(from left) Laura McGeown, Robin Carmichael, managing director Mark Ward, chief technical operations director Garry Cree, operations director Paul McDaid and project director Victoria McDonald Paisley-based electrical engineering group Power One is on course for a year one turnover of £2.5 million
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Construction and manufacturing specialist CCG (Scotland) Ltd has been appointed to the new Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) WD1 Windows and Doors Framework. WD1 is an amalgamation of two highly successful frameworks for timber and PVC-U window and door products.
Work is now underway on a 12-month programme at Aberdeen station to deliver a £9 million investment to upgrade and replace the glass roof. Existing glass panels, which are prone to cracking and discolouration, will be replaced with modern light-weight polycarbonate glazing and a new roof access sys
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Councillors in Dundee are being asked to approve funding towards the replacement of cladding at a city school as part of new measures to further improve fire safety in council buildings following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Members of the council’s policy and resources committee will hear that
A windows manufacturer is to invest £1 million next year in its Inverclyde facility and create up to 20 new jobs in the process. Blairs Windows is to introduce a new PVCu window production line which will improve the company’s competitiveness and supplement the existing range of timber w
The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has issued a call for a statutory authority to be introduced to regulate construction industry practice. The trade body proposed setting up a Construction and Infrastructure Authority which would replicate some of the powers associated
JML Contracts has spoken of its joy after one of its projects was named House of the Year 2018 by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Lochside House in the Scottish Highlands was revealed as the winner in the final episode of a special Channel 4 series Grand Designs: House of the Year,
Mechanical and electrical services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd is looking forward to the completion of a new Travelodge in Govan in early-2019. Having been appointed to the project earlier this year, the firm has undertaken a full service installation alongside the main contractor CBC Ltd.
An Aberdeenshire charity group has won a public vote for its plans to create a sensory garden, community orchard and series of allotments across its site. Alford and District Men’s Shed won the hearts of the public as part of the Stewart Milne Group’s Greener Spaces, Better Places campai
Multi-disciplinary design and engineering company BakerHicks has completed its part in the successful design and construction of the new Gorbals Health and Care Centre. The Glasgow city centre facility, which opened to the public at the end of January, consolidates a number of local GP, social
Hillcrest Housing Association with support from Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish Government is set to create 91 new affordable homes in Stonehaven, bolstering Grampian’s stretched housing provision.
An application for planning permission for the development of student accommodation in Edinburgh has been lodged by property developer Summix Capital Ltd. Located on London Road, the 198-bed development will serve to redevelop a site recently in commercial retail use, as well as providing much-neede
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Academic researchers are conducting a study into an innovative housing construction method which could help to bring down the cost for homebuyers. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is collaborating with the Construction Scotland Innov


