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Andy Steel, the operations director at rail contractor QTS Group, has joined the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland’s board of directors. The move follows Andy’s 11-year career at QTS. He joined the firm in 2012 as design manager before progressing through the rank

McLaughlin & Harvey's trainee engineer Christy Dickson has picked up the coveted CECA Scotland’s Most Promising Apprentice 2023 award. Developing the engineering stars of tomorrow is part of the ethos at McLaughlin & Harvey, with the company committed to ensuring 5% of the workforce is

The commercial real estate market in Scotland started 2023 on a sluggish note, with only £250 million worth of transactions, a sharp drop from the five-year quarterly average of £550m, according to a recent report by Colliers.

Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) services are supporting modernisation works at Merchiston Castle School, a boy’s Boarding School located in Colinton, south-east Edinburgh. Arc-Tech (Scotland), a specialist for M&E service installations, is supporting Linear Design and Construct to up

The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is encouraging people to transition more quickly into renewables by installing hybrid heat pumps for free. Grants of up to £7,500 are available from the Home Energy Scotland Scheme for eligible homeowners looking to replace their natural gas boilers with heat

The Deputy First Minister yesterday switched on an innovative new District Heating Network in the east end of Glasgow. The system is part of a multi-million-pound investment by Clyde Gateway which is reducing energy costs and helping the transition to net zero.

Moray Council has published a long-term expansion plan for Mosstodloch which includes proposals for up to 500 houses.

A council has been criticised for chopping down a number of "stunning" palm trees to discourage people from having sex underneath them. Plymouth City Council left a row of stumps along the famous Hoe because council officials were "regularly having to clean up sex and drug paraphernalia" in the area

A clutch of new houses, two new university facilities and a new headquarters at the home of Scottish golf are among seven extraordinary new buildings that have today been revealed by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) as winners of the 2023 RIAS Awards. Demonstrating

Extensive survey work carried out at Musselburgh's Brunton Hall has confirmed that substantial areas of the building’s roof are constructed from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RACC).

The team from Whiteburn’s The Grange development in Burntisland were special guests at Burntisland Primary School recently where they took the opportunity to give a safety presentation and remind pupils about the potential dangers of construction sites as work continues to progress well at th

UK and Ireland specialist paving and building products company AG has welcomed three new recruits to its growing workforce including a new head of sales for Scotland. James Jack brings with him over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, working across both the manufacturing a

Inverlochy Castle Management International (ICMI) has extended its management agreement with Crossbasket Castle, helping support the five-star hotel as it undergoes an ambitious £15 million expansion. ICMI, which manages a global portfolio of properties, has overseen the management of the awar

Renfrewshire construction company CGC has made a huge cash donation that will help to light up the lives of impoverished African villagers. CGC, which is based in Linwood, handed over a cheque for £3,000 that will be used by intrepid charity volunteer Elaine Scott to help women in Malawi set u

Work is underway on a new access road, car park and landscaping as part of Midlothian Council’s ambitious Destination Hillend project.