Stewart Dalgarno

Tackling the housing shortage: wind and watertight in a day

By Stewart Dalgarno, AIMCH project director and Stewart Milne Group director of product development IN 2019 the annual housebuilding target was missed by 138,978. The...

Glasgow’s newest sculpture is the perfect symbol of hope

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...

Practical tips for specifying bathroom pods

Offsite Solutions is supplying bathroom pods in a £3 million contract for a Moda build-to-rent scheme in Glasgow, working with Robertson Group. Here, MD...

Quality steps to SuDS success

By Jo Bradley, market development manager, SDS Limited WHEN it comes to preventing surface water pollution, Scotland leads the way. Scotland’s wide-scale use of sustainable...
Lesley Grant

Apprenticeships: what employers need to know

Apprenticeships have become more common in recent years with around 37,000 modern apprentices engaged in Scotland across a wide range of sectors. Traditionally, apprenticeships were...
Alasdair Steele

Will local authority pension fund reforms deepen the buyer pool for Scottish commercial property?

By Alasdair Steele, head of Scotland commercial at Knight Frank IT is no secret that UK institutional investors have cooled on Scotland in recent years....

Don’t miss the opportunity to leapfrog competition

Public Relations expert, Julie Moulsdale, explains why construction firms should make the most of the many opportunities that exist to raise their profile. THE Scottish...
Housing project designed to Passivhaus standards

Passivhaus highlights the art of the possible

Lizzy Westmacott, associate director at ECD Architects, shares how the industry can fast-track its Passivhaus know-how ahead of upcoming policy changes THE Scottish Government has...

Construction – it’s about more than bricks and mortar

By Emma Dickson, a member of the Construction Scotland Industry Leadership Group and chair of the Skills Working Group. MY desire to work in the construction...

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...

Report has “significant” implications for industry

By Kathryn Moffett, lawyer and construction law specialist at CMS THE Cole Report was published last month following a number of high profile construction defects...
Hamish Paterson, Thomas & Adamson

Retrofitting listed buildings doesn’t mean compromising on history

By Hamish Paterson, director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group Decarbonisation of the built environment is a complex challenge, with no one-size-fits-all approach...
Hilltop Primary, Airdrie

Pure bliss: Senior celebrates decade of innovation

As Senior Architectural Systems marks the 10th anniversary of its patented PURe® aluminium window and door system, regional architectural advisor Kenny McMenemy takes a...

Scottish construction firms face bigger fines in 2018

SCOTTISH construction firms could potentially face bigger fines for health and safety breaches than ever before in 2018. That’s the view of Malcolm Gunnyeon, a...

Sector should take ‘notice’ of North Sea case verdict

Malcolm Gunnyeon, a partner in Dentons’ Dispute Resolution Team, tells Project Scotland that a recent case opens a potential appeal avenue for construction firms...

Cracking the scourge of potholes

By Rick Ashton, bitumen division market development manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK POTHOLES are an evocative subject. They are defined differently and assessed without a...

IR35 reforms will impact construction firms

By Alison Woods, partner and employment law specialist at law firm CMS IN just under a year the Government’s IR35 payroll reforms will come into...

Time to start breaking down planning barriers

BY Andrew Mickel, director of Mactaggart & Mickel Group PLANNING may not be the most exciting subject in the world, and most people don’t think...

Innovations to ‘future-proof’ Scotland’s ports against climate change

Ramsay Muirhead, director of ports & infrastructure at CMAL, discusses the importance of innovations to tackling rising sea levels in Scotland ACCORDING to Marine Scotland...
Ewan MacGregor

Beyond apprenticeships: expanding the talent pipeline in Scottish construction

By Ewan MacGregor, MD at Helica ACROSS Scotland, the conversation around construction skills has rarely been more prominent. From industry discussions to parliamentary debates at...