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Dozens of small and medium companies have joined Galliford Try, Lanes Group, Coffey and Morgan Sindall among the firms which will deliver Scottish Water’s £3.5 billion rural contracts framework. The businesses will be able to bid for work or be selected by larger contractors for a range of constr

Keith Brown Vital ground investigation work is due to get underway next month on the southern section of the A9 between Birnam and Glen Garry.

The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey for the second quarter of 2015 has revealed construction product manufacturers’ sales increased for a ninth consecutive quarter, driven by growth in all key areas of the UK construction market, together with a rise in export de

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has said it is to report a better-than-expected 45 per cent rise in profit for the year to end June after it completed more homes than forecast, and helped by house price inflation. The group rose 4.4 per cent, or 26p, to 620.5p after telling investors that it expec

A van belonging to Glasgow City Council construction giants City Building has been stopped by police in a dramatic collision that ended in three arrests and the seizure of £200,000 of illegal drugs. According to an official police statement, officers detained and arrested the two occupants of the v

The progress of Scotland’s most exciting construction project is to be streamed live over the internet.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: DANMOR Developments Ltd.

Ross Wilson Public Relations is a long-established communications business, with a deep understanding of the construction and housing sector. We offer LOW COST PR solutions helping businesses convey their successes to customers via the media. Run by Ross Wilson, former Business Editor of the Daily R

Fife Council has reaffirmed its commitment to a new Madras College at Pipeland and given an assurance that work will begin as soon as the legal go ahead is given. Work on the new school project has stopped as the council awaits the outcome of a full appeal hearing.

The former John Brown’s shipyard in Clydebank, famous for building some of the world’s greatest ships, is set to be unlocked for future development after an ambitious £15 million plan was signed. The deal will see essential infrastructure and ground works undertaken on the site, and more import

Allan Callaghan The Scottish construction industry “should not worry unduly” about a dip in results announced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), according to the boss at Cruden Building & Renewals.

(left to right): Keith Groom (AKD Systems), SELECT Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch Representative; Newell McGuiness, SELECT Managing Director; Marco Biagi MSP, Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment; John Noble (John Noble Electrical Contractors), SELECT Past President The

A new digital service making it easier and quicker for developers to access land use planning information and advice becomes available today. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is launching the enhanced pre-application service to reduce the amount of red tape involved in the planning process, whi

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has introduced a working knowledge of BIM (Building Information Modelling) as part of its “new era” which has seen the firm identify the “rising stars” of the future and appoint eleven new partners. Hardies managing partner Derek Ferrier said:

Team Saltire members Ross Anderson, Dale Mason, Eugene Atiso and Graham Allen Students from Glasgow Caledonian University have won the second annual Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Global Student Challenge competition.