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Scotland Construction News Archive for December 2009
18/12/2009
Work has started to create a new, high quality and energy efficient business park to benefit the Irvine Bay area. Annickbank, Irvine will be built with the very highest energy efficiency ratings – essential at a time when more and more businesses are looking to cut costs and minimise their carbon f
18/12/2009
Balcas, the timber products company which recently opened a £24m Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and pellet manufacturing plant in Easter Ross, has shipped its first load of pellets (brites) to Denmark. The Invergordon-based company burns timber from the North of Scotland to produce energy which is s
17/12/2009
Construction managers in Scotland are being reminded to secure their sites to reduce the risks of accidents during the Christmas shut-down. The warning comes from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which has had to investigate after members of the public have been killed or injured in a range of
17/12/2009
More than £1.5m is being invested in revitalising some of Scotland's most important historic buildings, the Minister for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop announced today. The Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, the Fairfield shipyard office building and Cottier Theatre in Glasgow, along with St M
17/12/2009
The first phase of streetscape works at Dingwall High Street has been completed in time for local businesses to welcome people to enjoy their festive shopping. About two thirds of the High Street has been upgraded by The Highland Council's Planning and Development Service, working in conjunction wi
17/12/2009
A pioneering Orkney company is expanding its workforce to meet a growing demand from wind, wave and tidal energy developers. Bryan J Rendall (Electrical) Ltd needs to recruit more skilled staff to work on a wide range of renewable energy projects. The firm is already involved in both wave and tida
17/12/2009
Loreburn Housing Association has this week confirmed it will renew its partnership with Ashleigh (Scotland) Construction Ltd with a view to completing its ambitious development programme in Dumfries and Galloway. The working relationship which began in 2007 has led to the employment of a significan
17/12/2009
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services has been awarded a £3.2m contract by Barr Construction to supply and install mechanical and electrical services for the refurbishment of Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline. Over a nine-month period, Livingston office will oversee the replacement of all mechan
17/12/2009
New council homes will be developed across Aberdeenshire following a successful bid by the local authority for £1.85 million of Scottish government funding. Aberdeenshire Council has been given the funds towards the development of 74 new homes as part of the £24 million second round of new build ho
17/12/2009
A charity in Dumfries is set to provide warmth for over 8,000 vulnerable people after being granted almost £100,000 by the ScottishPower Energy People Trust. Dumfries Welfare Rights, which assists vulnerable families in the area who are having financial difficulties, in particular those with young
16/12/2009
First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed the announcement of a joint-venture by Pelamis Wave Power, the Edinburgh technology developer, and Vattenfall, one of the largest utilities in Europe. The First Minister addressed key business, third sector and trade union representatives at the fourth meeti
16/12/2009
An initiative to kick start regeneration in Glasgow communities has been launched by the Scottish government, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Housing Association (GHA). A joint strategic group, comprising representatives of all three bodies, has been set up to drive forward the building of hundred
16/12/2009
A rundown stretch of land in Carmunnock is set to be transformed into a scenic hotspot, with a little help from a team of ScottishPower employees. The under-used site, which is a willow plantation, is unpopular with locals and has been used for fly tipping in the past. It was targeted as part of
16/12/2009
Plans to refurbish Stornoway Town Hall are intended to increase civic and community usage of the facility and improve the building, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has stressed. At the moment the Town Hall is under-used and one of the purposes of the proposed new development will be to improve usage of a
16/12/2009
Inverclyde Council's Regeneration Committee has agreed to sell a triangle of land to Network Rail to allow the company to press ahead with a new £5 million train station at Gourock. By incorporating the 320 square metres of ground into the development it allows wider plans for the regeneration of G
16/12/2009
Funding has been awarded for the enhancement of Kirrie Hill as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of JM Barrie's birth. The Rural Tayside LEADER programme has made an award of £60,000 - its biggest grant to date - to Angus Council to develop tourism facilities and other amenities at Kirriem
16/12/2009
Angus Council is to build new homes in Carnoustie and Monifieth at an estimated cost of nearly £6 million. The Scottish Government has announced that Angus Council will receive subsidy of £25,000 per home to build 38 homes in Carnoustie on the former Kinloch school site. A further two homes, in Lai
15/12/2009
Scottish house prices have risen within the last three months, the latest statistics from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) show. The survey found 21% of those questioned thought prices had risen, 73% said they had remained stable and 6% said they had fallen. RICS expect house p
15/12/2009
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) in Scotland has reiterated the need for more innovative thinking with regards to unlocking investment in new affordable housing. At today's launch of a new CIH discussion paper, Investing in Affordable Housing - A Radical Rethink, delegates will consider alt
15/12/2009
Legal protection to ensure that families across Scotland are only evicted as an "absolute last resort" must be put in place by the Scottish government as a matter of urgency, the charity Shelter Scotland has said. The call comes as a Shelter report released today shows that social landlords evicted
15/12/2009
Aberdeen City Council has been awarded more than £1 million by the Scottish Government to help build 42 new council homes. The bulk of the money will be used to build 35 new homes in a family-friendly "Homezone" on the site of the former Marchburn School in Northfield, comprising 19 three-bedroom h
15/12/2009
Scottish Borders Council has approved plans for the expansion of a quarry on Soutra. Skene Group aim to double the size of operations at the site at Blackshiels. They will extract around 450,000 tonnes a year over the next 20 to 25 years. Planning committee chairman Jock Houston told BBC Scotland
15/12/2009
Council house building is to be reintroduced in the Highlands after a gap of 14 years. The Highland Council is delighted that it has been successful with its bid for £1.275 million funding to the Scottish government to support the construction of 51 new council houses. The housing units are earmar
15/12/2009
Plans are progressing for the enhancement of Kirrie Hill as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of JM Barrie's birth. Following detailed consultation and a meeting with interested residents on site, a planning application has now been lodged for exciting proposals to regenerate the popular K
15/12/2009
Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has delivered Royal Mail a helping hand this year by securing two temporary Christmas lets. The lettings in question are the entire 59,200 sq ft of distribution and warehousing space at Whistleberry Industrial Park, Blantyre and for 15,400 sq ft of industrial space at C
14/12/2009
The Scottish government has allocated a further £24 million to help 20 councils build houses for rent. This latest round of grants will provide an extra 954 homes, taking the total to nearly 2,300 new houses across 22 local authorities. The government's total financial allocation for new council h
14/12/2009
Mr Salmond has announced that Europe's largest wind farm, Whitelee on Eaglesham Moor, has received planning approval to expand its capacity to 593 MW. This will enable it to power 275,000 homes and support 200 jobs. The local community will receive up to £350,000 every year from the extension to s
14/12/2009
The contract to refurbish 18 council houses in Andersquoy has been awarded to O’Brien Construction Ltd of Thurso. Work on the houses should start in late-February next year, with the refurbished one and two bedroom flats ready for use by the end of 2010. The announcement follows the recent award o
14/12/2009
Changes to the CITB-ConstructionSkills Grants Scheme have been agreed by the industry-led Board to ensure the skills and training board can continue to pay grants to businesses as the recession deepens. After extensive consultation, the Board introduced a package of measures to restore working capi
14/12/2009
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has produced new guidance on behalf of the government to help landlords tackle the unlawful subletting and occupancy of social housing. It is estimated that there are currently 50,000 properties which are fraudulently occupied, resulting in thousands of fam
14/12/2009
Work began in November to repair and replace windows at Gillespie Memorial Church, funded by Fife Council's Dunfermline Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS). The rusting metal windows along each side of the church will be replaced with longer lasting timber windows, more appropriate to the
14/12/2009
An Aberdeen based mechanical services company has secured a contract with Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited worth an estimated £1 million. EnerMech Ltd will provide flexible hose inspection and maintenance services in addition to supplying hoses and associated equipment to three Maersk Oil assets, t
14/12/2009
Leading commercial property consultant Ryden is celebrating as eight professional staff have achieved MRICS status after successfully completing the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ Assessment of Professional Competence (APC). The newly qualified chartered surveyors are Alan Herriot (Indus
11/12/2009
Work is about to begin on the first stage of rebuilding the fire damaged Raasay House. The Grade A Listed mansion house on the Isle of Raasay, Skye, was left a smoking ruin following a major fire which gutted the building in January of this year. Now contractors are poised to begin stabilising th
11/12/2009
The process of identifying the contractor who will build and operate the new rail link to the Borders is now under way. The notice for the construction has been submitted for publication in the Official Journal of European Union (OJEU) by Transport Scotland, the Scottish government agency in charge
11/12/2009
CECA members have been involved in the induction of fifteen young people to an M74 Modern Apprenticeship scheme. Most of the apprentices are from the Glasgow and South Lanarkshire area. They began working on this project in 2008 as a result of the M74 Employability Partnership, and they will now be
11/12/2009
Plans to regenerate the centres of Johnstone and Elderslie have been given a major boost. Renfrewshire councillors have backed a proposal to appoint consultants to help develop a strategy for the regeneration of the centres over the next decade. The study has been commissioned by Renfrewshire Coun
11/12/2009
On behalf of a private investor, James Barr’s Edinburgh agency team has secured the first tenant at Vantage Point, Corstorphine Road. Following a full refurbishment a deal has been struck with National Grid for a ten-year lease at £14.00 per sq ft over 4,839 sq ft of open plan office accommodation
11/12/2009
On behalf of the landlord, Ryden has concluded the letting of 11 Howard Street, Edinburgh to Lo Base Shoes Ltd on a new five-year full repairing and insuring lease. The 213 sq m (2,297 sq ft) ground and basement retail unit has been taken at a rental of £13,500 for years one and two and £14,000 for
11/12/2009
East Renfrewshire's council house tenants will see their rent increase by only 3.5%. The new rate, which applies from April next year, puts the average annual rent over 48 weeks up from £54.32 to £56.22. Housing Convener, Councillor Danny Devlin, said: "Any rent increase, particularly in these eco
11/12/2009
A key building at the heart of Irvine is to be given a crystal clear future. Irvine Bay Regeneration Company believes the £3.3 million project will play a significant role in restoring the fortunes of the town. North Ayrshire Council’s Executive has opted for a new glazed look for the fascia of B
10/12/2009
Failure to include any further measures to help stimulate the fragile housing market in yesterday's Pre-Budget Report was described as inexcusable by Scotland’s home building industry. Jonathan Fair, Chief Executive of Homes for Scotland, whose membership provides 95% of new homes built for sale as
10/12/2009
A £15,000 donation from charity ShareGift is set to help housing charity Shelter Scotland answer more calls to its helpline. The housing services are in greater demand than ever as the recession bites. ShareGift was set up to provide a solution to the problem of very small holdings of unwanted sha
10/12/2009
A new custodial facility in East Dunbartonshire, HMP Low Moss, has been given the go ahead by East Dunbartonshire Council's Planning Committee. The facility is being delivered by one of the leading contractors Carillion with Holmes acting as Architect and Lead Consultant. Low Moss is the first c
10/12/2009
Work is now underway on the new £2million Park and Ride facility for Carluke Railway Station. The 1.9 hectare site will provide 330 spaces and include disabled parking, full CCTV coverage, a drop off area and shelter, new lighting and improved traffic management. The limited capacity at the curren
10/12/2009
New arrangements to supply gas to public bodies will save the Scottish government millions. The contract, worth around £80 million a year from April 2010, has been awarded to Total Gas and Power (Total GP) after a competitive tender. The public sector will benefit by around £5 million a year thro
10/12/2009
Asda have announced plans to open a new store in the Cumnock. The supermarket's arrival forms part of the town centre's regeneration. Welcoming the news that the chain is to take over the former Somerfield supermarket site, Leader of East Ayrshire Council, Councillor Douglas Reid said: "We very mu
10/12/2009
British Waterways Scotland has announced that the Crinan Canal will be closed between 14th December 2009 and 15th March 2010. Argyll and Bute Council said the closure is necessary in order to undertake essential engineering work to repair an embankment leak found between Bellanoch Bridge and the ea
10/12/2009
Renewable and clean energy enjoys a 'significant comparative advantage' in Scotland according to an independent report published today. A study carried out for the Scottish government highlights Scotland's location, natural resources, research and development and manufacturing bases as key advantag
09/12/2009
The Scottish Building Federation (SBF) has reacted angrily to the Pre-Budget Report, presented this afternoon to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. SBF Chief Executive Michael Levack expressed bitter disappointment that the Chancellor confirmed that the standa
09/12/2009
As construction schemes around the country stall Glasgow City Council and Dawn Group, in a joint venture with Chiltern Group, are forging ahead with their plan to create an exciting new quarter to the east of Glasgow's city centre. Collegelands will comprisie of more than 1,100,000 square feet of c
09/12/2009
A new 2020 Delivery Group aims to ensure that all sectors of Scotland's economy and civic society contribute fully to achieving the Climate Change Delivery Plan which includes the target of a 42% reduction in emissions over the next decade. The group, convened by Scottish and Southern Energy Chief
09/12/2009
Plans to expand Edinburgh and Glasgow airports have been dealt a blow following the publication of a new report by the UK Climate Change Committee, according to WWF Scotland. The report states that Scotland's growing aviation passenger demand is not compatible with plans to reduce climate emissions
09/12/2009
Scaffolding and works are spreading through Kilmarnock’s historic buildings, as a scheme takes hold throughout the town centre. Councillors, officials and business leaders inspected the latest progress this week and were gratified to see the old buildings being brought back to tip top condition. A
09/12/2009
Crossing the River Ayr in style is easier than ever now that the newly refurbished Turners Bridge in Ayr is open for use. Despite excessive rain, gale force winds, frost and low temperatures over the last few weeks the work on the bridge is now complete. An extensive refurbishment programme, costi
09/12/2009
The Aberdeen-based contracts division of Space Solutions, a workplace design specialist, is celebrating a substantial surge in orders. A series of major contract wins in the North East - fuelled by the success of the division's specialist procurement services - has seen the 13-man team pull in £6.3
09/12/2009
Two special young guests are set to officially open Inverclyde Royal Hospital's refurbished £300,000 Community Maternity Unit (CMU), where they both started life. Erin O’Rourke (6), a pupil at St Ninian’s Primary School in Greenock, was the first baby born at the unit, and she will join Anna Murray
08/12/2009
The Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise have provided £3 million support for the Edinburgh Tattoo's £16 million castle esplanade grandstand project. Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop said: "Edinburgh's spectacular and world-renowned Military Tattoo, set against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle,
08/12/2009
Disadvantaged tenants must not be left behind as overall improvements for private tenants disguise the problems experienced by the worst off, according to a new report published today. The report, from Consumer Focus Scotland and Shelter Scotland, welcomes the revival of private renting as a housin
08/12/2009
Inverclyde Council's Planning Board has approved plans for 18 new flats in Port Glasgow. The development at 2 Highholm Street will see a five storey block of two bedroom flats with underground parking built on the site. There had been concerns raised at a previous Board meeting in August about acc
08/12/2009
The new look Airlie Primary School was officially opened on Friday 4 December. The Victorian building has been given a £1.45m makeover by Angus Council to provide a school fit for the 21st century. The new extended and renovated school has capacity for 75 pupils and includes two new classrooms, ne
08/12/2009
A Property Services Group has started work on a £350,000 project to upgrade East Lothian houses. The East Lothian Council has awarded a contract to Apollo's Glasgow operation in Thomson Crescent and North Seton Park at Port Seton following a competitive tender process. The properties, built in the
08/12/2009
A property consultancy specialising in rural property surveying, has announced that it is looking to recruit three qualified land agents. CKD Galbraith, acquired the Buccleuch John Sale estate agency and chartered surveying business in July this year, with the addition of three new offices and 30 s
08/12/2009
A commercial electrical contractor from Northern Ireland has completed a £450,000 fit out for retail toy giant, Hamleys. Premier Electrics delivered its part of the Hamleys store in Glasgow's Enoch Centre on time for its pre-Christmas opening. The extensive electrical project took a 16 man team
08/12/2009
Residents in Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn and Burntisland are invited to come along to a series of drop-in events to find out more about the Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan in their local area. Fife Council Development Services has prepared Draft Conservation Area Appraisals and Management P
07/12/2009
The Scottish government is urging the UK government to allow cash to be moved from future budgets into the 2010-11 financial year to allow accelerated capital spending on construction projects. Ministers say a similar decision to accelerate spending on infrastructure projects in 2008-09 and 2009-10
07/12/2009
Residents of the six multi storey blocks in the Calders, Edinburgh, are benefiting from a massive £4m investment by the city council. Work will start early next year on a complete renovation of all 408 bathrooms and kitchens in the multi storeys at Cobbinshaw, Dunsyre and Medwin House. Residents a
07/12/2009
Hundreds of crofters will have their interest payments on house loans halved, easing the financial burden on them during the current economic climate. The option of moving from a fixed interest rate, as high as seven per cent, to a new variable rate of three point five per cent will ease the financ
07/12/2009
The Low Carbon Mission, an event that is part of Scotland's Climate Change Framework, will be presented at the international Climate Change Summit which gets under way in Copenhagen today. Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson said that, although the UK government has refused to include a Scott
07/12/2009
Kirkcaldy town centre is to benefit from a share of the recently announced Scottish government Town Centre Regeneration Fund. Plans for Kirkcaldy High Street include streetscaping, installation of Wi-Fi, public realm improvements, better lighting and new signage. The £2 million award will form p
07/12/2009
Contractors have moved in to strip one of Bathgate's landmark buildings. Lindsay House will eventually be demolished and replaced with a brand new West Lothian Council building which will bring together council services under one roof. Work to decommission the building started on 7 December with
07/12/2009
Two South Ayrshire Council swimming pools are set to benefit from an £80,000 upgrade over the festive period so they can start the new year in style. The Council is investing the monies to upgrade filtration and ancillary plant at Prestwick and Maybole swimming pools, which will close for slightly
07/12/2009
Aberdeen Lock & Security (ALSC) is reporting brisk business in helping to restore some of Aberdeen's best known buildings. Cast iron railings were once a familiar sight in the world famous granite streets of the city's West End but many were removed around the time of World War Two. Now, however, m
04/12/2009
Eight Scottish housing associations now have access to a new £70 million lending facility offered by the European Investment Bank and the Housing Finance Corporation. This is an alternative private lending source helping to support new affordable home developments and jobs in the house building sec
04/12/2009
An attempt to reinstate funding for the Glasgow Airport Rail Link into the Scottish budget has been rejected. SNP and Conservative members of the Holyrood finance committee voted down the move. Labour wanted the Committee's report to include a call for the Ministers to bring back the £120m project
04/12/2009
Lovell has been chosen by Dunedin Canmore Housing Association to deliver a £3.6 million affordable housing development in Oxgangs, Edinburgh. The 33-home scheme is the third phase of a major regeneration project for the area and will create 10 houses and 24 flats for affordable rent in Firrhill Par
04/12/2009
A £60 million plan to create a new waterfront for Irvine has been submitted to North Ayrshire Council. Urban Splash are seeking planning permission for their multi-million pound plans to regenerate the 12-acre site at Irvine Harbour and create a mixed-use scheme. The company was selected by Irvin
04/12/2009
Scottish Borders Council (SBC) has welcomed the decision by the Scottish Government to offer 50% funding towards the relocation a primary school. Duns primary school will move to the site of a former high school. SBC bid for the funding after the decision to replace the school was seen as top prio
04/12/2009
School children have been gaining valuable experience of the Scottish engineering industry. Young people at Thurso, Wick, Golspie and Farr High Schools learned about the engineering sector during a series of industry days organised by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Part of the STEM (scie
04/12/2009
A Renaissance king would expect the ceiling of his bedchamber to be truly magnificent. James V would have been no exception, and the palace he had built in Stirling Castle was rich with elegant stone statues and other fine craftsmanship. The Historic Scotland team recreating the palace interiors h
03/12/2009
Plans to build a new multi-million pound links course on the west coast of Scotland close to Turnberry, Prestwick and Troon have taken a major step forward. The Ayrshire Golf Company has completed negotiations with Irvine Bay Regeneration Company to construct a new 18-hole links course complete wit
03/12/2009
Communities across Scotland have been awarded over £3.6 million from the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) to help reduce their carbon footprint and become more energy efficient. Nearly £30 million in total will be awarded to communities who come forward with innovative ideas to tackle their carbon emis
03/12/2009
House prices are remaining strong in Edinburgh but more needs to be done to encourage first-time buyers to make their first purchases, according to one of the city's leading estate agents. Responding to the latest Nationwide report, which shows UK house prices have risen for the seventh successive
03/12/2009
The first phase of a major scheme to improve Greenock Town Centre has been approved. Nine applications to refurbish existing shop fronts on Cathcart Street have been granted by Inverclyde Council's Planning Board. Board Chair Councillor David Wilson said: "This is just the start of the investment
03/12/2009
More than £100,000 is being spent on improvements to the communal areas at two high-rise blocks in Methi, Fife. Residents living at Swan and Memorial Courts will benefit from a range of improvements, including new automatic entrance doors, plus better ramps into the buildings and laundry areas. And
03/12/2009
Housing association tenants in Dundee are set to benefit from a specialist energy efficiency advice service. A report to the city council's housing, Dundee Contract Services and environment services committee on Monday (December 7) will recommend that the Dundee Energy Efficiency Advice Project (DE
03/12/2009
New guidance which aims to promote growth by creating jobs and boosting skills in communities is to be released. The announcement was made today by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the National Skills Academy for Construction (NSAfC), which is an innovative employer-led t
03/12/2009
The dredging of the Barry Burn in Carnoustie is now underway. The work, which is being carried out by Highland Quality Construction, started this week and will take around five weeks to complete, depending on weather conditions. This involves the removal of sediment from the section of the burn fr
02/12/2009
Work on the first new council houses to be built in Dundee for more than 20 years is likely to start early next year. A report to the city council's housing, Dundee Contract Services and environment services committee on Monday (December 7) seeks approval for developers to be appointed. The contra
02/12/2009
Textile recycling firm Nathan's Wastesavers has officially opened their new £2.5 million extension in Denny, adding to their 230 strong work force. Over one million garments are recycled every week at the sorting plant, the largest single employers in the area. Officially opening the extension, En
02/12/2009
Contractors have begun work on a new state-of-the-art 3G all-weather pitch in Broomhill. The artificial surface allows 28 games a week to be played, compared to just three on grass. Convener of Regeneration Councillor Jim Clocherty said: "The Leisure Strategy is starting to kick off in Inverclyde
02/12/2009
Work to build a new eco-friendly bird observatory on Fair Isle looks set to be completed by the end of this month - several weeks ahead of schedule. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) granted £400,000 towards the ambitious £4 million building project in March 2009, helping one of the most remot
02/12/2009
Work is about to start on the £19.3 million new shared school campus in Motherwell. Councillor Jim McCabe, Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, cut the first turf on the site at Milton Street on Wednesday 25 November. The campus will be home to the new Cathedral Primary School, Firpark ASN Primar
02/12/2009
Town Centre Regeneration in Kilmarnock is gathering momentum as the former Johnnie Walker warehouse undergoes an extensive refurbishment. The Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme which covers conservation, repair and maintenance affecting external building elements has been awarded a grant of up t
02/12/2009
Project workers at Angus Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) are celebrating after offering a helping hand to nearly 300 vulnerable households across the area. The Fuel Fair project, which aims to relieve fuel poverty, was given a grant of almost £70,000 from the ScottishPower Energy People Trust in Febru
02/12/2009
The Mctavish Ramsay Group has accquired Doors by Design. The group gained the businesses' soft and hard assets after Doors by Design was liquidated by the administrator in October. The Doors by Design business has now been integrated with Mctavish Ramsay Group and has its own trading division kn
01/12/2009
'On the first anniversary of the introduction of Home Reports, Housing Minister Alex Neil has said that the system has been ''good news'' for the Scottish housing market. Statistics released today by the Scottish Government show over 75,000 Home Reports have been completed over the last year with th
01/12/2009
House prices rose by 0.5% in November, the same rate as in October, according to a new Nationwide report. At £162,764, the average house price is at a similar level to where it was in early 2006. This suggests that house prices are rising at a more moderate rate than in the spring and summer months
01/12/2009
Construction companies have been invited to tender for the contract to build the replacement Forth crossing. Two consortiums will vie for the £2bn contract which covers design and construction of the main crossing and approaching roads. The Forthspan consortium consists of Vinci, Balfour Beatty,
01/12/2009
The A87 at An Coileach is to benefit from £3m of essential road maintenance, Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson announced today. The contract award by Transport Scotland to RJ MacLeod will see reconstruction of the road to strengthen and widen 2.7km of the A87, from Abhainn Ceann Bridge through S
01/12/2009
Dundee City Council education convener Cllr Liz Fordyce has officially opened Rowantree Primary School. The new school is part of Dundee City Council's £90 million PPP programme, which has delivered a total of six new primaries and two secondaries. Cllr Fordyce said: "This is a very special day fo
01/12/2009
A pilot project which will help shape Scotland's first Marine Bill has been conducted in the Sound of Mull. A public consultation together with drop-in sessions about the Sound of Mull Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative (SSMEI) will start this month. Two and a half years in product
01/12/2009
Aberdeen-based Northern Offshore UK Ltd has been awarded a contract with Caspian Drilling Company Limited (CDC) for the provision of support services for drilling operations in the Caspian Sea, worth an estimated contract value of over £12.75 million. Due to run until July 2011, the two year contra
01/12/2009
Land Securities has appointed Robin Brydon MRICS as a new Management Surveyor for Scotland and the North East of England. In his new role as the Management Surveyor, Robin will deal with a broad range of property management matters from service charge apportionment to landlord's consents, assignmen
