REHAU’s free District Heating workshops will be heading to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Wednesday, October 4th, to offer consultants, contractors, local authorities, developers and housing associations the chance to find out more about the benefits and practicalities of District Heating. This is
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Claim two free tickets for The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, the go-to consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, when it returns to the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh on 21 – 22 October 2017. Is your goal this year to tackle that extension?
Work underway to create new central Glasgow office space Over 20,000 sq. ft. of new Grade A office space will be available in the heart of Glasgow by the end of the year.
Thames Water engineers are engaged in a three-week battle against one of the biggest fatbergs they have ever encountered. A solidified mass of wet wipes, nappies, fat and oil weighing an estimated 130 tonnes is blocking a 250-metre length of Whitechapel sewers in East London, threatening an obnoxiou
Galliford Try has revealed that it will no longer bid for major infrastructure projects after its construction division suffered an £89 million loss due to problems on delivering the Queensferry Crossing and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR). Pre-tax profits for the year to 30 June 2017
Work in progress at the River Dee Crossing A worker on the Aberdeen bypass was taken to hospital with head injuries after a falling piece of timber cracked his hard hat apart and knocked him unconscious.
David Melhuish The Scottish Government is to give a much-needed lift to the Scottish commercial property development sector by not applying business rates until a development has secured business tenants for new developments.
The construction of a proposed residential development on the site of the former Jordanhill Campus would create almost 200 new jobs and significantly boost the Glasgow economy, according to new research. An economic impact assessment, carried out by independent infrastructure and development consult
Plans to create a new neighbourhood of 231 affordable homes in Turriff have been given unanimous approval by councillors. A decision on the Springfield Properties scheme was deferred by Aberdeenshire Council’s Formartine area committee last month after concerns were raised about the viability of t
Regeneration firm Urban Union and architects Barton Willmore have submitted plans for the next phase of regeneration at the Pennywell Living development to the City of Edinburgh Council. The application includes plans for 315 dwellings, landscaping and associated drainage and infrastructure at the s
David Knight Construction has begun on a new homes development in Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire by housebuilder Avant Homes.
The Highland Council is planning to install a Hydro Electric Archimedes Screw at Whin Park Lade in Inverness. The 100KW turbine will control the water flow from the River Ness through to Whin Park and will be able to generate 672,529 KWh, which is equivalent to the power for 150 homes.
Lee Quinn An Inverness-based business which specialises in environmental consultancy has been taken over by a new owner in a five figure deal.
(from left) Professor Angus JM Watson from NHS Highland, Professor Susan Craw from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Matt Stevenson from Carbon Dynamic, Lucy Fraser from Albyn Housing Society, Erin Grant from Albyn Housing Society, Douglas Russell from Albyn Housing Society Award-winning homes of t
The theft of a tiny house that later resurfaced over 750 miles away has baffled police officers in Australia. Julie Bray built the prototype home, worth around £12,000, for exhibition to investors, but it disappeared from her business premises on Sunday.