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Mulholland Contracts Limited is continuing to invest in its expansion with the recruitment of 50 new staff members in the run-up to its 50th birthday celebrations in 2024.
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Ryan Gilluley, managing director of Lanarkshire-based GCM Ltd, considers the war in Ukraine from the perspective of the Scottish construction sector. No sooner had the effects of the pandemic on the construction industry started to ease than another global crisis threatens to push up costs.
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Kingdom and Glasgow West Housing Associations talk about their positive experiences with PCIP
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Alice Minick, an associate at Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, believes the Court of Session case Van Oord UK Ltd v Dragados, which overturned an adjudicator's decision on the grounds of a breach of natural justice, provides an interesting opportunity to examine a successful challenge of an
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The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is supporting Men’s Health Week (June 12-19) by raising awareness of all the resources it has to support men in construction. One in five men die before the age of 65. The causes are a variety of physical and mental health issues, so Men's Health We
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Excavation support specialist Groundforce Shorco has added an advanced groundwater management option to YourSolution, its interactive design tool for temporary works. YourSolution v1.3 has launched to help customers include information where groundwater is present within an excavation. However, unli
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As part of Scotland Excel’s ‘Supporting the journey to net zero’ campaign, Ian Heron - residential specification manager, Renewable Heating at Mitsubishi Electric - writes about the need for an urgent change in the way we heat our buildings. In June 2019, the UK became the first ma
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Fife Housing Group and building contractor The JR Group have continued their commitment to ‘Giving Something Back’ to the local Kirkcaldy community by prioritising the upgrade of a playpark beside their new development in Glen Albyn. The two are working in partnership to deliver 49 much-
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UK construction companies signalled a renewed slowdown in business activity growth during November, reflecting subdued demand and reduced risk appetite among clients, according to the UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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Three primary school pupils from across Scotland are helping to spread some festive goodwill after letters they had written were chosen to feature in Age Scotland’s Friendship Service Christmas cards. Niamh Avart from Bearsden Primary School in East Dunbartonshire, Georgie Gilham from Kinmylie
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The new office development for the New Gorbals Housing Association in Glasgow features a variety of aluminium fenestration solutions from Senior Architectural Systems. Together these have helped create a light and airy workspace and an impressive centrepiece for the wider regeneration of the area.
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Property advisory firm Lismore Real Estate Advisors has released its review of the Scottish investment market for the final quarter of 2022, along with predictions for 2023.
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A 4.5m Manhole Box that is a sought-after shoring solution when installing precast concrete rings up to 3m in diameter has been added to leading UK construction solutions supplier Groundforce Shorco’s fleet. The new 4.5m Manhole Box joins the portfolio of Groundforce Shorco, and as with the ex
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Spring 2023 will be a significant time for developers as the UK and Scottish governments progress their separate cladding remediation programmes. Each government’s programme is at a different stage. Caroline Maciver (partner) and Lynda Ross (director) from the construction team at law firm Bu
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FMB’s Scotland director Gordon Nelson welcomes a recent initiative on construction quality and shares the latest on licensing the construction industry. Quality and high standards. Easily said, much harder to practice and consistently deliver across and within the construction industry. Both a
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