Whiteburn Projects to deliver 27 new affordable homes in Lauder
WHITEBURN Projects Ltd has agreed a £5.95 million design and build contract with Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) for the delivery of 27 new...
Demolition work underway as part of £24m central Greenock project
DEMOLITION work is underway on Hector McNeil House in Greenock as part of the £24 million project to revamp the central area of the...
Funding secured to transform Edinburgh lighthouse into arts and education hub
THE historic Granton Lighthouse in Edinburgh is to be fully refurbished into a community arts and education hub.
The news comes following the City of...
Plans approved for build of 49 new homes in Leith
PLANS to build 49 new affordable homes at Coatfield Lane in Leith have been approved.
The new homes will be delivered on behalf of the...
Cubby Construction secures £15.65m Annan Harbour contract
CUBBY Construction has been announced as the main contractor for the £15.65 million regeneration of Annan Harbour.
Mobilisation works are already underway, with the Carlisle-based...
Edinburgh Castle’s Crown Room gets royal makeover
WORK is progressing on the significant refurbishment of the Crown Room at Edinburgh Castle.
The historic room is the home of the Crown, Sword, and...
Balmoral Tanks appoints new MD
BALMORAL Tanks, a Balmoral Group company and provider of bulk liquid storage solutions, has announced the appointment of Paul Edwards as MD.
He succeeds long-standing...
New guide helps Scottish construction SMEs manage workforce competence
THE Construction Leadership Forum’s supply chain working group has published a guide to help Scottish SMEs strengthen how they manage workforce competence.
The guide provides...
Scotland’s railway set for £7.2m worth of upgrades over April
NETWORK Rail is to deliver £7.2 million worth of essential engineering work across Scotland's railway throughout April.
The work includes track, signalling, overhead line, and...
SELECT calls to guard against retentions reappearing ‘under a different guise’
SCOTLAND'S largest construction trade body, SELECT, has welcomed the outcome of the UK Government’s consultation on retentions, which proposes to ban the withholding of...
New Glasgow base for floating offshore wind farm project opens
BUCHAN Offshore Wind has officially opened its office in Glasgow city centre as it continues developing a floating offshore wind farm 75km northeast of...
Cruden retains five-star status in HBF survey
CRUDEN Homes has retained its five-star housebuilder rating for the second year running in the latest customer satisfaction survey run by the Home Builders...
Statue returns to Glasgow railway station ahead of wider redevelopment
A celebrated railway sculpture has returned to Springburn Railway Station ahead of a wider redevelopment of the Glasgow station.
Stored away for over two decades,...
CQIC urges ‘fundamental change’ in use of Contractor Design Portions in Scotland
THE Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC) has published a new report calling for a fundamental change in how Contractor Design Portions (CDPs) are used...
Private healthcare specialist gets green light to expand Livingston hospital
SCOTTISH-based private healthcare provider Cosmedicare has secured planning approval from West Lothian Council for a multi-million pound hospital expansion in Livingston.
The cosmetic surgery business,...
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Warehouses and war: how construction contracts help manage delivery risk
By Mark Macaulay (construction partner in the projects practice at Dentons in Glasgow) and Tasmyn Brittlebank (construction partner in the projects practice at Dentons...
