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From Surveys to Solutions: Unlocking Retrofit Potential at Scale

By Shirley Evatt, senior associate at Will Rudd (Edinburgh) I often hear people talk about the retrofit challenge as though it’s a mountain too steep...
Stewart Dalgarno

AIMCH project set to transform housebuilding

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Group, discusses how AIMCH, a collaborative research and development project is set to revolutionise the...
Matthew Jackson

To drive change, we need the right EV chargers in the right place

By Matthew Jackson, associate director at Scottish Futures Trust When you picture the perfect holiday, what comes to mind? For me, it usually involves a...
Panel-Bridge

Keeping Scotland’s communites connected

By Peter Aramayo, projects director, Mabey Hire IN the last decade, the Scottish Government has worked tirelessly to deliver major infrastructure improvements. You only have...

Practical tips for specifying bathroom pods

Offsite Solutions is supplying bathroom pods in a £3 million contract for a Moda build-to-rent scheme in Glasgow, working with Robertson Group. Here, MD...

Beneath the surface — bitumen emulsions and road resilience

By Rick Ashton, bitumen division market development manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK THE UK’s local road network, and the highways authorities responsible for them, face...

The importance of local amenities

As society resumes some of its former rhythms, people are keener than ever to embrace the benefits of local amenities. Here, Queensberry Properties’ sales...

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...

Better times lie ahead for north east housing

Glenn Allison, chief executive at Stewart Milne Group, tells Project Scotland that the business remains confident in Aberdeen’s prospects despite challenges in the housing...

How to safely navigate retrofit

By Peter Edwards, architect at Holmes Miller Do you know your EnerPHit from your CarbonLite Retrofit? And if someone mentioned PHPP, would you know what...
more-rigorous-approach-to-building-control

Safety needs a strong lead

Two years on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Lesley McLeod, chief executive of The Association for Project Safety, tells Project Scotland why a more...

Maintaining drainage to prevent flooding

As Scotland experiences increasingly volatile weather conditions, it is more important than ever precautions are in place to prevent them causing havoc to infrastructure....

5G has the potential to redefine the future of construction

By Lucy Black, director of innovation and engagement at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre RECENTLY, the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre held an online event that looked...

Heat decarbonisation: the woolly mammoth in the room?

Charlie Drysdale, associate director, smart energy and sustainability at Hydrock, discusses the opportunity for district heating networks to solve the heat decarbonisation challenge...
Alan Ferns

RAAC and ruin? Timely advice can relieve panic over aerated concrete

By Alan Ferns, director – structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part...
Fraser Lynes Queensberry Properties

The opportunities offered by brownfield land

By Fraser Lynes, Queensberry Properties’ land and development director    FOR almost a century, people have worried about suburban sprawl and the growth of our...

Designing homes for a connected future

By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director of Queensberry Properties HOUSEBUILDING has always been a highly technical process, but historically, electrical specifications were relatively simple....
Nicola Earley principal engineer, WSP Scotland

Rising tides call for better partnership working

By Nicola Earley, principal engineer, WSP Scotland SCOTLAND’S wet and often windy weather is known the world over. Whilst some may grow to love it,...

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...

Finding space for greater returns on commercial property

By Adrian Pargeter, Head of Technical and Product Development at Kingspan Insulation Limited LAST month’s revisions to Section 6 (energy) of the Building Standards have...