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Network Rail has announced that Story Contracting has won a framework contract to deliver up to £135 million of renewal and enhancement projects in Scotland over the next five years. Glasgow-based Story Scotland (a division of Story Contracting) will help Network Rail complete a wide range of

2018 has proved to be a definitive year for Glasgow and Manchester-based integrated interior fit out specialists Linear Projects with turnover topping £19 million, office staff increasing to 45 plus on-site operatives to 200 as well as a 25th anniversary. Starting life in 1993 as a labour

GRAHAM has been named as a global leader in people management practice having won the inaugural Excellence in Health and Wellbeing Award at the recent Investors in People Awards in London. The prestigious award, which was an international award across all industries, was in recognition of GRAHAM&rsq

Drum Property Group has submitted revised design proposals in support of its planning application to transform a major section of Leith Walk in Edinburgh. The revised proposals follow detailed discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council’s planning team after the main planning application wa

Commercial real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Colin Clement as its new head of project and development services in Scotland. Clement joins from Currie & Brown, formerly Sweett Group, where he was regional director of project management. Prior to that he headed up his ow

Financial close has been reached for a £2.6 billion project that is expected to reduce the cost of offshore wind energy generation by nearly 60%. Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd, known as ‘Moray East’, will build a 950MW offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, 40km from the

Scotland’s world-leading tidal energy sector and Dundee’s new V&A museum were among winners at the Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh last night. The event saw winners in 11 categories receive trophies recognising their work in the sector, which employs 16,000 people.

The latest designs for a £100 million mixed-use development which aims to create a major new leisure destination on the banks of the River Clyde have been unveiled by developer Peel Lifestyle Outlets. Glasgow Harbour Lifestyle Outlet, which is the next phase of the city’s waterfront rege

A Dundee development firm has unveiled its vision for what would be the tallest building in Scotland on the city’s waterfront. Invertay Homes said its 39-storey Discovery Heights concept would create the ‘Sydney Opera House of Scotland’.

Partners behind proposals to transform Granton Waterfront into a vibrant, well connected, new city quarter have signed a new agreement. The City of Edinburgh Council, National Galleries of Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh College, Scottish Government and Scottish Futures Trust will

Partnership housing developer Lovell has announced the appointment of Sarah Fenton as regional commercial director as it sets its sights on future growth in Scotland. Sarah is a fully qualified quantity surveyor by training and joins Lovell’s Scotland office having spent the previous five year

Construction and property consultancy Thomas & Adamson (T&A) has been appointed as principal designer on two new projects in Edinburgh and East Lothian. The first has seen T&A monitor the safe installation of the Edinburgh City Christmas lights and Christmas tree on The Mound. This is th

Balfour Beatty has announced the appointment of Matthew Steele as managing director of its gas & water business. Matthew joins from Network Rail where he was commercial and development director. Previously, he was programme director at Crossrail and head of power, communications and cooling upgr

McTaggart Construction has made a £10,000 donation to the Wheatley Foundation in support of community projects. The homebuilder is currently building over 350 new homes across the central belt of Scotland for Wheatley and is a member of their contractor framework.  

Christmas may be the perfect time for gift giving, however when it comes to the workplace many bosses in the construction industry aren’t rewarding or recognising their employees with a token gift, according to new research. A study of 1,000 UK workers published in the Most Generous Time