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This article contains paid-for content created in collaboration with Total UK – Bitumen Division. Rick Ashton, market development manager at Total UK – Bitumen Division,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Stephen Taylor, associate director at Turner & Townsend,  explores how Scotland can deliver a fresh approach to delivering flood protection schemes THE impact of climate...

Nicola Barclay has recently taken up the position of Chief Executive for housebuilding industry body Homes For Scotland, which represents some 200 organisations together...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Mark Macaulay (construction partner in the projects practice at Dentons in Glasgow) and Tasmyn Brittlebank (construction partner in the projects practice at Dentons...