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Private and affordable housebuilder Springfield Properties has announced the appointment of Nicholas Ian Cooper as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr Cooper, aged 54, is a qualified solicitor with over 20 years’ board experience as an executive and non-executive director, general c

Construction materials group Breedon has completed the acquisition of Blinkbonny Quarry (Borders) Limited for an undisclosed sum. Blinkbonny operates a quarry and ready-mixed concrete plant near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, employing 14 people.

The next generation of Glasgow’s construction force have been recognised by their employer City Building at the firm’s annual Apprentice Awards. More than 80 young men and women were under the spotlight after being shortlisted for achievements in roles such as electrical, joinery, painting and d

A major planning document set to shape the growth of Inverness has been approved by councillors. The Inverness East Development Brief identifies land for new facilities including a district park, sports facilities at Inverness Campus, a new urban centre, two new primary schools and a high school, an

V&A Dundee given Charles Rennie Mackintosh project funding boost The project to conserve, restore and redisplay a complete Charles Rennie Mackintosh tearoom interior in V&A Dundee has received a major funding boost, thanks to Art Fund and the Scottish Government.

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Mr J McGettrick

The commercial market for drone technology applications across the construction, electricity, gas, mining and agriculture sectors could spark a £1.1 billion boost to UK GDP by 2030, according to new research from PwC. A report by the accountants has analysed the benefits of increasing drone use acr

Multi-disciplinary construction company Crummock has gone into receivership with the loss of 287 jobs. Employees at the firm, based near Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, were informed on Friday that cash flow problems had led to claims from creditors.

New data has signalled a “modest improvement” in UK construction activity with the pace of expansion during May matching that registered in the previous month. The latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index for May registered 52.5 – exactly the same figure as April. Th

A new £19 million state-of-the-art health and care centre in Clydebank has been approved by West Dunbartonshire Council. The facility, which will be built on the health quarter of the Queens Quay regeneration project, will support the provision of high quality services and help improve the health a

Proposals for more than 300 homes on four different sites across Raploch have been approved by councillors. Members of Stirling Council’s planning and regulations panel backed plans by Robertson Group to build homes on land owned by the council.

A four-acre mixed-use development site in Edinburgh has been acquired by M&G Real Estate for £49.1 million. With a gross development value of circa £280 million, The Haymarket site has planning permission for the development of three Grade A office buildings totalling 350,000 sq ft, provision

Three leading figures in the construction industry have been appointed to the CITB Board. All three have a wealth of experience in the sector and will help represent the voice of both SMEs and large contractors at the highest level within CITB.

The tender closing date for Scotland Excel’s national asbestos framework tender is June 11. The current framework has been in place since 2014 and is widely used by most Scottish councils.

New £8.6m Duns primary school opens A new £8.6 million primary school has been opened in Duns, Scottish Borders.