Sustainability through durability
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Rick Ashton, market development manager at Total UK – Bitumen Division,...
Supreme Court decision on collateral warranties has major implications for construction sector
Liam McKay, a solicitor in Anderson Strathern’s contentious construction team, tells Project Scotland why a recent Supreme Court decision on collateral warranties has major...
Learning from listening to communities
By Mike Harrison, creative director and co-founder of HarrisonStevens, landscape architects and urban designers
What if…?/Scotland is an exhibition that frames hopes and dreams for...
Rethink needed on red diesel policy
By Chala McKenna, senior solicitor at Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP
WHILE there’s a strong environmental basis for the UK Government’s plan to limit the use...
Pause for reflection may be no bad thing for residential property market
By John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors
WHILE reports about a slump in house sales and dropping prices quite naturally attract the...
Growing flood risk requires fresh approach to delivery and funding
Stephen Taylor, associate director at Turner & Townsend, explores how Scotland can deliver a fresh approach to delivering flood protection schemes
THE impact of climate...
It’s time to change the conversation on housing
Nicola Barclay has recently taken up the position of Chief Executive for housebuilding industry body Homes For Scotland, which represents some 200 organisations together...
Design principles and emerging trends at heart of new homes
By Stuart Henderson, group product and design director at Stewart Milne Homes
THERE'S no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic has changed our world. Many of...
Time has come to start valuing our natural capital
By Neil Bancroft, a senior landscape architect at HarrisonStevens
ON Thursday we mark World Earth Day, the annual call-to-action to take whatever steps we can...
Creating the opportunity for a more flexible skills system for Scottish construction industry
Ian Hughes, strategic director Scotland at CITB, discusses the opportunity for a more flexible and accessible skills system for the construction industry
THE Tertiary Education and...
Time to shine a light on the ‘invisible illness’
Earlier this year, data released by the Office for National Statistics revealed the risk of suicide among low-skilled male labourers, particularly those working in...
Tackling fuel poverty by building sustainable homes
By Malcolm Thomson, sales director at Scotframe
HANDS up if you’ve heard about the urgent need for new homes? Chances are most of the business...
General Election: a turning point for climate action and the path to net zero
By John Forster, chair of Forster Group
LIKE many, I have been closely observing the outcomes of the General Election. The results signal a pivotal...
The age of metaverse in construction
By Dr Harpreet Seth, head of architecture at Heriot-Watt University Dubai
TO many, the metaverse is a new word, a concept born of the Internet...
Sustainable drainage solutions check out for urban hotels
Stuart Fleming, a director at Will Rudd Edinburgh, explains how smarter drainage design can help to unlock urban hotel developments
AS demand for high-quality hotels...
Embracing construction’s ESG challenge
By Shona Frame, partner and construction law specialist at CMS
THE integration of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices within the construction sector continues to...
Project Bank Accounts – a challenging balancing act
As the Scottish Government consults the construction sector on current issues, including on the use of Project Bank Accounts, Chris Horsley, senior associate at Burness...
Training for today and tomorrow
With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards.
Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base.
THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing.
A lack of...
The importance of EPDs in Passivhaus projects
Neil Turner, technical sales manager for Ecological Building Systems, explores the role of EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations) in supporting the construction sector’s move towards...
Warehouses and war: how construction contracts help manage delivery risk
By Mark Macaulay (construction partner in the projects practice at Dentons in Glasgow) and Tasmyn Brittlebank (construction partner in the projects practice at Dentons...























