Managing summer spikes in the education sector

By Gordon Clyne, Morris & Spottiswood director for Fit-Out Scotland AS a business, we have been working in the education sector for over 50 years,...

Sourcing local and using reclaimed materials is part of solution to shortages

By Andrew Richards, co-chair of the supply chain resilience & capability sub-group of Scottish Construction Leadership Forum and is MD of Glenesk Homes, and...

The changing faces of façades

Manufacturing firms, who have always been at the forefront of innovation, are facing challenges that not too long ago, seemed unimaginable. They are being...

A countryside property with a cornucopia of opportunities

By Jennifer Campbell, head of estate agency in DM Hall Baird Lumsden IT is quite unusual for a single property sale to so amply illustrate...
Norrie Scott

Shining a light on winter wellbeing in Scotland

Norrie Scott, CEO of NJS Lighting Solutions, explores the often overlooked role that lighting plays in how we feel, think, and function during the...
James Darrie, Turner & Townsend

Devolution not divergence – coordination is key for cross-UK growth

James Darrie, director, Turner & Townsend tells Project Scotland why he believes devolution, not divergence, is crucial to driving growth for Scottish industry WHEN it...

The benefits of getting back into the office

Alan Gordon, senior partner of DM Hall based in the Glasgow North office. RUMOURS of the death of the office as we know it may be...

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...

Funding challenges remain, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects It’s well known that we are in the middle of a housing crisis; high prices and funding...

Urban or suburban – the eternal dilemma

We often think of flight to the suburbs as a modern phenomenon, but a conflict has raged for centuries between urban and suburban living....

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...
Stewart Dalgarno

Data gathering shows value of smart construction

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, believes that Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) has the...

Report has “significant” implications for industry

By Kathryn Moffett, lawyer and construction law specialist at CMS THE Cole Report was published last month following a number of high profile construction defects...

Residential neighbourhoods created in Scottish city centres

By Oliver Wilson, architect director at BDP’s Glasgow Studio On moving to Edinburgh as a child, my first impression was that it seemed complete. It...

Communication is crucial to driving project success

By Ed Monaghan, a non-executive director at Perceptive Communicators  LONG-term regeneration projects are often made up of a consortium of multiple businesses, across several teams...

A digital agency still needs a collaborative work space

By Frankie Healy, director of digital agency, FIRE5 Digital MY digital agency turns five-years-old this month and I am proud of everything we have achieved...

Out with the old, in with the new – replacing insolvent contractors

By Linzi Hedalen, partner and Bruce Hale, counsel at Dentons UK and Middle East LLP It has been widely reported that the construction industry made...

Turning up the heat on temperature regulation

By Giulia Kapp, marketing manager at Daikin No matter how astonishing a building looks, it’s all a waste if the inside is uninhabitable - especially...

Speeding up installation without losing quality

Allen Coldrake, director at waterproofing system specialist Carlisle Construction Materials, discusses the need to consider installation benefits to deliver faster construction programmes and clarity...

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...