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As part of its ongoing commitment to working in partnership with local communities and its 12-month programme of support to Cyrenians, staff at Taylor Wimpey East Scotland have responded to this year’s Cyrenian’s Christmas Appeal with personal donations of a variety of much needed items

Allan Clow, managing director of Bancon Homes and Bancon Construction, has joined the board of Aberdeen-based social enterprise Glencraft as non-executive director. Mr Clow has more than 20 years’ experience in director roles and is also a qualified chartered management accountant.

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland can confirm that work on a significant nine-month infrastructure programme to upgrade a section of Meikle Earnock Road in Hamilton is completed. The road will open on Thursday 22 December 2022 following a final inspection by South Lanarkshire Council’s Road departme

An innovative and strong partnership approach to delivering the first Modern Apprenticeship (MA) in Building Standards is helping to address a major skills shortage in Building Standards across Scotland. ESP has worked with Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS), Scottish Government, UH

The team from Whiteburn Project’s Allanbank development were special guests at Lauder Primary School recently where they gave a talk on construction site safety to Primary 5 to 7 year groups and answered many questions from the children who have been studying Allanbank as part of their wider

A new community woodland just north of Perth is being created as part of the Denmarkfield Rewilding with support from the Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) project. The 43,000 square metre broadleaf woodland creation will cover ground at Denmarkfield, approximately two miles north of the Inveralmond rounda

The JR Group has reached out to Ukrainian citizens who are currently living on a cruise ship in Govan after fleeing war to provide them with vital supplies supporting them this festive season.

As more and more people are being forced to turn to foodbanks, Maxi Construction employees have responded by delivering over 1200kg of food, the equivalent of 3000 meals, to foodbank distribution centres in Livingston, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Hamilton, Glasgow and Hawick.

The executive board of Royal BAM Group NV has announced that Ian Parish, executive director, BAM Nuttall, has decided to retire from the business on 31 December 2022. Mr Parish, who has over 38 years’ experience in the civil engineering industry, re-joined BAM Nuttall in 2020 as managing direc

Work has started on the first phase of new active travel links between Motherwell Rail Station, the town centre and Braidhurst Industrial Estate.

Work is due to begin in January 2023 on a new junction, access road, car park and landscaping that are key to delivering Midlothian Council’s ambitious vision for Destination Hillend.

The history of 51-53 Castle Street in Inverness is being celebrated after the sympathetic restoration of the building was completed to create eight new homes and a new commercial unit for the city centre.

13-year-old Jay Currie has become one of the youngest trained articulated dump truck drivers in the UK, after gaining his Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) ADT (articulated dump truck) Red Card. The schoolboy from Cullen follows in his brother Jamie’s footsteps, who became the younge

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Oregon Timber Frame Limited

A masterplan application has been submitted for the Scottish Prison Service’s new HMP Glasgow prison facility, the modern, fit-for-purpose replacement for HMP Barlinnie which is due to open in 2026. The masterplan for the 54-acre site, at the former Provan Gas Works on Royston Road to the nort