2024 was a challenging year for Scotland’s construction sector with skills gaps, political uncertainty, tight margins, and construction inflation all posing significant issues for firms large and ...

HMP Perth has become the first prison in Scotland to offer a civil engineering training programme for people in custody. Established by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association Scotland (CECA), ...

PUPILS in Motherwell have been given the opportunity to experience the construction sector first-hand through a tailored careers event organised by Clark Contracts. The Build Your Future event came in ...

The total cost of the project is £998.4 million, which includes the cost of land acquisition, VAT, and a construction contract cost of £683.8 million. The prison will replace the 143-year-old HMP ...

COATBRIDGE-based KRG Specialist Engineering has been acquired by Torishima, an engineering group headquartered in Japan. The move brings new foreign direct investment into Scotland’s engineering base ...

THE deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) Awards in the Sustainability category. The project, led by Built Environment ...

TILBURY Douglas has officially marked the start of work on the refurbishment and extension of Mearns Castle High School in Newton Mearns. The project will involve the demolition of 280sqm of original ...

CALA Group Limited has announced the appointment of Michael Rice as chief financial officer (CFO). The firm said that Michael brings a wealth of financial and strategic expertise to Cala, with a ...

Parc Construction Ltd has been awarded a contract to deliver vital upgrade works at Dumfries & Galloway Council HQ. The Dumfries-based buildings and civils contractor was chosen following a ...

Network Rail’s Alan Ross (centre) with Imogen Reading and Stephanie Wilks of the CHSS fundraising team. BALFOUR Beatty and Network Rail have teamed up with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland to bring the ...

Front row L-R: Barry Ray, DIO MPP Army programme delivery leader; Brigadier Jody Davies MBE, commander 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland; and Belinda Lunn, DEO Army programme director ...

IF a payer under a construction contract is looking to pay less than the ‘notified sum’, they must serve a valid notice setting out the sum they intend to pay and the basis for its calculation. This ...