In the first of a regular column for Scottish Construction Now, Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Scotland director Gordon Nelson recalls his attendance at a Tech 2 Grow event that highlighted the help and support available to the trades and SME construction companies in Scotland. The Federation o
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Morrison Construction is celebrating a landmark period for apprenticeship successes across its North East business. This year, Morrison Construction North East has recruited five new apprentice joiners, a trainee engineer and quantity surveyor, all of whom are looking to kickstart a bright future in
Plans have been submitted for a four-storey medical research laboratory and offices in Govan. Kadans Science Partner wants to develop part of a disused car park on Linthouse Road at Holmfauld Road.
Drum Property Group’s vision for the long-awaited redevelopment of a key site on Leith Walk, Edinburgh, is now to be realised with on-site construction starting this month. Proposals for Stead’s Place, near the foot of Leith Walk, were approved by the City of Edinburgh Council in 2021 he
A bid to revisit the demolition of high rise flats in Ayr has been resoundingly beaten at the latest meeting of South Ayrshire Council. In 2019, councillors took the unanimous decision to demolish three multi-storey blocks at Riverside Place and build a new development on the site.
Housebuilder Merchant Homes has unveiled a collection of new family homes in Linwood with the upcoming launch of its Napier Grove development. The development will comprise 28 homes offering a range of two and three-bedroom homes – including its most popular styles, namely, the Iona, the Arran
A giant 'sand battery' that can store enough cheap renewable energy to heat 100 homes for up to two weeks has been constructed in Finland. Polar Night Energy’s first commercial sand-based high temperature heat storage is now in operation at Vatajankoski power plant area.
The new community-owned housing, health and business development in Staffin, Skye, has won a national award. The Scottish Homes Awards 2022 were held in Glasgow's Hilton Hotel on 23 June and recognise excellence in the new build housing industry.
A leading voice on climate action in the built environment has joined Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) helping to accelerate decarbonisation and expand the innovation centre’s reach across the UK. As lead impact manager for retrofit programmes, Sara Edmonds will support
The Scottish billionaire brothers, Sandy and James Easdale, have unveiled plans for their latest £2 million drive-through coffee location in Port Glasgow and are planning a raft of locations to follow across the UK. The new project will replace a former Department of Works and Pensions buildin
Kier Group has appointed Chris Browne as a non-executive director to its board. The appointment will take effect on 15 September 2022. Chris will be a member of the Environment, Social and Governance Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Risk Management and Audit Co
Stewart Milne Group has won two NHBC Pride in the Job quality awards for developments in Scotland and North-west England. The Ballumbie Rise development in Dundee and The Stables development in Cheshire, North-west England, received the awards for consistently high standards of customer care. Site m
A Falkirk-based youth theatre has received a much-needed £1,000 funding boost from housebuilder Cala Homes. Project Theatre, which was founded in 2008 by Jamie O’Rourke, focuses on promoting youth and community involvement in performing arts across Falkirk, Grangemouth and beyond by prov
James Harris is to succeed Mike Haigh as group executive chair at Mott MacDonald, who retires from the role after 42 years with the global engineering, management and development consultancy. Cathy Travers will take over from James as group managing director, with both set to beg
JR Training Services rolled out the red carpet for the first trainees of its training services division at the end of last month, marking the first in its programme of training provision set to be offered by the business. Led by Ronnie Charters, JR Training Services welcomed 16 delegates to particip

