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The director of a demolition company could be jailed for up to two years after he failed to ensure the safety of a workman who was crushed to death in Buckie almost seven years ago. Stuart Thompson was working for SI Dismantling Ltd to demolish a disused abattoir in Great Western Road
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Plans are being developed for a waste management facility at the former landfill site at Dalmacoulter, Airdrie. North Lanarkshire Council has submitted a planning application for the site, which would create a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and waste transfer centre.
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Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Scotland, which represents the businesses that design, deliver and manage our national infrastructure, has released details of its consultation response to the Scottish Government’s Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan. Setting out a long-term
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The Glasgow-based Academy for Construction People has secured funding from CITB to offer a Specialist Applied-Skills Programme at VQ 2 level (/SCQF Level 5 over the next 18 months. The pilot training scheme is for 24 trainees in the following occupations; Interior Systems / Dryliner Fixer and Passiv
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Ministers have concluded there is no legal route for either the Scottish or UK governments to provide engineering firm BiFab with the guarantees it would need to secure its contract with Saipem in the absence of a shareholder guarantee provided by BiFab’s majority shareholder JV Driv
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Construction, property development and manufacturing business Heron Bros has been crowned the Investors in People Platinum Employer of the Year 2020. Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support, and manage people successfully to ac
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East Ayrshire Council has appointed Kier Construction as the preferred contractor for the construction of a new build primary school at Netherthird. The project team and head teacher, Jemma Donnelly will be working closely with Kier Construction over the next few weeks to formalise the delivery prog
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Plans to build a specialist support centre in Aberdeen for children with complex disabilities and life-limiting conditions have been approved by the council. The £8 million Charlie House charity project which will support babies, children and young people will be located at Woodend Hospital.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has written to Hanson UK about three breaches of the Cement Market Data Order 2016. The order concerns data disclosed which could have been a proxy for Individual Cement Market Data.
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Plans submitted by private cosmetic surgery provider Cosmedicare to build a new hospital in Livingston have been given the green light. The existing facility located at the Kirkton Campus has previously been home to companies such as Glenmorangie, WL Gore, Quintiles and BskyB.
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Revived plans to convert the empty upper floors of a B-listed premises in central Glasgow into a backpackers' hostel are being brought forward to the council. If approved, Metro Inns Ltd plans to convert the first, second and third storeys at Virginia House, at the corner of Virginia Street and Wils
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Glasgow City Council is set to begin preparatory work on the potential compulsory purchase of the site of the former Talisman public house, should a sale not be agreed with the owners. The site at 149 Balgrayhill Road in Springburn has lain derelict for almost 20 years, and is a visual and environme
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An area of land within South Cumbernauld Community Growth Area (CGA) is being marketed for sale for housing by North Lanarkshire Council. The 18-hectare site at Mid Forest has capacity for up to 300 residential units, with 25% to be affordable homes, and the development should include play facilitie
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hub South West has held its final highly successful online event of 2020. Nearly 60 Zoom-based participants from companies in construction and related sectors based in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, heard a presentation from Skills Development Scotland’s Drew Reid on skills g
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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is changing its apprenticeship support to enable all levy-registered construction employers to benefit from an expanded support service. Currently, CITB offers employer and apprentice support for its 7,000 contracted apprenticeships, about a third
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