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Aberdeen’s growing community of Countesswells welcomed a new neighbour this weekend with the north of Scotland debut of UK housebuilder David Wilson Homes. The company's first release features a choice of traditional three-bedroom semi-detached and four-bedroom detached homes, all benefiting f
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As an organisation with challenge engrained in our business culture, we are used to taking ourselves out of our comfort zones, however, 2020 still packed quite a punch. We are weathering the storm, part in thanks to taking the decision four years ago to embark on a business coaching programme.
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Highly-experienced transport director John Owens has joined the UK transport team at Stantec as director of roads. Supporting the development of Stantec’s transport service offering and the growth of the UK transport team, his role will see him working with major clients, contractors and local
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Womble Bond Dickinson managing associate, Lisa Dromgoole, on steps construction firms can take to mitigate materials shortages in light of Brexit. The UK construction industry manufactures and uses an incredible amount of materials each year, producing around 2bn bricks, over 70 million sq m of
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Aggregate Industries’ contracting division has made history by completing the UK’s first carbon-neutral pavement scheme.
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More than £25 million is going to disadvantaged and remote communities around Scotland to support regeneration and employment projects. A project led by Torry Development Trust and Grampian Housing Association to transform the 19th Century Victoria Road school in Aberdeen into a
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The Parisian homes of Europe’s biggest modern art collection, The Pompidou Centre, is set to close for four years from 2023 for renovation work, France’s culture minister has said.
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Knight Property Group has acquired the 5.2-acre Tyseal base situated in Aberdeen's West Tullos Industrial Estate.
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Investment volumes in Scotland totalled £1.3 billion last year, down from £2.1bn in 2021 and the weakest annual figure since 2012, largely due to the impact of pandemic lockdown measures. But with some sectors performing well, a rebound is expected this year, according to new analysis fr
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The City of Edinburgh Council has unveiled revise concept designs for the development of Stevedore Place as part of the Trams to Newhaven project after working with representatives of the local community.
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The Scottish Government is set to scrap the Help to Buy scheme from this week after announcing it is no longer able to financially support the initiative.
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Four housing projects worth a total of £37.7 million have been awarded through Scotland Excel’s new build framework. Loreburn Housing Association in Dumfries has awarded two major projects to Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd - a £4.8m project to build 27 homes in Annan and a £14.8m pr
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Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) has returned from the festive break with six new contracts with a combined value of approx. £5.5 million.
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Partner and head of construction law at Morton Fraser, Jonathan Seddon, returns to the subject of the use of performance bonds in the Scottish construction sector. I wrote an article for Scottish Construction in July 2019 highlighting that because of the wording of the ABI Model Form of Guarant
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The Scotland and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) has warmly welcomed an announcement of funding to help upskill plumbing apprentices and employees in the installation of ground and air source heat pumps. The new skills will be at the heart of the green energy tran
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