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Pacific Building is powering ahead on numerous project fronts as the company marks the halfway point in a hugely successful 2024 so far. In the hotel sector, major refurbishment programmes are underway at two landmark establishments in Edinburgh and St Andrews.
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Britain’s biggest pension fund has bought more than 3,000 shared ownership homes from American investment group Blackstone for £405 million.
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Overall construction activity continued to decline in Scotland according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor, however at a slower rate than was seen in the first quarter of the year.
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MSPs from across the Scottish political spectrum have demonstrated strong cross-party support for regulation of the electrical industry in the latest episode of Sparks’ Remarks, the podcast from trade association SELECT.
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Largo Leisure Parks has formally launched an £800,000 development, expanding its Sauchope Links holiday park, with a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new development at the coastal park near Crail, is an investment into tourism in the area and aims to attract not only more ho
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's $27 million (c. £21m) San Francisco mansion is reportedly riddled with problems, according to a lawsuit filed by Altman's legal team. The luxury abode located in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighbourhood, was said to once be the most expensive listing in San Francisco,
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Scottish Enterprise is investing £8 million in the construction of the University of Dundee's Life Sciences Innovation Hub, a new £40m facility set to open next year. Adrian Gillespie, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes are set to announce the &
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bp Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy Limited – the joint venture between bp and Aberdeen City Council – has agreed the final investment decision for its Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub project, supporting the region’s energy transition ambitions and its drive to become a leader in lower carbon energ
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The Energy Training Academy (ETA) is expecting to upskill around 300 Octopus Energy Group engineers this year as part of a key training partnership with the renewables company.
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Pupils at St Barbara’s Primary School in Muirhead hosted local construction experts to talk about health and safety.
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Scottish-based firm Procast Group has begun work on the second wave of a £12.5 million retrofitting project as the business continues to expand its presence south of the border.
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Construction activity in Scotland fell in the first quarter of this year according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor for Q1 2024, and surveyors remain cautious about the outlook, anticipating that workloads will remain flat.
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Two Ayrshire College students, Billie Murray and Chantelle Muir, have been selected to attend the Scottish bricklaying ‘SkillBuild’ competition taking place in Edinburgh in June this year. SkillBuild is the largest and longest-running multi-trade competition in the UK for construction ap
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Falkirk Council has taken a significant step forward in its plans to build a new town hall with the appointment of a local contractor to demolish the former Callendar Square Shopping Centre and Antonine Hotel.
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Staff from Persimmon West Scotland paid a visit to St Luke’s Primary School in Kilwinning to talk to students and staff about the importance of health and safety around construction sites.
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