Lucy Black from Construction Scotland Innovation Centre believes that 5G has the potential to support and accelerate efficiencies in the construction industry. Recently, the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre held an on-line event that looked at the potential impact of 5G on construction,
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Balfour Beatty restarted its investment asset disposals with the sale of its 70% interest in a hospital redevelopment project in Canada. The disposal of the BC Children’s & BC Women’s Hospital Redevelopment Project Phase 2 – Teck Acute Care Centre, located in Vancouve
Construction and fit-out specialist Morris & Spottiswood has delivered two vital regional laboratories for Health Facilities Scotland in order to ramp up testing facilities for COVID-19 in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Three regional testing hubs have been delivered in total across North, West and East
Prince Charles has been given the green light to build an adventure playground in the grounds of his Scottish stately home. The project at Dumfries House near Cumnock will be an extension to an existing playground at the 2,000-acre estate and will include tree houses, rope bridges, a multi
Development manager Bankfoot APAM has unveiled plans to invest £500 million to overhaul Edinburgh’s Gyle Shopping Centre into a major "urban quarter". According to the Edinburgh Evening News, the centre and its surrounding car parks would be transformed over the next ten years. The
The Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) marked its recent AGM last month with a new team at the top and a ringing affirmation of the vital importance of apprenticeships to the future of the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. The annual meeting of the proactive training pr
NHS Forth Valley is to develop a new masterplan for Falkirk Community Hospital that will set out the vision for how existing services could be developed, improved and expanded services across the site. The move comes after the hospital was identified as one of a number of community facilities in the
The Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board (SNIJIB) has scored another success with the implementation of digital technology which allows most plumbing and heating operatives to continue to sit their Health and Safety Test despite ongoing Covid restrictions. The offer of the tests to com
The regeneration of the Deans South estate in Livingston has taken another step forward with the conclusion of the sale of public-owned land to Springfield Properties. Last November a meeting of West Lothian Council’s executive agreed to sell 11 acres of land to the housebuilder for
Mary Alexander, the deputy regional secretary for Unite the Union Scotland and co-chair of The Fair Work Convention’s Construction Industry Inquiry Group, is looking to find out how fair is work in the construction industry. The construction industry should be a great place to work. What could
Simon Capaldi, office agency partner at Knight Frank Edinburgh, on returning to the office and how the transition may take shape. One year ago, some commentators were proclaiming the ‘death of the office’. Now, with vaccination programmes well underway, most people I speak to say th
North Ayrshire Council has approved a number of funding proposals totalling around £70 million that will help drive its post-Covid-19 regeneration and recovery ambitions. Cabinet members approved over £14m of council investment in Recovery and Renewal projects that will support communiti
Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland commercial at Knight Frank, discusses the investment appeal of retail parks in the UK. About a year ago, at the height of the first lockdown, few people might have predicted that the humble retail park would be among the ‘winners’ – for lack of a b
Global engineering and consultancy company Ramboll has appointed John Mullen, formerly SSE’s director of asset management, to front the UK arm of its 1,600 strong global energy business. Ramboll’s UK energy business is responsible for many high-profile energy projects. From the Mor
‘The Influence of Top-Hat Strengthening Solutions on Shear Stresses in a Railway Bridge Girder using Finite Element Analysis’ was the topic which saw Alice Butler named as Scotland’s Emerging Engineer 2021. Naming Alice, a graduate at MHB Consultant, as the winner, the judges said

