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Going beyond the environmental argument for retrofitting

By Moses Jenkins, sector skills manager, Historic Environment Scotland When thinking about the retrofit of our older building stock, it is important to get the terminology...

Building recovery

By Ivan McKee MSP, minister for business, trade, tourism and enterprise and also the chair of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum. THE construction industry touches...
Kirsten Nicolson, DM Hall

Just capital: Edinburgh housing market remains a law unto itself

By Kirsten Nicolson, a director in the Edinburgh residential offices of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors As the old year slips away, home buyers and sellers...

Civils sector needs visible pipeline of work to ensure a prosperous future

By Grahame Barn, chief executive of CECA Scotland THERE is much to be positive about in the civil engineering sector, encapsulated recently in our CECA...

Changing office? Don’t let dilapidations leave your move in disrepair

By Alastair McCoan, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank Scotland After nearly three years interrupted by Covid-19 and macro-economic disruption, 2023 could be the year...

BIM can boost your bottom line – interested now?

By Colin Hastie, BIM consultant, CSIC IF you’re a business leader in the construction sector, the chances are you’ve heard of BIM. You might even...
Julie Moulsdale MD Perceptive Communicators

Unlocking community engagement

By Julie Moulsdale, MD at Perceptive Communicators, which provides PR, social media, digital, marketing and public affairs support to clients in science, technology and...

Investing in a future where health and wellness rides along the crest of a...

By Andy Hadden, co-founder of Tartan Leisure Ltd, developers of Wavegarden Scotland Amid all the anxiety and uncertainty that is currently going on in the world, we are all craving a brighter...
Duraproducts

A global push to circularity

By Andy Leah, general manager of Duraproducts GLOBAL Recycling Day 2025 actions us to closely consider waste reduction, a dual target for environmental and economic...
Greig Fenton

How to turn PFI handover risk into a net zero opportunity

By Greig Fenton, regional director, Thomas & Adamson – part of Egis Group PRIVATE Finance Initiatives – or PFI, as the programme was better known...

Changing (meeting) Rooms: why employees need to be front and centre of design decisions

By Afton Montgomery, associate director at Avison Young, Scotland Three years on from the pandemic and some bosses want everyone to return to office. Most commercial...

The case for compulsory sales orders in Scotland – more questions than answers

By Colin Lavety, planning director, Barton Willmore THE Scottish Land Commission’s recent view that a new Compulsory Sales Order (CSO) could transform abandoned buildings and...

Business confidence will boost Aberdeen’s struggling housing market

Addi Spiers, partner in business support and restructuring at legal firm, Addleshaw Goddard, explores Aberdeen’s tentative steps towards recovery and the impact upon the...
Jamie-Robb

Prescription in the context of construction

By Jamie Robb, senior solicitor at BTO Solicitors THE high profile Gorebridge ‘Gas Street’ case recently hit the headlines again following a decision by the...

Complex galleries transformation project proves a work of art

Barry O’Hagan, regional director for Scotland at Tilbury Douglas, discusses working with the National Galleries of Scotland to extend and transform the National in...
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How to run an adjudication effectively

Adjudication remains a widely used and popular form of dispute resolution in the construction sector. Julie Scott (pictured), an Associate in the construction and...

Continue the conversation to find the way forward

When Carillion collapsed a year ago, the construction sector was faced with a number of challenges. Shona Frame, a partner in the construction team...

21 public sector bid trends for 2021 – are you bid ready?

By Andrew Morrison (founder of AM Bid) and David Gray (managing director of AM Bid) 2020 has been a year like no other; so what’s...

Breaking down the bias to build inspiring leadership in housebuilding

By Hazel Davies, a director at Cruden In the lead up to International Women's Day, it’s a good time to step back and reflect on...

Supply problems, delays and rising costs all adds up to a headache for first-time...

By Bill Roddie, managing director of Spectrum Properties I suppose that it makes a change. For months now the go-to excuse for disruption and delay...