Harley Haddow has strengthened its sustainability offering with the appointment of a new associate director. Stephen Gallacher has relocated from London to Edinburgh to join the multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, which he previously worked for earlier on in his career.
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Thai state petroleum company PTTEP has joined a collaborative green technology initiative based in Scotland, aimed at demonstrating the potential of wave-powered subsea equipment. The project, dubbed Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP), includes a £2 million demonstrator initiative which is curr
Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars. A group of scientists have this week been collecting samples of rock from the NatureScot National Nature Reserve (NNR) as part of the NASA and European Space Agency (ESA)&r
The remediation works on the derelict former Shell Oil refinery in Ardrossan will begin in the coming weeks. North Ayrshire Council this week confirmed that Sanctus Ltd - which has worked on numerous brownfield and infrastructure programmes across the UK – has been awarded the £3 million
Twelve-year-old Lucy Stewart from Lossiemouth has organised a charity ice hockey match in aid of the Archie Foundation to thank them for the support they gave her and her family. Thanks to Lucy’s efforts and support from local businesses, RAF Lossiemouth Jets are set to play the Aberdeen Preda
This month's SCN Construction Leader Grace Mair talks to Margaret Taylor about her journey to becoming a regional director at Thomas & Adamson, the cost impacts of the pandemic and Brexit, and what the future holds for the construction sector. Grace Mair never meant to become a surveyor. She sta
Building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out business Tilbury Douglas has appointed Matt Gill as chief financial officer (CFO). Having started as an auditor with Ernst & Young in London, Matt progressed into senior financial roles in infrastructure and construction businesses.
Real estate services firm Avison Young has appointed Paul Broad and Stewart Taylor as regional managing directors in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively, following the retirement of the former RMDs, alongside three new RMDs for Leeds, Bristol, and Manchester. With 20 years’ experience in the Gl
Multi-disciplinary consultancy The Rocket Group has appointed Sam Hinchliffe, ARB RIAS, as technical director of architecture for Scotland. Sam joins Rocket’s Dundee-based team to enhance the company’s expertise in archaeology, heritage, ecology and construction.
Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith was welcomed by Barratt Developments to its Merchant Quay development on Friday in celebration of its site manager’s Pride in the Job Quality Award win. James O’Neill, site manager at Merchant Quay recently received the Pride in the Jo
Burness Paull has promoted four lawyers to partner including a construction law specialist Karen Manning. Ms Manning is regularly involved in a range of advisory work, particularly for the education, housing, office, retail, and leisure sectors. She has recently been advising clients on various buil
Work is underway to improve the energy efficiency of 97 Cunninghame Housing Association homes in Dalry. The £2.4 million project will see External Wall Insulation (EWI) installed to improve the energy efficiency of the homes, making them cheaper to heat and lowering energy bills for
Taylor Wimpey has reported a 21% fall in revenue and a 29% drop in pre-tax profit as rising interest rates knocked the housing market. In a trading update issued today, the housebuilder revealed revenue in the six months to 2 July 2023 fell to £1.64 billion from £2.08bn the yea
The Saltire Society has today announced the shortlisted houses for the 2023 Saltire Housing Design Awards. Supported by the Scottish Government, the Awards celebrate the diversity of the best of new housing in Scotland, recognising the contribution it makes to social and cultural conversations.
Industrial leasing activity in Scotland reached an 18-month high in the second quarter of 2023, with take-up figures reaching 1.3 million sq ft. This surge was driven by five major transactions involving properties larger than 50,000 sq ft. In comparison, there was just one such deal in the precedin

