Invest in apprenticeships and everybody will win
By Dr Graham Paterson, executive director, City Building
IMAGINE how much your business could save if you didn’t have to undertake an expensive recruitment process...
Busting the concrete myth
A quality roof can last for 50 years or more, so it’s important to choose the right materials. Many looking for pitched roofing opt...
Blend of digital and low carbon skills key to bridging talent gap in construction
By Lisa Deane, head of programme performance at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
THE construction sector has shown remarkable resilience over the last couple of...
Celebrating heritage through design
By Bruce Kennedy, architect director, BDP’s Glasgow studio
WE walk in the footsteps of our predecessors. Just as the inherited values of past generations shape...
The ‘virtuous circle’ of safe digging
Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD, the online safe digging resource, explores what the industry’s ‘virtuous circle’ is, and discusses what it means for health...
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...
The growing complexity of facade access
Mohamed Merchant, an associate director at TÜV SÜD’s UK real estate facade access division, explores how the introduction of increasingly convoluted building envelope designs...
Interest rate cut provides welcome boost for housebuilders
By John Muir, executive chairman of Muir Group
IT is no surprise that the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates will have been...
Chaos in Portugal and Spain shines very bright light on vital role of electricians
By Alan Wilson, MD of SELECT
It has come as a shock of unprecedented voltage, not just in Spain and Portugal but across the western...
Investment in technology helping to drive productivity for Akela
With demand for quality housing growing, the construction sector is having to adapt and think differently about how it can deliver against the backdrop...
To dream an impossible dream…no matter how hopeless
By Andrew Leslie, chief executive – The Association for Project Safety
LABOUR'S quest is for the industry to build 370,000 new homes in England every...
How timber systems can help fix Scotland’s housing crisis
By Gary Gray, general manager of Muir Timber Systems, part of the Muir Group
THE housing crisis in Scotland is becoming ever more acute. More...
How to bid and win in the Covid-19 era
By Andrew Morrison, founder & BD director at AM Bid
Following a sharp decline in tender activity during March and April 2020, we are now...
Living and working in the 21st century
By Guy Marsden, director, Highbridge Properties PLC
There’s no doubt that Glasgow is a fantastic city. In fact, last year ‘Mercers Quality of Living Survey’...
Digital construction: enabling sustainability
Matt Wiseman, global digital innovation manager at Altrad RMD Kwikform explains how digital engineering tools are creating more sustainable construction processes while helping to...
Six considerations for planning a construction site office
Thomas Bradley from Mobile Mini explains what factors businesses need to take into consideration when planning a construction site office
NOW that most construction sites...
Builders must make a lasting impact
Andrew Duncan, land director at CALA Homes (West), discusses the importance of housebuilders realising long-term benefits for the communities in which they build
IT’S never...
Why PPM is critical to housing stock’s net zero journey
By Greig Fenton, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group
The journey to net zero can seem a large, ominous, and expensive...
Exploring alternative pathways into construction employment for a sustainable workforce
Ian Hughes, engagement director Scotland, CITB, tells Project Scotland why the construction skills system must be ‘fit for purpose’ to achieve ambitious plans
THE construction...
How tomorrow’s homes will incorporate green energy solutions
By Hazel Davies, Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director
PROGRESS is often subtle, and it’s only with hindsight that we realise how far we’ve come....
