Search: W

Balfour Beatty is consolidating its seven regional offices in Scotland as part of its cost-cutting programme. The seven existing offices at locations including Edinburgh, Glasgow and Shotts will be consolidated into one regional centre at the Maxim Business Park at Eurocentral off the M8.

Perth and Kinross Council has granted permission to build 700 new homes in Scone. Councillors voted to grant planning permission in principal for the Scone North project despite more than 900 objections being lodged over concerns including traffic and pollution.

The final phase in the rejuvenation of Atrium Court on Glasgow’s Waterloo Street has been marked with a comprehensive refurbishment of the landmark building. Situated in one of Glasgow's most central locations, just one minute's walk from Central Station and a five minute walk from Queen Street St

Almost half of electrical contractors are now asked to provide evidence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement as a condition of appointment by clients, a new survey has revealed. Findings from a poll by the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) and the Considerate Constructors Sche

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today agreed the sale of its awarding body, Cskills Awards, to NOCN. Cskills Awards will continue to provide services as normal under the new ownership.

Robertson starts work on £65m NHS Orkney development Work has started on a new £65 million hospital and healthcare development in Orkney.

A legal challenge into plans for a new £20 million retail park in Westfield, Cumbernauld has been dropped after developers L&S Broadwood reached an agreement with the owners of Cumbernauld Town Centre and the Antonine Centre. The two town centre operators had objected to North Lanarkshire Counc

AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd has been granted planning permission by Glasgow City Council to build 140 new homes for social rent in Pollokshields. The development will see 90 houses and 50 flats, including 10 cottage flats, built on a brownfield site on Maxwell Road formerly belonging to SGN Ltd, the loc

Whiteburn Projects has revealed plans for a new housing development on the site of the former Caerlee Mill in Innerleithen. Announcing the acquisition of the site, the developer said its vision is to build a range of two, three and four bedroom houses which will be designed to reflect the spirit of

Developers behind plans to build more than 1,000 homes as part of a western extension of St Andrews have advanced their masterplan proposals following feedback from a consultation survey. Attendees at a second consultation event last week were given an early glimpse of how the St Andrews West could

A growing demand for homes in an Aberdeenshire village could be aided by the addition of more than 30 new homes. Peterhead firm Claymore Homes revealed plans to develop land in the fishing community of Cairnbulg earlier this year and has now lodged a bid to build the properties off Rathen Road.

Over 500 architectural historians, architects, conservationists and others from around the globe will meet in Glasgow for the 70th annual international conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). The conference will run from June 7–11 at the University of Strathclyde’s Technolog

Contractors are being sought for the refurbishment of the Burrell Collection museum in Glasgow. The A-listed building in Pollok Country Park, which closed to the public last October, is to be transformed to create a dedicated space for special exhibitions and the conversion of offices into galleries

Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has appointed John Tonkiss as its group chief operating officer with effect from 1 June. Tonkiss, who was previously national operations director at the group, joined McCarthy in February 2014.

City Gate Construction has been named as one of Britain’s top 1000 companies in a new report issued by the London Stock Exchange. Renfrewshire based CGC was listed among the top UK firms described by the stock exchange group as the most “inspiring, dynamic and fastest-growing companies”