Scottish Construction Now
5 days ago · Sandy Adam of Springfield Properties has been awarded an OBE by King Charles in the New Year Honours list. Mr Adam is the founder and chairman of Springfield Properties which has its headquarters in Elgin and operates across most of Scotland.
Commercial work leads pick up in November output growth
Dec 5, 2024 · November data from the S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has highlighted a robust upturn in UK construction output, however, new order growth eased to a five-month low and year-ahead business activity expectations were the least upbeat since October 2023.
Partnership milestone for Connected Competence
Sep 27, 2024 · Through industry-recognised, standardised testing, Connected Competence assures an ongoing base level of technical competence for workers across the engineering construction industry to create a safer, technically competent and transferable workforce.
New 63-home Edinburgh development inches closer
Nov 19, 2024 · The proposed project by Dundas Estates will see the transformation of a 0.7-hectare brownfield site on Gorgie Road into a residential community, delivering 63 homes, including 22 affordable homes split between social rent and mid-market rent.
North Glasgow residences upgraded with high-performing …
Dec 5, 2024 · Located in Firhill and occupied by tenants of the association, each residence has received replacement windows and external doors with over 280 PVCu Fully Reversible windows and 62 Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Composite …
Sector welcomes moves to tackle unsustainable pricing
Nov 11, 2024 · The Construction Leadership Forum’s Sustainable Pricing Sub-working Group has welcomed moves to introduce a new Graduated Pricing Mechanism (GPM) to remove the incentive on suppliers to submit unsustainable low prices in order to compete with other low tenders. In an effort to redress what the
Robertson Civil Engineering delivers Scotland’s first alpine coaster ...
Sep 19, 2024 · The first phase of the redevelopment of the Midlothian Snowsports Centre has opened this month, with Robertson Civil Engineering (RCE) playing a major part. RCE is a project partner with Midlothian Council for the redevelopment at Hillend, now the site of Scotland’s first Alpine Coaster which
Winners crowned at NFRC Scottish Roofing Awards 2024
Oct 28, 2024 · The Scottish Roofing Awards 2024 was held last week to celebrate the high-quality work of NFRC members across the Scottish region. The luncheon was held at The Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow. Celebrity host Tam Cowan entertained the audience before presenting the awards covering all roofing discipline
Network Rail awards up to £1.3bn of contracts for next five years
Aug 13, 2024 · The contracts will fund buildings, civils, structures, earthworks, drainage, renewals, and enhancement projects across the country. Across the next five years, Taziker (Lot A – minor civils up to £150 million) will deliver general civils renewals projects including preventative structural repairs and culvert renewals.
Scotland enjoys new construction boom while ‘rest of Britain slows …
Sep 17, 2024 · While Scotland saw contracts awarded leap 32% to £6.8 billion in 2023, both the South East and London recorded double digit falls. Outside Scotland, only the East of England (7.9%) and Yorkshire (0.8%) saw rises - and the average overall, nationwide, was down 0.8%.