The built environment needs to ‘think energy’ more than it currently does
By Lesley McLeod, chief executive, Association for Project Safety (APS)
WHEN that ominous envelope from your energy retailer hits the mat, the bill seems...
22 bid trends for 2022
As more businesses look to bid for new contracts both in Scotland and further afield, bid experts Andrew Morrison and David Gray, directors at...
Taking future skills offsite
By Douglas Morrison, director of operations and future skills, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
AS the construction industry is facing unprecedented challenges during the current coronavirus...
Introducing drones into construction
Most construction businesses have similar priorities — deliver high quality work to the client’s budget and deadline. Investing in technology can enable companies to...
Time for a grown-up conversation about how to help solve Scotland’s housing crisis
By Andrew McFarlane, a consultant in the Glasgow North office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Housing has...
Turfing out traditional roofs
In recent years, green roofs have become increasingly popular throughout the UK, with industry experts estimating that the number of ‘gardens in the sky’...
2024 will see rapid change in Scottish construction and infrastructure
By Peter Reekie, chief executive at Scottish Futures Trust
'The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow...
New cladding legislation is positive progress for fire safety in Scotland
By Hamish Paterson, partner at Thomas & Adamson – part of Egis Group
In mid-May, the Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to pass new legislation that...
How open-plan living became the norm
By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director at Queensberry Properties
In 1999, the very first episode of Grand Designs aired on Channel 4. It followed...
Construction during a crisis: making people the priority
By David Shearer, managing director, HFD Construction
OVER the past weeks, construction has, like many other sectors, come under the spotlight as the world comes to...
Why we must reform the way we procure our infrastructure
I’d like to see procurement that is not based solely on price, but rather on many factors that will allow us to maximise the economic impact of our projects.
Insulation specification for higher-risk buildings
Changing regulations mean that architects and specifiers designing high-rise and higher-risk buildings in Scotland need to meet much stricter and, in some cases, conflicting,...
Three things the industry needs to know about working smarter
By Lynsey Lennon, Performance Team Leader - Alliance Management, Scottish Water
LAST month I was invited to talk to a room full of hundreds of...
Designing curtain wall façades to accommodate building movement
By Gary Ledger, technical director at Kawneer UK
THE interaction between a building’s façade and its structure is frequently ignored in the design phase but...
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...
Consultant calls for industry task force and construction regulator
A leading consultant has claimed “urgent action” is needed to help resolve some of the issues currently engulfing the construction industry.
Len Bunton, a past...
How Princes Street can step up its transformation
By Murray Stewart, partner and head of real estate at Gilson Gray
THE new St James Quarter in Edinburgh is grabbing the headlines as high-end...
Why saving the rain adds up
Water recycling specialist Kevin Reed from SDS Limited explains how new technologies are making it increasingly commercially attractive for Scottish businesses to reuse water,...
From lockdown to labourer – the Covid crisis gave me a new string to...
By Seumas Thomson, a development assistant for Wemyss Properties
FROM an early age, I was always interested in the world of property and construction. I...
Big props to recorded load monitoring data
Ajay Nagah, engineering & major projects manager – ground shoring, at Altrad RMD Kwikform, explains how the use of historic data and digital virtual...
