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The Scottish Government has identified 10 immediate actions which it said will help deliver more homes and speed up the planning process. Building on the momentum that gathered during the work of the independent planning review panel, housing and planning minister Kevin Stewart said the crucial acti

Costain has been awarded a contract by Total E&P UK for the construction of a Hydrochloric Acid Dosing Plant at the Shetland Gas Plant (SGP). The contract, the value of which was not disclosed, includes installation, tie-in, pre-commissioning, and commissioning support.

The Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP) has announced the launch of funding support aimed at the delivery of large scale transformational low carbon infrastructure projects based in Scotland. The available funding will provide financial support of up to £20 million per project wh

A joint venture between Costain and Vinci is to begin on a £100 million waste water tunnel project in Glasgow. Work on the Shieldhall Tunnel scheme has taken a step closer after cabinet secretary Roseanna Cunningham officially launched the 1,000-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) at a ceremony last

The contract for building the new Torvean Golf Course in Inverness has been awarded to a joint venture partnership between Coffey Construction Ltd and EGS Golf Ltd. The tender value is £5.57 million for the golf course construction and Torvean housing site preparation works.

Decision looms on homes plan at former Aberdeen stadium site Plans to transform the long-term home of an Aberdeen football club into a new housing development are to be discussed by councillors this week.

The latest round of successful applicants for the Skills and Training Fund has been announced by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The fund, which is part of CITB’s Flexible Fund, grants up to £5000 for levy payers with fewer than 50 employees, to provide skills and training to the

National builders’ merchants group Grafton Merchanting GB has secured the entire supply of building, plumbing and heating, electrical and maintenance materials for a local authority in Scotland. The five-year contract with East Dunbartonshire Council, which is worth £2 million per year, will be h

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is calling for greater collaboration to eradicate unfair labour practices within the construction sector. The industry body said clients and tier one organisations need to take greater responsibility for their supply chains and not simply take the lowest of

Hardies helps bring building back to life as Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo HQ Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has been instrumental in bringing 1 Cockburn Street back to its former glory.

Technology in the 21st Century is providing us with the means to communicate our thoughts and ideas across the planet in a way that would have been unthinkable, even 10 years ago. However good the technology is, it cannot pick up the subtleties of a language, the culture that underpins it, or even t

House prices across Scotland have continued to rise following a sustained dip in the supply of new properties coming on to the market, surveyors have reported today. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said uncertainty fuelled by the EU Referendum, coupled with the higher stamp duty

Contractors Amey and Tarmac have managed to shave 19 hours off a 48-hour road surfacing operation on the M9. The project for Transport Scotland between Junctions 6 and 7 of the northbound carriageway saw Tarmac and Amey lay 2,460 tonnes of asphalt in just 29 hours – a significant time saving compa

Construction output across the UK fell more than expected in May, adding to concerns that the economy is in line for a sharp slowdown following the vote to quit the European Union. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that a drop in housebuilding caused the industry

Rural Housing Scotland (RHS) has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s reforms of the planning system but warned that any changes must take specific rural challenges into consideration. The organisation said that the proposed reforms, published earlier this week, should cut into th