Blending the old with the new in landmark Virgin Hotel

By Leo Shand, senior BIM coordinator at Will Rudd (Glasgow Office)   THE new Virgin Hotel in Edinburgh is a flagship project that involves the...
Graham Mercer, MD of Rearo

Why relationship building has never been more important for manufacturers

By Graham Mercer, MD of Glasgow-based Rearo, which specialises in the manufacture and supply of bathroom and kitchen surfaces for UK trade and retail...

How best to solve disputes generated by Covid-19?

Sandra Cassels, partner on the commercial litigation team specialising in construction and engineering dispute resolution at Morton Fraser, tells Project Scotland why collaboration may...
Rob Ellinor

Beyond compliance: unlocking value from traceability in construction

THE construction industry is at a critical turning point. New regulations designed to improve building safety, sustainability, and accountability will demand significantly improved materials...

Navigating the Housing (Scotland) Bill and the future of build-to-rent

By John McGuire, director at Thomas and Adamson, part of Egis Group  SCOTLAND'S housing market is entering a pivotal phase as the 2025 Housing (Scotland)...

What are the likely post-Brexit outcomes for those working with timber?

By Nigel Buckley Ryan, UK sales director, merchants, Södra WHILE no one can really say with any great certainty what a deal - or lack of...

Highland residents face unfair additional energy costs

By Kirsty Morrison, interim CEO of Albyn Housing Society, an organisation that manages more than 3,700 properties in 70 communities across the Highlands. As inflation...

Humanising the workplace

By Bruce Kennedy, architect director at BDP's Glasgow studio As a designer of workplaces, I’m fascinated by the adaptability of millions of people around the world...

Edinburgh Gateway points the way towards neighbourhoods of the future

By Stuart Harrow, director of transportation at Dougall Baillie Associates EDINBURGH is justifiably proud of what the city offers: a great quality of life, a...
Muir Timber Systems

Raising the rafters: timber systems driving the next generation of housing delivery

By Gary Gray, general manager, Muir Timber Systems AS the housing sector contends with increasing delivery pressures, evolving regulatory demands, and an urgent need to...

Offsite construction can become the ‘new normal’

By Stewart Dalgarno, AIMCH project director and director of product development at Stewart Milne Group THE global pandemic will have a wide-reaching impact on...

Second shot in the arm is the right prescription for Scottish property market

By Alan Gordon, senior partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors AS the socially-distanced queues snake round the block at vaccination centres across Scotland, there is...
Aerial view of Torvean Quarry

It’s now or never in quest to tackle skills shortages

Callum Mackintosh, director at Hi-skills, tells Project Scotland why the nation needs a Centre of Excellence for Skills, Safety and Innovation - and why...
Altrad RMD Kwikform formwork

Optimising temporary works in large-scale civils construction

Cliff Shepherd, senior project engineer at Altrad RMD Kwikform, discusses the best approach to formwork and other temporary works for major civils projects TEMPORARY works...

Demolishing RAAC-affected homes may not be the only answer

By Alan Ferns, director – structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates It sometimes feels that, in the opaque realm of official decision-making, the temptation to...
Alan Gilkison, Ryden

Unlocking the next chapter of growth for Scotland’s property sector

By Alan Gilkison, managing partner at Ryden THIS year marked a turning point for Ryden. We recently entered a strategic investment partnership with Lambert Smith...

The importance of builders’ merchants

From DIY bathroom renovations and garden makeovers to large-scale commercial construction, builders’ merchants offer the supplies needed to bring projects to life. Keeping stock...

Setting the blueprint for green workplaces of the future

By Guy Marsden, director of Highbridge Properties, who are developing the Magenta Business Park together with Clyde Gateway SCOTLAND is rapidly approaching its net zero...

SEPA enforcement powers – a new landscape for construction sector

By Vikki Watt, Partner & Solicitor Advocate, BTO Solicitors LLP THE Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 granted SEPA...

What to do when insolvency looms on-site

The construction industry trade press frequently writes about administrations in the industry. Whilst the Insolvency Service's figures show that around one construction company went...