Students at Heriot-Watt University have been rewarded for their innovative ideas for the future of the housebuilding industry. CALA Homes has awarded five third year students from the University’s Construction Project Management and Quantity Surveying courses with a paid internship a
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CALA Homes (West) has completed the acquisition of a brownfield site in Bishopbriggs and announced it is set to invest £150 million into East Dunbartonshire as part of a major long-term commitment. The Bishopbriggs development will deliver 135 new homes, including 34 affordable, on a 19-acre s
A CALA Homes employee from Kirkintilloch has returned from Cambodia, where she has been building a home for a local family in need in partnership with international charity Habitat for Humanity. Claire Ferris, development surveyor at CALA Homes (East), worked with nine other CALA employees to build
Construction works at CALA Homes (West’s) £100 million Jordanhill Park site has now surpassed 100 working days with more than 400 homes on track to be delivered by 2023. Since work commenced in October last year, more than 180 operatives have been inducted to date, with an average of app
Local charities, schools, community projects and good causes across Scotland have been given more time to apply for a share of CALA Homes’ £55,000 Community Bursary. The initiative, which launched in Aberdeen in 2016 and the rest of the country in 2017, aims to provide support for a wide
Archaeological excavations of the Old West (Queen’s) Dock opposite Leith's ocean terminal are revealing part of the port’s Napoleonic defences. The remains the Georgian and Victorian docks are being excavated by AOC Archaeology with the City of Edinburgh Council, and preserved
Students have been encouraged to “push each and every boundary” that makes up a typical home, in a tie up between Heriot-Watt University and homebuilder CALA Homes. The partnership will give Construction Project Management and Quantity Surveying third year students the chance to develop
Charities, schools, community projects and good causes across the Scotland could receive a share of £55,000 thanks to CALA Homes’ 2019 Community Bursary. The initiative, which launched in Aberdeen in 2016 and the rest of the country in 2017, aims to provide support for a wide range of or
Essential enabling works are now under way at a recently-approved housing development in Midlothian. Proposals from CALA Homes and Avant Homes to build at Mauricewood, to the north of Penicuik, were unanimously supported by the planning committee of Midlothian Council.
A senior site manager has represented his Midlothian development on the UK stage at the housebuilding industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony. Ian Welsh, senior site manager with CALA Homes (East), was crowned a runner-up in the Large Builder category for his work at Mayburn Park, Straiton
A group of CALA Homes employees across Scotland are ready for the build of a lifetime as they prepare to travel to Cambodia to support in building safe homes for vulnerable families. The team has been selected to join the CALA Build 2019 team, which will travel to the Battambang province of Cambodia
CALA Homes has commenced work on a new development to the south of the River Don in Aberdeen. The Persley Den development – which comprises a mix of 401 two, three, four and five-bedroom homes – will include apartments, townhouses, semi-detached, terraced and detached properties.
One of the UK’s biggest housing-linked infrastructure projects is to be delivered in Winchburgh after a deal was struck between a new joint venture, the Scottish Government and West Lothian Council. Winchburgh Developments Limited (WDL), a newly-created joint venture between private equity par
Homebuilder CALA has strengthened its ties with an East Lothian community by supporting the local junior rugby teams for the best part of a decade. CALA Homes (East) has been a long-standing sponsor of North Berwick Rugby Football Club’s (NBRFC) Minis team for six years and recently signed up
The first glimpse inside an 84-apartment development in Edinburgh described as the “most upmarket in Scotland’s recent history” has been unveiled as the homes are due for launch. CALA Homes (East) said its Crescent at Donaldson’s, taking shape in the grounds of the iconic Wil