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Six reasons why your company should hire a lawyer

By Ellie Campbell, a freelance writer in partnership with Brodies LLP IN many situations involving a legal dispute, challenge, or deal, you may not wish...

STA Advice Note 18 – what do specifiers need to know?

ADVERTORIAL John Mellor, Product Manager at Protect Membranes, explains the Structural Timber Association’s new STA Advice Note 18 and describes the key recommendations for breather...

Graduate apprenticeships have key role to play in Scotland’s economy

https://vimeo.com/686272068/403f15e1a5 By Jen Henderson, head of talent partnerships at Heriot-Watt University Graduate Apprenticeships are a key way to develop and retain skills and talent for business...

Quality placemaking has ‘critical’ role in supporting successful return of town and city centres

By Dave Kelman, project director of Crosswind Developments. Crosswind’s proposal to re-develop a 45 ha site in West Edinburgh into a mixed-use development is...

Procurement changes: double trouble or more ‘bang for our buck’?

By Claire Mills, Associate, Construction & Engineering Team, BTO Solicitors THE procurement of public contracts in Scotland is now subject to two sets of new...

Passivhaus clarification required for improved compliance

New build housing will need to meet the Scottish equivalent of the Passivhaus standard within two years. But is there enough understanding of the...

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...

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...

A more sustainable industry needs us to work together

By David MacDonald, national hub programme director at the Scottish Futures Trust IN recent years, governments and businesses across the world have been striving to...
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Subsidence risk rises as Scotland’s weather wreaks havoc

David Hedley, commercial & infrastructure lead at ground engineering specialist Mainmark UK, warns that as weather remains erratic, the construction sector must stay alert...

Signs of recovery for UK housebuilding amid economic challenges

By Martin Smith, chief executive of Muir Group THERE is no denying that the challenges faced across the housebuilding and wider construction industry over the...
Lesley Grant

Apprenticeships: what employers need to know

Apprenticeships have become more common in recent years with around 37,000 modern apprentices engaged in Scotland across a wide range of sectors. Traditionally, apprenticeships were...

Education as a building block for community integration

By David Halliday, MD at Halliday Fraser Munro COMMUNITY plays a major role in all our lives, as has been emphasised during these uncertain times. ...

Meeting the housing needs of a mature population

By Steven Simpson, MD of Cruden Homes In just 20 years from now, a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 or over....

Collaboration is key to boosting efficiency, innovation and profit

By Lucy Black, head of business relationships, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre COLLABORATIVE working seems like a no-brainer – it helps organisations improve efficiency, productivity and...

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...
Clive Dickin

Scaffolding is critical to UK’s growth mission

Clive Dickin, CEO of National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC), tells Project Scotland about the importance of scaffolders to the overall UK economy FEW people,...

Scotland’s race against climate change: does net zero mark the finish line?

By Stephen Good, CEO, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) WITH just a few months to go until the COP26 summit in Glasgow, sustainability is fast...
Justin Sullivan FRICS, RICS

Measures must be taken to solve our housing crisis

By Justin Sullivan FRICS, RICS president elect FOLLOWING the results of the General Election and with the declaration of a housing emergency in Scotland announced...

Shaped by movement

By Edward Dymock, associate architect at BDP’s Glasgow Studio and lead architect for EGIP’s redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station to the end of detail...