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Call for construction sector to commit to Quality Charter

Published 3 months ago

The Construction Quality Improvement Collaborative is calling for more businesses and organisations in the sector to commit to its Quality Charter, as it marks its second anniversary in early February.

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Survey highlights skills gap crisis in Scotland’s engineering sector

Published 3 months ago

Scotland is facing an “economic disaster” caused by a damaging skills shortage in the engineering sector, a new study has revealed.

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Proposals lodged for new housing and neighbourhood retail at Ravenscraig

Published 3 months ago

A new planning application has been submitted by McTaggart Construction and Ravenscraig Limited to North Lanarkshire Council for a residential development and 14,500 sq ft of retail space on the former industrial steel works site of Ravenscraig.

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University of Glasgow to share Lilybank Gardens student accommodation plans

Published 3 months ago

Plans by the University of Glasgow to replace low-utility surface parking with purpose-built student residences are to go on display next week.

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Flamingo Land bids to overturn Loch Lomond resort decision

Published 3 months ago

The company behind plans for a £40 million holiday resort next to Loch Lomond, which were rejected for a second time in September, has submitted an appeal to the Scottish Government.

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Architects collaborate on New Gorbals redevelopment plans

Published 3 months ago

A planning application has been submitted for 152 affordable homes in Glasgow for New Gorbals Housing Association.

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Administrators appointed at Connect Modular

Published 3 months ago

Modular housebuilder Connect Modular has entered administration, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs.

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New plans for site of former council office in Dunfermline

Published 3 months ago

Revised plans have been submitted for new homes to be created on an abandoned city centre site at Walmer Drive in Dunfermline.

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Plans lodged to build up to 360 homes in Rosyth

Published 3 months ago

Plans have been submitted for 360 new homes on an area of farmland in Rosyth.

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Urbanite Living completes handover of 169-bed student development in Glasgow

Published 3 months ago

Urbanite Living has completed construction of its new student accommodation development at Jocelyn Square in Glasgow city centre.

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Suir Engineering acquires Taylor & Fraser

Published 3 months ago

Suir Engineering Ltd, one of Europe’s fastest-growing engineering services providers, has announced the acquisition of Taylor & Fraser, a mechanical & electrical engineering business operating in Scotland for more than 100 years.

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Briar Homes secures green light in Barrhead

Published 3 months ago

East Renfrewshire Council has granted Briar Homes planning permission for a development of 39 private homes near Lyoncross Farm, on the southern edge of Barrhead.

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Green light for 3,000 homes on site of disused Edinburgh runway

Published 4 months ago

A proposed development promising 3,000 new homes on the site of Edinburgh Airport’s disused runway has received outline planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council.

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Charing Cross Gateway granted planning permission in principle

Published 4 months ago

A £250 million plan to transform Glasgow’s Charing Cross with homes, student flats and hotel space as well as the potential removal of a bridge over the M8 has been given the go-ahead in principle.

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Robertson starts major modernisation project for University of Glasgow

Published 4 months ago

Work has begun on a £12.6 million investment project to upgrade the Annexe of the University of Glasgow Library, being designed and built by Robertson Construction Central West.

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