Expert warns construction industry on costly ransomware attacks

By Connor O'Neill, CEO and co-founder of OnSecurity Just last week, an annual report released by tech giant Microsoft found that the number of ransomware...

Partnership is key to asset management

By Andrew Kilpatrick, director of assets, Caledonia Housing Association As we embrace post-pandemic life, social landlords as well as focusing on building new homes are...

Post-Covid demand for housing is as enduring as ever

By John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors SPRING is in the air in the Scottish residential property market and, after a winter...

Will the Scottish Government’s move towards ‘Passivhaus’ support zero carbon ambitions?

By Keith Emmerson and Andrew Leslie, solicitors specialising in construction and housebuilding at Gillespie Macandrew A lot has been written on the new Scottish National...

Scottish construction businesses must be ready to ‘modernise or die’

  By Mark Farmer, CEO at Cast Consultancy GIVEN that my day job is as a real estate consultant from London, most of Scotland’s construction sector...

Still challenging the status quo

By Ann Allen, chair of Women in Property Scotland board  IT is widely understood that a diverse workforce is better for business. There is a...

Architects and designers must embrace the circular economy

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects Recently, I read an article about how academic innovation was helping to spearhead a transition to reduce waste...

Highland residents face unfair additional energy costs

By Kirsty Morrison, interim CEO of Albyn Housing Society, an organisation that manages more than 3,700 properties in 70 communities across the Highlands. As inflation...

The importance of a home: lessons from buying 30 flats in Edinburgh

By Dan Donald, Simon Community Scotland Today (10 October) is World Homeless Day, providing an important chance for us all to consider the impact of...

Is late living coming of age?

By Richard Goodfellow, partner, Burness Paull RETIREMENT living is a hot topic it seems. Not just with those eagerly looking forward to life after the...
Jamie-Robb

Prescription in the context of construction

By Jamie Robb, senior solicitor at BTO Solicitors THE high profile Gorebridge ‘Gas Street’ case recently hit the headlines again following a decision by the...

Let’s put community engagement at the heart of procurement

After being awarded the GO Best Service Award (contractors working with the Scottish public sector) at the recent GO Excellence in Public Procurement Awards...
Heather Holbrook

Showing what construction is really like can make it an attractive career choice

By Heather Holbrook, partner at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group CONSTRUCTION has never enjoyed the best reputation as a career destination. Research conducted...

Covid-19 won’t mark the death of the office but it will accelerate its rebirth

By Guy Marsden, a founding director of Highbridge Properties PLC WITH so many people making the transition to working from home, there is a school...
Mark Macaulay

Is the construction sector ready for AI?

By Mark Macaulay, construction partner at Dentons in Glasgow Artificial intelligence (AI), from generative AI to robotics, has the potential to transform many aspects of...
Ancon Shearfix punching shear reinforcement

Addressing punching shear risks in reinforced concrete

Harriet Cotton, research & development engineer, forming & reinforcing at Leviat, tells Project Scotland about addressing punching shear risks PUNCHING shear is one of the...

Offsite can deliver the keys to affordable housing projects

Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, uses over 30 years’ experience in housebuilding to highlight how offsite construction and timber...

Overcoming the challenges of distance-to-market for businesses in remote regions

By Malcolm Morrison, a director at Sutherland-based GMG Energy. Highland Region is one of the most beautiful places in Europe, with a wild, majestic grandeur and,...

Scotland: building and fire safety regulation post-Grenfell

By Rosie Gollan, Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson FOLLOWING the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing...

Agility and transparency with temporary works

Charlie McKillop, northern regional engineering manager at Altrad RMD Kwikform, discusses why agility and transparency are essential for temporary works suppliers, and the importance...