IN Brief:
- Scotbuild has rebranded as SB Services following the integration of Calder Electrical.
- The company has launched a dedicated mechanical and electrical division for commercial, industrial, energy, and residential work.
- Paul Richardson, John MacPherson, and Chris Ogg have joined the business in senior operational and technical roles.
Scotbuild has rebranded as SB Services and launched a dedicated mechanical and electrical division as it expands its integrated building services offer across the north of Scotland.
The new identity brings Scotbuild and Calder Electrical together under the SB Services brand. The mechanical and electrical division will work alongside the company’s joinery, plumbing, and decorating teams, creating a wider multi-trade service for commercial, industrial, energy, and residential clients.
Scotbuild and Calder Electrical were acquired by Global in 2024 to strengthen its construction and building services portfolio. Daniel Cormack was appointed managing director at the time and is now leading the enlarged business through its rebrand and M&E expansion.
Cormack said the launch marks an important milestone as the business becomes unified under one brand. He said the new mechanical division strengthens SB Services’ ability to deliver larger and more complex projects across the north of Scotland, supported by local presence, accreditations, and an experienced team.
The company has made three senior appointments to support the move. Paul Richardson has joined as mechanical operations manager, while John MacPherson has been appointed compliance and technical manager. Together, they bring more than 60 years of mechanical and electrical experience to the new division.
Chris Ogg has also been appointed operations manager, bringing operational and project delivery experience to the wider business. Cormack said Ogg will support operational performance, site teams, and service standards as SB Services continues to grow.
Richardson said SB Services has a clear vision for building a fully integrated MEP offer across the north of Scotland, adding that dedicated mechanical capability creates opportunities across commercial, industrial, energy, and residential sectors.
The expansion reflects a broader shift in building services delivery. Clients are increasingly looking for contractors that can coordinate mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, compliance, and fabric works through fewer interfaces. That pressure is particularly visible on retrofit, public-sector, healthcare, energy, and industrial projects, where programme certainty and live-environment working can be as important as trade capability.
Regional contractors with integrated services can also gain resilience. A business able to deliver multiple trade packages is better placed to support frameworks, maintenance programmes, small works, refurbishment, decarbonisation upgrades, and larger projects requiring coordinated sequencing.
In rural and dispersed markets such as the Highlands, that capability can reduce reliance on fragmented subcontract routes. Clients with assets spread across wide geographies often need responsive local delivery, technical assurance, and enough trade depth to avoid repeated mobilisation from outside the region.
Mechanical and electrical demand is also being shaped by energy transition work. Heat pumps, ventilation upgrades, controls, electrical capacity, EV charging, solar PV, building management systems, and compliance-led maintenance are drawing building services contractors deeper into decarbonisation programmes.
The appointment of a compliance and technical manager alongside mechanical operations leadership points towards that more regulated operating environment. M&E work now carries greater expectations around documentation, commissioning, testing, certification, and coordination with building safety, fire, energy, and facilities management requirements.
The rebrand gives the combined business a single identity after the acquisition of Scotbuild and Calder Electrical. Its next test will be operational: combining local trade capacity with stronger technical management in a north of Scotland market shaped by energy, infrastructure, public estate, commercial, and residential demand.
