Beware tax pitfalls of building or buying a garden pod for use as home...
By Ian McMonagle, taxation director at Russell & Russell
AMONGST millions of people throughout the UK, WFH, or 'working from home' has set off an...
Time-bar law review could widen long-term risks
Florinda Soldani, an Aberdeen-based senior associate in Dentons’ Dispute Resolution team, tells Project Scotland of the potential implications for the construction industry if changes...
How to avoid a war over water
By Matthew Rolph, MD at Graf UK, a rainwater harvesting champion and sustainable manufacturer of wastewater and storm water management systems
EVERY cloud has a...
Scaling sustainability: what Passivhaus adoption means for construction sector in 2026
Sean Langley, senior design manager at GRAHAM, tells Project Scotland what Passivhaus adoption means for the construction industry in 2026
THE construction industry is at...
Outdoor learning gives children a healthy view of the world
By Kath MacTaggart, a landscape architect at BDP Glasgow studio
RAISED in the rural south west of Scotland, I remember only too well wet playtimes...
Painting a bright future for women in construction
By Lisa Gordon, an apprentice painter and decorator with Cruden Building
FROM a very young age I wanted to be a painter and decorator. Granted,...
Finding a different pathway to my successful career in construction
By Elaine Perratt, assistant health and safety manager at Cruden Buildings & Renewals Ltd
When I was at school, I wasn’t academic; the thought of...
Don’t let the green construction agenda slip
By Scott Brewster, MD of Brewster Brothers
OVER the past few years, the construction industry has taken great strides to embrace sustainable practices. But faced...
Employees: confident or cautious?
By Ian Eker, director of Hays Construction & Property in Scotland
THE construction and property industry in Scotland has been buoyant for many years. So...
Making a big noise over acoustic design constraints
Every room presents a unique challenge when it comes to acoustics. When you place an incorrect material or even too much of one, it...
Fancy living off-grid? Here are some issues to consider
By Paul Houghton, head of planning at DM Hall
AS a town and country planner, I have spent the past few years, paradoxically, giving advice...
Our products are net carbon negative – but our journey is not over yet!
Steve Roebuck, European health & safety director at West Fraser explains why achieving net carbon negative status for the products is not the end...
Timber in the driving seat to meet roadmap aims
By Alex Goodfellow, CEO, Donaldson Offsite
AT the end of 2023, the UK Government announced its Timber in Construction Roadmap to boost UK construction and...
The law of time-bar: discovering a new test
By Leona Duff, a solicitor in Anderson Strathern LLP’s commercial litigation team
The law
The law of time-bar has been confusing and unsatisfactory for a...
Advances in Scottish timber can support net zero efforts
By Sam Hart, innovation manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
IN the tale of the Three Little Pigs, only the house made of bricks survived...
Embracing online training during lockdown
Simon Horn, technical development manager at Stewart Milne Timber Systems discusses the benefits of embracing online training in a locked-down world.
As restrictions to safeguard...
The costly consequences of unfair contract terms
By Nyrie Eller, paralegal, dispute resolution at Gillespie Macandrew
RENEWING your monthly streaming service, agreeing to a new phone contract and taking up a gym...
Still time to comply with new RCI property transparency checks
By Gregor Duthie, legal director at full-service law firm Gilson Gray
GREATER transparency over the ownership of property in Scotland – and the UK, for...
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...
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...
