While the days of construction careers being portrayed as low paid, low skilled, low prospect jobs for academic underachievers should have been confined to history, new research shows the sector remains tainted by these outdated misconceptions.
Turner & Townsend is calling for stronger project controls and upfront programme planning to combat a sector-wide capacity crunch, as cooling demand, high insolvencies, risk-averse contractors, and loss of market confidence could create further pressures for the industry.
Glasgow City Council has approved the beginning of negotiations on the off-market disposal of two sites, one of which could be acquired by Maryhill Housing Association.
Maxi Caledonian Ltd has posted a rise in pre-tax profits from £4 million to more than £4.3m and an increase in turnover from £80m to over £89m, in its 2022 financial results, showing resilience in a challenging business environment.
Brockwell Energy has announced financial close on its North Kyle wind energy project, which will see a total investment of £300 million to deliver 220.5MW of renewable energy capacity.
Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn Projects has been unanimously granted planning permission for a residential development on land accessed from Stow Road in the north of Lauder.
Final plans to redevelop the former Marks & Spencer store in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street to provide student accommodation for 634 residents have now been submitted.
Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging Ltd has secured a £475,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise to enable the firm to extend its Glasgow premises to bring in new machinery to make them even more energy efficient and sustainable.
A new application has been lodged to deliver an environmentally sensitive Eco-Therapy Wellness Park at the site of the former Barony colliery, near Auchinleck in East Ayrshire.