Morrison Construction has lost a High Court case against one of its subcontractors regarding changes made during the development of a gas processing plant in Shetland. Steel firm BHC Ltd successfully argued that change orders issued by Morrison should be re-measured and re-valued based on “final c
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Leon Hay from Cumbernauld was the first of the stonemason apprentices specially recruited as part of the Mackintosh Library restoration Construction apprentices will go on to earn thousands of pounds more, every year, than many of their university-educated counterparts, according to the latest resea
Calls to emergency services in San Francisco have been made on at least three occasions because employees at Apple keep walking into glass windows and doors at the company’s $5 billion 'spaceship' campus. Apple Park, Apple's new four-storey corporate campus designed by Norman Foster, has 3,000 pan
Work on a new £13.2 million community facility in Dundee could start as soon as next month if councillors approve an £8.9m tender. Wilmott Dixon’s bid to build a new multi-use community centre with two games halls, fitness suite, library and community multi-purpose rooms and areas, complete with
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering looks set to be awarded the contract to deliver Dundee’s £32 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport. Councillors are being asked to accept a tender from the firm which could allow work to start on the facility in May, with a construction completion date of
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: University Of Stirling
The highly successful partnership between BESA Scotland and Glasgow Kelvin College is providing excellent benefits for young Scottish engineering apprentices. Four key engineering employers – FES, James Frew, MAQ Air Conditioning and City Refrigeration – have shown their commitment to developing
Salaries for Scottish property professionals have increased to a ten year high, according to a new survey. The 2018 Salary Survey by RICS and Macdonald & Company found that the base salaries grew on average by 11% to £50,969 across Scotland.
RESIDENTIAL – TEN UNITS OR MORE Applicant: Aberdeen Harbour Board
(from left) Matt McGowan, design manager for Robertson Central East; Pedro Damas; Victor Timmers and Professor David Ingram Engineering students at the University of Edinburgh have secured a work placement with Robertson Group after lending their specialist skills to a live project.
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: S.T.U.C Training Limited & OBARCS No. 7 LLP
Work at the site of the new Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC) is continuing to progress well with a hotel building expected to be wind and water-tight in two weeks. The main building, which will contain the arena, exhibition space, conference centre and subterranean space, is expect
An architect from Angus has designed a school and cultural centre for the Maasai tribe in Kenya. Jonathan Reeve, 39, who is originally from Enniskillen and who works with the Voigt Partnership in Arbroath, jetted off to Kenya this week for a week-long trip during which he will present his designs fo
MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: SRA Ventures Ltd.
Beard chairman Mark Beard Mark Beard FCIOB, chairman of construction group Beard, will become the 117th President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in 2020.


