As part of community benefits delivery on the new Lossiemouth High School, schools in the

Dunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Ltd has opened a new facility in Scotland to support its continued growth and its commitment to deliver site investigation projects nationwide across all construction sectors. The firm said the new regional office in East Kilbride offers a prime location to de