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The campaigning body for the electrotechnical trade in Scotland is delivering awareness training to local authority staff that carry out verification activities across Scotland. The training, which is now in its third year, is a joint venture between SELECT, NICEIC and LABSS and is aimed at raising

Circular Glasgow is bringing one of the world’s most sustainable buildings to the city centre as part of an informative hub that inspires a rethink, reuse, repair and recycle approach. Circular Hub, an exhibition that uses only repurposed or recycled materials, will be set up in St. Enoch Squa

Red Tree Magenta, a Grade A modern premises of 40,000 sq. ft., has been built at a cost of £9m and is the first building at Magenta, a new 27-acre urban business park situated in Shawfield, next to the River Clyde and M74 motorway network. Councillor John Ross, the leader of South La

Investment by the City of Edinburgh Council on upgrading, maintaining and repairing schools and other buildings in the capital has broken through the £100 million barrier. Since the start of the current council administration in 2017, a total of £107m will have been spent by the end of t

The Scottish Parliament’s local government and communities committee has written to Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) chair, Scott McKenzie, over the body’s “repeated failure” to engage with its work on the issue of ‘zero valued homes’. The issue

As the severity of the threat of COVID-19 diminishes and workers in hotels, offices, leisure facilities and other buildings begin the gradual return to work, trade association SNIPEF has warned of another threat looming on the horizon which, if left untreated, could have deadly consequences. It aris

Argyll and Bute-based housing association Fyne Homes Limited has welcomed a £10 million funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland to refinance existing loans and enable future growth plans within the business.

Foundation engineering specialist Roger Bullivant (RB) has promoted Richard Taylor to the newly-created position of foundation systems director. Mr Taylor will focus on the strategic growth for all foundation operation activities and projects across the companies eight regional offices in England, S

The Donaldson Group has acquired the timber frame manufacturing division of Stewart Milne Group marking its entry into the timber frame market. Established in 1975, Aberdeen-based Stewart Milne Timber Systems (SMTS) is a UK pioneer in timber frame technology and manufacturing, operati

Joinery manufacturer of door sets Rowan Manufacturing Ltd (RML) has a new identity following its acquisition by the Donaldson Group in 2020. Established in 1979 as the manufacturing arm of the Rowan Group, Donaldson Door Systems (DDS) specialises in manufacturing, merchanting and supplying inte

A new report has been published that focuses on the increasingly important issue of foundation design and its application in making new homes more resilient to the effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change.

The Scottish Government has published new rules which mean that all new buildings in Scotland are fitted with climate-friendly heating systems. Scotland’s Heat in Buildings Strategy sets out the Scottish Government’s intention to develop regulations to ensure that new buildings, applying

Castle Building Services has added to its education sector portfolio with a secured contract to provide full mechanical, electrical and public health services at Beatlie ASN School Campus in Livingston.

Clark Contracts has been awarded the contract to undertake the deep retrofit of the Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) building which houses Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre. Following a highly competitive and engaging tender process, evaluated on both price and qualit

Rural Stirling Housing Association is continuing to build more affordable homes despite a “testing” year, the housing provider told its AGM. Reduced Government funding for social housing and ever-present cost of living pressures were just two of the ongoing challenges faced by tenants an