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GRAHAM has been named as a global leader in people management practice having won the inaugural Excellence in Health and Wellbeing Award at the recent Investors in People Awards in London. The prestigious award, which was an international award across all industries, was in recognition of GRAHAM&rsq

An innovative home which aims to set the model of how Edinburgh helps to transform the day-to-day lives of people with disabilities has been unveiled for the first time.  With the help of a number of manufacturers and suppliers of building materials and kitchen and bathroom solutions, a working

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has promoted John Tulloch to associate quantity surveyor. Tulloch joined Hardies’ Dunfermline office in 2016 as a senior quantity surveyor. Prior to this, he worked for a firm of quantity surveyors in the Scottish Borders before spending a number

CMS Window Systems is in the running to win one of the construction industry’s most prestigious awards. The UK-wide manufacturer and installer of aluminium and PVC windows, doors and curtain walling has been shortlisted for the award of ‘Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover over &

Electricians’ trade body SELECT has added to the portfolio of services it offers to its members with a new tool to assist with producing vital risk assessment information and guidance. The organisation has entered into an arrangement with the Building Safety Group (BSG) to provide Member compa

A trainee domestic energy assessor from Castlemilk is celebrating after receiving an award at Glasgow Guarantee’s Annual Celebration Awards. Nineteen year old Shannon McLaughlin, who is currently undertaking a traineeship with building contractor McDermott Group, was named as the winner of the

Artists are being encouraged to submit proposals to help create the main entrance area for the new Balfour Hospital in Orkney.

Actress Tilda Swinton has withdrawn plans for renovations at her 113-year-old Highland home after objections from neighbours. The Oscar award-winning actress submitted plans to Highland Council for an extension to her £650,000 coastal Nairn property earlier this year.

The final stretches of the long-awaited Aberdeen bypass are to be fully open by Christmas with the completion of work on the River Don Crossing – though the £745 million project bill is now more than £1 billion, members of a parliamentary committee were told today. A document submi

The latest draft of the Planning (Scotland) Bill will place up to 88 new duties and responsibilities on planners without the resources required to undertake them, according to figures published today from the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland (RTPI Scotland). The analysis shows that recent amen

Network Rail has announced that Story Contracting has won a framework contract to deliver up to £135 million of renewal and enhancement projects in Scotland over the next five years. Glasgow-based Story Scotland (a division of Story Contracting) will help Network Rail complete a wide range of

West of Scotland construction and haulage company TSL Contractors Limited has appointed Iain Lumsden as the firm's new managing director. Iain joins TSL from Balfour Beatty's North Scotland business where he worked for nearly 25 years, latterly in the post of managing director.

Refreshed plans for the transformation of the former Exxon site in Bowling have been given the go ahead by councillors.  The £31.4 million project includes a proposal to create a major industrial and commercial development at the site as well as plans for a new road to provide an alternat

Councillors have approved plans for a £17 million project to build a new abattoir and meat-processing facility in Inverurie. The new Scotbeef meat processing facility is a joint venture between ANM Group and meat processing company JW Galloway.

The construction sector defied all expectations last month to record a “solid expansion” of overall output with job creation accelerating to its fastest since December 2015. Despite Brexit worries continuing to hold back business confidence, the Markit/CIPS UK Construction purchasing man