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By Martin McKay, executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway GLASGOW has no shortage of public art and the people who live in Scotland’s largest...

Neil Turner, technical sales manager for Ecological Building Systems, explores the role of EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations) in supporting the construction sector’s move towards...

By Gerard McMahon, Esh Construction’s regional director for Scotland IT’S clear that in the future Scotland will need many more people working in jobs linked...

 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...

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...

By Ian Atkinson, partner, Womble Bond Dickinson MOVING to Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) isn’t just about reducing the labour requirements needed to meet UK...

By Steven Simpson, director at Queensberry Properties THE start of a new decade always provides a good opportunity to reflect on the last ten years, and...

Brian G Newell MBE, founder and chief executive of British façade manufacturer, Shackerley, and the technical lead for a new international porcelain cladding standard...

Following a period of growth, Morris & Spottiswood has become much more than the fit-out, shopfitting and refurbishment services that the company is known...

With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards. Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base. THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing. A lack of...

By Angela Fee, head of mattering (marketing) & impact at AnswerConnect LANDLORDS and letting agencies have weathered a tough twelve months. Tightening regulations, unfavourable tax...

Many construction firms have improved their environmental approach. Yet one area where errors are still made is concrete water. Dr Richard Coulton, managing director...

By Paddy Leighton, UK director, Icynene THE uptake of energy efficiency measures such as loft and wall insulation must be accelerated for domestic housing if...

Tom Walker, partner at Wellers, the small business accountants, discusses R&D tax reliefs and how they can benefit housebuilding and the wider construction sector MAKE...

By Colin Lavety, planning director at planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore, with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow. IT is a controversial question, but should...

In Austria, 80% of homes are self-built, whereas the number in the UK barely exceeds 10%. However, with the UK Government’s recent announcement that...

By Greig Fenton, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group The journey to net zero can seem a large, ominous, and expensive...

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects It’s well known that we are in the middle of a housing crisis; high prices and funding...

By Steven Simpson, MD, Cruden Homes East AFTER the shut-downs, materials shortages and lack of skilled workers that have challenged the housebuilding industry over the...

By Viv Sutherland, Strategic Development Director, Morris & Spottiswood BREXIT may have slipped down the news agenda for the moment, but the importance of the...