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Euan Pirie, partner in the specialist construction and engineering contracts advisory team at Harper Macleod LLP, looks at a solution to price uncertainty for construction materials when tendering big contracts. Prices for construction materials have gone haywire in a perfect storm of conditions whi

A new build housing development in Kilmarnock is now underway with 43 socially inclusive homes for older ambulant disabled residents set to be delivered by CCG on behalf of East Ayrshire Council.

Ramboll's Stefanie O’Gorman, who sits on the Scottish Government's Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG), provides her analysis of the group’s 12 immediate actions for the new government to accelerate its response to the climate emergency. Working with the CERG group on our recent

Global real estate adviser Knight Frank has boosted its Scottish valuations offering with the appointment of William Rankine. Joining the Scotland team as an associate, Mr Rankine brings more than a decade’s experience in valuations, spending the last seven years as a hotels and leisure proper

Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has called on the Scottish Government to focus on clarity, collaboration and consumers in order to avoid a “perfect storm” of circumstances threatening present and future housing delivery ambitions. The call came after the organisation’s annua

Aberdeen-based architectural practice Albyn Architects is celebrating one of its busiest periods to date by moving to larger premises and taking on two additional members of staff in response to an increase in business across all its services. Joining the practice in its move to the new premises in

Galliford Try has followed up last year’s pre-exceptional loss of £59.7 million with a pre-tax profit of £11.4m for the financial year ended June 30 2021. The business achieved the result on revenues of £1.125 billion, which represents a divisional operating margin

The installation of the wind turbines at Kincardine, the world’s largest floating wind farm, is now complete, marking the start of the long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between Statkraft and Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd (KOWL).

hub South West has reached a financial close with South Ayrshire Council and Tier 1 construction group Morgan Sindall to begin work on a £55 million project to create a new Community Education Campus in Maybole.

GRAHAM has welcomed the “next generation of talent” from its Graduate Apprenticeship Programme, which gives company employees the opportunity to gain higher education via the workplace.

An energy from waste facility in Aberdeen is on target for commissioning to start as planned in spring next year with the facility fully operational by the end of that year, an Aberdeen City Council committee was told yesterday. The council’s capital programme committee agreed an update w

Building services and construction contractor McGill has acquired Fife-based gas and central heating specialist Kingdom Gas Services. The acquisition, which follows the purchase of facilities management company The McDougall Group last month, and boosts the scope of expertise and scale of delivery a

New plans have been submitted for a proposed new housing and retail development at Saughton Mains Gardens in Edinburgh.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded an £85 million contract to deliver the second phase of overhead line works in the West of Scotland between Port Ann and Crossaig on behalf of SSEN Transmission. Phase Two of the scheme will see Balfour Beatty design, construct and engineer a new 45km 275kV doubl

Professor Alan Dunlop has said he is likely to throw his hat in the ring to become chairman of the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) following the departure of Muriel Gray. The architect, who last month pledged to provide support for a class-action lawsuit proposed by students who have accused t