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...
How to avoid a war over water
By Matthew Rolph, MD at Graf UK, a rainwater harvesting champion and sustainable manufacturer of wastewater and storm water management systems
EVERY cloud has a...
Buildings engineered for the future
By Gillian Ogilvie, managing director of Will Rudd (Edinburgh)
CONSERVATION engineering is about repairing and preserving what is there. However it can also be...
Prepare now for expiry of your PFI contract
Kirsti Olson, partner at Dentons and construction law expert, explains what to be aware of regarding the expiry of your PFI contract, and why...
The future of offices
By Dave Kelman, project director for Crosswind Developments
While we can’t predict with any real certainty what our offices will look like in the future,...
Demolishing RAAC-affected homes may not be the only answer
By Alan Ferns, director – structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates
It sometimes feels that, in the opaque realm of official decision-making, the temptation to...
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...
The Glasgow legacy remains strong
By Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway
Glasgow has once again played host to a successful sporting event with a global audience. The inaugural...
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...
Building on shaky ground: how poor planning led to legal collapse
By Nyrie Eller, paralegal, dispute resolution at Gillespie Macandrew
SCAFFOLDING is a temporary structure and so naturally, if not erected correctly, it may collapse. Training,...
Commercial property sector witnesses fierce resilience
By Anna Reed, data director at EG
FROM the new 220,000 sq. ft headquarters of Scottish Power to the flagship St Vincent Plaza development, the...
Offsite construction can become the ‘new normal’
By Stewart Dalgarno, AIMCH project director and director of product development at Stewart Milne Group
THE global pandemic will have a wide-reaching impact on...
Scotland’s housing ambition needs a delivery engine
By Andrew Duncan, land director at Cruden
SCOTLAND has no shortage of ambition when it comes to housing. Over the past year in particular, the...
Redefining workspaces: why the ‘city fringe’ is making the cut
By Paul Coulter, MD at Eden PAM, the local asset manager on behalf of VCM Global Asset Management
In just half a decade, the workplace...
Technical transparency is vital in timber frame
John Mellor, senior product manager with Glidevale Protect, a producer of external wall breather membranes, explains what structural timber manufacturers need to know following...
Temporary or enabling works – it’s all about the timing
In construction, temporary and permanent works often go hand in hand. Given this, perfect planning and coordination between each of the project stages, from...
Why diversity is good for the construction industry
The construction sector is not generally regarded as a bastion of equal rights for women. However, that situation is changing, says Gillian Thomson, branch...
Fixing potholes could unlock both our economic recovery and a bright future
By Hannah Smith, director of ICE Scotland – the independent voice on infrastructure
OUR world has changed, perhaps irrevocably, since the turn of the year....
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...
What to do when insolvency looms on-site
The construction industry trade press frequently writes about administrations in the industry. Whilst the Insolvency Service's figures show that around one construction company went...
