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A Dumbarton-based recycling specialist has been recognised for its innovation with a prestigious accolade. Thompson Recycling and Landfill Ltd – a waste, recycling and aggregate supplier which serves Dumbarton, Glasgow and Lanarkshire – has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterpri

An archipelago of floating solar islands is coming to the Netherlands, and it’s said to be the largest of its kind in the world. As reported by The Guardian, the 15 islands will be made up of 73,500 solar panels that will track the sun. The archipelago will be placed in the Andijk reservoir in

Infrastructure secretary Michael Matheson has launched the latest update of the Scottish Government's infrastructure programme during a visit to the £70 million East Lothian Community Hospital project in Haddington. The annual progress report details the £1.4 billion of ne

Interior fit-out specialist Linear Projects has kicked off 2019 with an impressive haul of contracts totalling over £23 million across Scotland and the North of England. Works by the Glasgow-headquartered firm are continuing on the £300m The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) by Robertson Gro

A major infrastructure contract has been awarded to improve the vital South West A77 route. Wills Bros Civil Engineering Limited has won a £31.5 million construction contract to build the Maybole Bypass on the A77.

Infrastructure solutions company Costain has appointed Steve Carter as a project director in Aberdeen. Working within a 70-strong upstream team based at the firm’s offices in Carden Place, Mr Carter will help deliver offshore and onshore engineering projects across the lifecycle of oil and gas

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Structural Timber Association (STA) have joined forces to support structural timber businesses across the UK to innovate and grow. The STA is a UK-wide trade body that represents over 600 timber businesses, from manufacturers and suppliers to de

A former Robertson Homes employee has been welcomed back and given the top job in the North region. Tim Metcalfe spent twelve years at the firm before a brief sojourn elsewhere.

A new finance scheme which could pave the way for the enabling infrastructure necessary to kick-start new development in Glasgow has been approved by the local authority. Glasgow City Council said the proposed Tax Incremental Finance (TIF) scheme, while smaller in size and level of investment, from

The recently published judgment of O’Farrell J in Swansea Stadium Management Co. Ltd v Swansea City and County Council ([2018] EWHC 2192 (TCC)) provides guidance on limitations of time clauses contained in collateral warranties and acts as a reminder that collateral warranties are ca

Glasgow’s first significant city centre build-to-rent (BTR) housing development will be delivered in the heart of Merchant City this summer. Property investment, letting and management specialist Tay Letting has been appointed to market the Candleriggs Court development.

A local property developer has announced the official launch of a new 97 home development in Dundee. D J Laing Homes has returned to the area, recently crowned Scotland’s best place to live, to start work on its latest development and follow the success of the 200 homes it built previously in

A decision on plans by the Trump Organisation to build hundreds of new homes in Aberdeenshire has once again been delayed by the local authority. Aberdeenshire Council said a planning application for 550 homes at the Menie Estate, near Balmedie, will now be considered later this year following the r

Clark Contracts has released a video of its team installing two gantry's on top of the towers at 55 Douglas Street to facilitate a spider crane which will assist with the delivery of steel work required for the extension to the building.

Glencoe’s new-look visitor centre this week welcomed its first guests after a major refurbishment to better tell the story of this world-renowned mountain landscape and National Nature Reserve, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year.  Work took place over the winte