Buildings engineered for the future

By Gillian Ogilvie, managing director of Will Rudd (Edinburgh) CONSERVATION engineering is about repairing and preserving what is there. However it can also be...
Mabey Hire formwork

Bringing formwork to the digital stage

Thanks to advancements in digital engineering, more concrete contractors are benefiting from being able to plan and explore their project in a 3D digital...

The evolution of soil stabilisation

The remedial practice of soil stabilisation has been widely employed in the construction and building sectors for thousands of years, and even after more...

Ignore the doomsayers. The Scottish residential property market fundamentals remain strong

 By Eric Curran The last thing anybody needs at the moment is someone else banging on about fake news but if you were a house...

The appeal of bi-folds and how to choose them

Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, a manufacturer of aluminium doors and windows, discusses the benefits of adding bi-fold doors to a property and offers...

Increased timber use can help meet carbon targets

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses the role of offsite timber building systems in meeting net zero goals...

The renaissance in urban living

Since the new millennium dawned, city living has enjoyed a welcome renaissance as twenty- and thirty-somethings reversed the historic flight to the suburbs.
Alan Wilson, SELECT

Chaos in Portugal and Spain shines very bright light on vital role of electricians

By Alan Wilson, MD of SELECT It has come as a shock of unprecedented voltage, not just in Spain and Portugal but across the western...

New towns meet housing need and changing property demands

By Nick Waugh, commercial director at Buccleuch Property, which is jointly developing Shawfair SCOTLAND plans to deliver 100,000 new homes by 2032 to meet strong...

Celebrating daylight

By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director at Queensberry Properties, on how architects seek to maximise natural light in properties The importance of light has...
Grace Mair

Don’t let embodied carbon undermine your net zero plans

By Grace Mair, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group HUGE amounts of resource are being invested in improving the sustainability of...
Sarah Lewis

Come on Scotland! Keeping the Scottish Passivhaus equivalent policy on track

Sarah Lewis, research & policy director at the Passivhaus Trust, tells Project Scotland what, in her view, is good and what needs improving in...

Environmental strategy must be more than just a box-ticking exercise

By Mark Murphy, chief risk officer, Donaldson Group As a business that originated in sustainable forest products, it’s no surprise that we are focused on...

The cladding issue must be addressed immediately

By Eric Curran, a partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, based in the firm's Glasgow office THE Grenfell Tower tragedy horrified Britain. Subsequent enquiries have...

Visible discolouration of water from building sites can attract the attention of more than...

By Simon Knott, managing director of environmental consultancy Naturally Compliant. BUILDING sites can be challenging places but contractors and other construction professionals have a duty...

Empowering the masses not the few to improve housing in Scotland

By Colin Lavety, planning director at Barton Wilmore ENCOURAGING local authorities to empower communities across Scotland is a mantra that we can all agree is...

How to guard your property from flood damage

By Stuart McGinlay, structural waterproofing specialist at Wise Basement Systems WINTER has firmly descended on Scotland, and professionals in construction should expect and prepare for...

West Lothian commercial property market ready to respond to hard knocks

Graeme Pollock is director and head of West Lothian agency at the Livingston commercial department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors WHILE commercial property investment volumes...

Commercial property starts to fizz as Aberdeen once again demonstrates resilience

By Stuart Johnston, commercial partner based in Aberdeen who leads the north commercial property team for DM Hall Chartered Surveyors FEW have ever filled their...
Smart Construction Richard Clement

Digital Construction Week: experts predict biggest changes for the next decade

Digital Construction Week is taking place from June 5-6. To mark the occasion, Smart Construction’s deputy general manager, Richard Clement, takes a deep dive...