Designing knowledge cauldrons
Designing a building that will inspire the most ambitious, forward thinking people who will tackle societal and global issues, is challenging.
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...
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...
Scotland’s people deserve better on housing
By Jane Wood, chief executive of Homes for Scotland
Last week, Homes for Scotland held its annual conference in our great capital city, less than a...
Government must help address Brexit skills drain
By Nicholas McVeigh-Crabbe, director at construction recruitment specialists BBR Services
OVER the next year or two the Scottish and UK construction sector is very likely...
Driving sustainability with product choice
Dan Hancox, corporate sustainability and development director at Russell Roof Tiles, delves into how pitched concrete roof tiles can offer a sustainable solution, as...
Six themes that will define Scotland’s property market in 2026
By Marcus Di Rollo, head of Gilson Gray lettings
THE 2020s have been a turbulent time for Scotland’s housing market. Rents and prices surged during...
HSE Fee For Intervention: why it pays to be informed
By Vikki Watt, partner and solicitor advocate at BTO Solicitors LLP
SINCE 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recovered costs from duty holders...
Ignore the doomsayers. The Scottish residential property market fundamentals remain strong
By Eric Curran
The last thing anybody needs at the moment is someone else banging on about fake news but if you were a house...
Developing new homes for the future
By Ryan Fletcher, managing director at Cullross Ltd and senior director at architect practice, jmarchitects
I have been in and around building sites since I...
Landscape architecture — a healthy outlook for everyone
By Lesley Samuel, landscape architect at Halliday Fraser Munro
LANDSCAPE architecture, once an afterthought and often viewed as a hefty additional cost, is now moving...
Don’t ‘edge’ your bets when it comes to car park compliance
By Steve Dunn, managing director of car park construction specialist Berry Systems
WHEN it comes to multi-storey car parks, the quality of edge protection can...
The time is now to consider a robust winter maintenance plan
By Keith Gallacher, director of Complete Weed Control Scotland
Winter is coming.
But, unlike the Starks of Winterfell in Game of Thrones, for whom the phrase...
Six reasons why timber frame is surging in the UK
In the mid-1980s, negative press about quality control for timber frame housing caused a healthy market to slump from around 40% to less than...
Building better the Scottish way: a fabric-first guide
By Will Kirkham, MD Scottish Natural Insulation Hub
SCOTLAND talks a good game on sustainability — and with reason. Harsher weather, older buildings, and ambitious...
The road to true net zero
As construction works towards reducing carbon emissions, John Smith, technical director at Donaldson Timber Systems, discusses why embodied carbon is critical to its success
IT’S...
Landmark Scottish Passivhaus school is outperforming targets
Edinburgh-based architect Architype is working on a number of Passivhaus schools, including the recently completed Riverside Primary, the first Passivhaus certified school in Scotland....
A splash of colour can be mood booster for our homes
By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director for Cruden Homes
AFTER the last 12 months we all need a bit of a lift, something that...
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...
Social value schemes find their place in company environmental strategies
Kobir Ahamed, sustainability manager at commercial roofing firm BriggsAmasco, says social value schemes are finding their place in environmental strategies
INITIATING a social value strategy...
