Six kitchen manufacturers and suppliers have won places on a £6.5 million framework to deliver to social housing providers and the public sector across Scotland. The four-year Supply of Kitchen Units and Worktops (K7) Framework from public sector construction framework provider Scottish Procur
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Running a successful electrical business is a full-time job, but two remarkable sporting sparks have proved that they have what it takes to stand out against aggressive competition in totally different fields. Michael McKenna and Chris Liddell, both members of electrical trade association SELECT, ar
Heather Bryant, director of health, safety and environment, explores how Balfour Beatty is taking an active approach to designing out risk across its operations. It is no secret that our industry is inherently dangerous and getting our people home safely every day is one of our biggest areas of focu
Administrators have been appointed at Scottish crane hire company Whyte Crane Services after directors decided to cease trading, putting 38 staff out of work. Operating from depots in Aberdeen and Grangemouth, the company provides crane hire and lifting services throughout the UK.
Housing association Hyde Group has won £10.8 million in damages and costs from a contractor after a dispute over defective cladding. Construction firm Mulalley was ordered to pay damages and costs to group subsidiary Martlet Homes in a case relating to tower blocks in Gosport, Hampsh
Staff from Summers-Inman’s Edinburgh office took to the hills to raise money for Children's Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). The team donned their hiking boots to walk the nine-mile West Kip, East Kip and Scald Law routes of the Pentlands, raising £2,600 in the process for their designat
Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday, Lighthouse Club CEO Bill Hill reveals why he thinks the day should be scrapped, what the charity is doing to make suicide preventable and how important it is for the industry to stand together and make life-saving changes. World Suicide Prevention D
Work is underway to build 67 new Caledonia Housing Association homes at Ballindean Road in the east end of Dundee. The Association’s latest development in the city will be a mix of 43 houses and 24 flats made available for affordable rent or Shared Equity sale. All the homes will come with sol
Stricken construction firm Central Building Contractors (CBC) has been ordered to pay compensation to a former member of staff after a tribunal found the company breached employment regulations. The family-run company was placed into administration in April 2020 following years of “c
The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is organising an event designed to bring women in the plant industry together. The Women in Plant event, which is free to attend and takes place on October 4th at the Cromlix Hotel in Dunblane, is designed to be an open forum where female plant operators
Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Home Group Scotland's development of 69 affordable homes within the Calderwood development, off Sandilands Road and Sandilands Lane in East Calder is nearing completion and tenants are now moving in and bringing this area of Calderwood to life. The development of two
Steel reinforcement companies have been urged to carry out strict vetting and due diligence procedures after a rise in customers placing orders and then disappearing without payment. The British Association of Reinforcement (BAR) is warning its members of bogus company names including
Young Professionals in Construction (YPiC) Scotland is returning with a new event in Edinburgh next week. The evening of networking with young professionals from a variety of roles within the construction industry will take place on Wednesday 28th September at 6pm at the offices of Dentons at Quater
An onshore wind farm development that would provide clean electricity to meet the needs of around 21,000 homes each year could be operational within three years after being approved by South Lanarkshire Council. Banks Renewables said it will build some of the UK’s most effective onsh
Two areas of land at Ardochy have been purchased by Glengarry Community Woodlands and the Communities Housing Trust for six new woodland crofts, and four to six new affordable homes, to help repopulate the glen. Both land purchases totalling 66 hectares (163 acres) of Ardochy Forest were funded in p


