The value of effective marketing assets

Effective marketing materials are essential for buyers to make the biggest purchase of their lives, ideally combining digital and real-world resources. Queensberry Properties’ sales...

Commercial property sector witnesses fierce resilience

By Anna Reed, data director at EG FROM the new 220,000 sq. ft headquarters of Scottish Power to the flagship St Vincent Plaza development, the...

The built environment needs to ‘think energy’ more than it currently does

By Lesley McLeod, chief executive, Association for Project Safety (APS) WHEN that ominous envelope from your energy retailer hits the mat, the bill seems...

The ABCs of EPDs

By Tom O’Sullivan, technical specification advisor, NorDan UK Ltd WHEN I joined NorDan UK as a technical specification advisor in 2020, one of the...
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Safety needs a strong lead

Two years on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Lesley McLeod, chief executive of The Association for Project Safety, tells Project Scotland why a more...

Brexit: does the door remain widely open or just slightly ajar for European workers?

By Lesley McLeod, CEO the Association for Project Safety BREXIT – no matter what final form it takes – is never going to be good...

Better insulation vital to slowing global warming

By Paddy Leighton, UK director, Icynene THE uptake of energy efficiency measures such as loft and wall insulation must be accelerated for domestic housing if...
Given the need to support the increased weight associated with deeper soffit liners, the performance of mechanical fixings is more important than ever

Raising the bar on soffit insulation performance

Increased thermal, acoustic and fire performance required from soffit liners means ever increased insulation depths are being specified. But without careful consideration of how...
Calum Allmond

Planned changes to EPCs are welcome but leave some questions unanswered

By Calum Allmond, a director and head of architectural and energy services at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors. SCOTTISH Government plans to reform Energy Performance Certificates...
Marion Forbes

Construction is at a crossroads and widening our talent pool is a business imperative

By Marion Forbes, director of performance and organisational change at AC Whyte, and FLIC advisory board member CONSTRUCTION has always been fundamental to Scotland’s economic...

The future of offices

By Dave Kelman, project director for Crosswind Developments While we can’t predict with any real certainty what our offices will look like in the future,...
Liz Hamilton

Building tomorrow: how planning can help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis

By Liz Hamilton, senior land and planning manager at AS Homes Scotland We’ve recently seen Scotland’s largest cities - Edinburgh and Glasgow - declare housing...

Do modular projects need digital twinning?

Nick Cowley, MD of windows and doors manufacturer Euramax, explores how digital twin technology could benefit the modular construction industry A digital twin is a...
Nick Mayberry

Funding considerations for modular builds

By Nick Mayberry, head of real estate, Barclays Corporate Banking Scotland MODULAR construction has been used in its traditional form for many years. Pre-fabricated housing...

Time to start breaking down planning barriers

BY Andrew Mickel, director of Mactaggart & Mickel Group PLANNING may not be the most exciting subject in the world, and most people don’t think...

Scottish construction businesses must be ready to ‘modernise or die’

  By Mark Farmer, CEO at Cast Consultancy GIVEN that my day job is as a real estate consultant from London, most of Scotland’s construction sector...

Temporary or enabling works – it’s all about the timing

In construction, temporary and permanent works often go hand in hand. Given this, perfect planning and coordination between each of the project stages, from...

Building Scotland’s sustainable harbours

By Ramsay Muirhead, director of port infrastructure and planning at CMAL AS Scotland prepares to host COP26 later this year, a global agenda to...

Big decisions lie ahead for property and land owners

By Amanda Cameron, a partner in the Dunfermline office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors Scotland’s General Register of Sasines is the oldest national land register...

A sustainable future for post-war buildings

By Martin Jarvie, architect associate with BDP (Building Design Partnership) WE are in the middle of a renaissance for Scotland’s post-war buildings. As designers, we...