Progress is well underway on our project for West Lothian Council at Mill Road. These new homes which consist of eight cottage flats and seven houses are located on land adjacent to Mill Road in Linlithgow Bridge. The development includes four one-bed cottages flats, four two-bed cottage flats, four two-bed houses and one three-bed house. Officers […]
Springburn Academy Glasgow school pupils laid the foundations for their future careers with a day helping out at a construction site. Ten S4 students from Springburn Academy tried out their skills at the Loretto Housing site at Barclay Street opposite their school. The pupils, who are all working towards a Construction Skills Certificate (CSC) qualification, […]
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McTaggart Construction Limited are delighted to be appointed the Development Partner of West Lothian Council to provide a total of 193 Units across the West Lothian area. We recently completed five new bungalows in this key affordable housing programme. These bungalows have been specifically designed for tenants with mobility issues and are the first council homes […]
McTaggart Construction recently attended the North Ayrshire Council Employment Fayre in Saltcoats. We had a spectacular turnout which attracted over 800 attendees to the event. Our team Ross Hammell and Sharon Swan attended and were on hand to speak with any jobseekers or young people interested in the industry. Our in house Community Benefit Officer was available […]
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Action for Children’s latest group of Construction “newbies” spent the day with McTaggart Construction at our two sites for Parkhead Housing Association. 10 young people took part in the day programme that consisted of: Construction Career readiness talk, focusing on the commitment and initiative required by young people to succeed in the industry delivered by […]
Our Laurel Homes Development at Dunlop Manor has been awarded Renovation of the Year at the Scottish Property Awards. Dunlop Manor was shortlisted for three separate awards and faced strong competition in each of the categories but won in the strongly contested category of Renovation of the Year. […]
Over recent years McTaggart Construction has supported the work of the Princes Trust and how it can develop the future of the construction industries workforce. McTaggart Construction has supported three different Princes Trust Programmes this month on sites in Glasgow and East Kilbride. Princes Trust Get into Home Building McTaggart Construction believes work placements are […]
Through our work placement initiatives, we try to give young people the opportunity to experience a variety of different trades and gain valuable site experience. Over the past year we have worked with a number of different employability support agencies in the areas in which we are working. At our Laurieston Glasgow site McTaggart we […]
An award-winning local charity has received a £20,000 makeover thanks to Renfrewshire’s newest affordable housing development. The STAR Project’s base in Paisley’s Wallace Street was refurbished as a community benefit of Sanctuary Scotland’s regeneration of Shortroods. Sanctuary Scotland’s contractor McTaggart Construction decorated the building, replacing floors and improving the toilets. The makeover has delighted staff, […]
We are delighted to announce that our project in Shortroods, Paisley for Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association has been shortlisted for the Premier Excellence Awards 2015 for Large Development of the Year! This project will deliver 86 new housing units in Paisley – 56 homes for general needs and 30 homes for shared equity sale. The development in […]
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