Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has teamed up with the ACCORD Hospice in Paisley to donate £25 for each new home sold and legally completed at its new development at Hawkhead Gardens. The latest tranche of £525 was donated by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland this month, taking its overall donatio
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Edinburgh councillors have approved plans to demolish a former pub in Eyre Place to make way for new homes. Eyre Place Properties, working with Mclaren Murdoch & Hamilton as architect, applied to demolish Smithies Ale House and replace it with a block of nine maisonettes and two flats along
Kattrak International has supplied ten Sunward machines to Advance Construction Scotland (ACS).
An upcoming ban on the installation of gas and oil boilers in new buildings in Scotland has prompted a construction lawyer to urge contractors to consider the implications when pricing projects or agreeing to completion dates. Andrew Boccoli, a director in the Commercial Property department at
A number of buildings and pavilions in West Lothian will be disposed of by the council after being declared surplus to requirements. Sites at Armadale, Broxburn and Livingston Xcite swimming pools have been approved as being surplus to requirements by the local authority.
VINCI Energies has solidified its position in Scotland by acquiring NorPower, a Muir of Ord-based company specialising in extra high voltage overhead lines in the UK. Founded in 2003, NorPower has expertise in the construction, installation, reconfiguration, and refurbishment of woodpole and steel o
Richard Linacre has joined multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company BakerHicks as director for life sciences & industry in the UK. Focussing on delivering local support to the company’s existing and prospective clients across the UK life sciences and industrial s
Plans to redevelop the Carnoustie Golf Hotel could take the first steps this week when councillors consider a proposal to transfer the lease of the property.
Last year Dumfries and Galloway Council injected more than £56 million into the local economy through supply chain spending, with the construction sector being the largest beneficiary. Overall, more than 30% of all council suppliers were locally based and more than 50% based within Scotland.
EDF has signed a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with developer Brockwell Energy to purchase renewable energy from North Kyle onshore wind farm, which is currently under construction in East Ayrshire.
Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has appointed Danielle Miller and Kirsty Duncan as co-heads of a newly-formed stakeholder engagement team. The team will bring marketing, communications, events and skills infrastructure together to create a function that will foster
Survey and valuation services provider Harvey, Donaldson & Gibson (HSG) has secured a contract with River Clyde Homes to support the retrofitting of its current housing stock. River Clyde Homes will be working in partnership with ECD Architects Ltd and AC Whyte on this extensive project which wa
The last project in a programme of wastewater infrastructure works across Scotland has successfully completed an urban flood prevention scheme that will protect central Lanark and properties in the area from flooding.
A £2.9 million project to replace a bridge on a key walking route over the Neilston railway line has taken a big step forward.
UK architects have highlighted a downbeat outlook for future work but the profession expects staffing levels to remain stable, according to results of the latest Future Trends survey from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).


