New strategy will help STEM tide of underachievement in key disciplines
By Gerard McMahon, Esh Construction’s regional director for Scotland
IT’S clear that in the future Scotland will need many more people working in jobs linked...
Will Rudd women wear many hats
In the week that we celebrate Women in Engineering, Gillian Ogilvie, MD at Will Rudd Edinburgh looks at the many hats the women at...
Why are Scotland’s first-time buyers being given no hope?
By Craig Fairfoull, head of sales and marketing at developer Dundas
THE outcry over the scrapping of the top rate of tax and the inevitable...
RAAC to ruin: sector must learn lesson that cheap material comes at a cost
Following the news that hundreds of residents in Aberdeen’s Balnagask area are to be relocated after RAAC panels were found in around 500 homes,...
Time to start preparing for upcoming Employment Rights Bill
By Laura Morrison, managing practice development lawyer at Dentons
Employment Rights Bill overview
The UK government has introduced the much-anticipated Employment Rights Bill, which promises significant...
Landscape architecture — a healthy outlook for everyone
By Lesley Samuel, landscape architect at Halliday Fraser Munro
LANDSCAPE architecture, once an afterthought and often viewed as a hefty additional cost, is now moving...
Construction – it’s about more than bricks and mortar
By Emma Dickson, a member of the Construction Scotland Industry Leadership Group and chair of the Skills Working Group.
MY desire to work in the construction...
Opening the door to a greener world
As part of last year’s World Green Building Week, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) issued a bold vision for how buildings around the world can reach 40% less embodied carbon emissions by 2030. To achieve this, changes need to be implemented throughout a building’s infrastructure. Here, Gert De Roover, building, construction and infrastructure manager at composites technology company Exel Composites, explains why composite materials contribute to the drive for greener buildings.
From the runway to the rubble – building a dream career
Laura Brown, an assistant business development manager at Kier Regional Building talks about her career in the construction industry.
Good to give this Christmas
By Iain Marley, chief executive, hub West Scotland
LAST week hub West Scotland launched its annual Winter Warmer Appeal for new warm clothing for children...
Environmental monitoring in groundworks: clearing the way for new homes
With available building space at a premium in the UK, there has been an increasing push to convert disused brownfield land into new housing....
How Scotland’s offsite expertise can open up UK business opportunities
By Malcolm Thomson, sales director, Scotframe
IT is predicted that the UK needs around 300,000 new homes every year for the foreseeable future, to tackle...
The case for Green Infrastructure investment in Scotland
By Sean Robinson, specification director of water management solutions at Polypipe
SCOTTISH cities are rich in history and heritage, attracting international tourists and revenue. But...
Home working needs are influencing new-build designs
By Ash Sheikh, sales and marketing director of Muir Homes
Home working or a combination of work split between home and office is here to...
Why sharing information can lay foundation for preventing fatal accidents in construction
By Rob Bewick, senior construction safety consultant at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group
The latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics on work-related...
Leveraging the urban landscape to make our public realm safer
Rory McGoldrick, CEO of security specialist, SAFECROWDS, discusses strategies for assessing the terror risk in the public realm and integrating terrorism protection into urban...
Why more housing can unlock the potential of the Highlands
By Kirsty Morrison, group chief executive of Albyn Housing Society
IT has now been over six months since the Scottish Parliament declared a housing emergency....
Roofing’s role in saving energy and combating urban heat islands
By Mark Harris, head of sustainability – roofing at Sika
URBAN heat islands represent a growing challenge in the modern urban environment, characterised by significantly...
Workers still at risk despite rise in excavation searches
Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD (Linesearch BeforeUdig), an online asset search facility, discusses the recent ‘Digging Up Britain 2019’ report and draws on its...
Ventilation fund grants for small businesses are ‘simply the wrong answer’
By Gregor Stewart, director at Stewart Temperature Solutions, based in Ayr
THERE is no doubt we should applaud the fact that, in the wake of...
