New beginnings: the shape of the construction sector in 2025
The latest release of the Business Distress Index for Q4 2024, released by Real Business Rescue using Companies House and Red Flag Alert data,...
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...
Stuck in the cold: why retrofit understanding matters for Scotland’s homeowners and tradespeople
By Josiah Lockhart, CEO at Changeworks
SCOTLAND has set ambitious targets to cut emissions and tackle fuel poverty. Yet for families living in homes that...
The Rules of Engagement
By Richard Bright, head of Weber Shandwick’s property division in Scotland
THESE are exciting times for Scotland’s property industry.
Investment seems to be flooding in from...
Clyde Gateway is key partner in pan-European heating and cooling project
By Hugh Moore, project manager at Clyde Gateway
When I travel to Paris this week for the next meeting of the D2 Grids Steering Committee,...
Planning a way forward
The Scottish Government recently set out proposals for “revamping” the nation’s planning system, which build on recommendations of an independent review carried out last...
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...
Whatever happened to third party rights?
By Jonathan Gaskell, a partner at DWF LLP
I have written a couple of times previously in this publication about the use of third party...
Green legislation can drive industry decarbonisation
By Robert Green, technical director at Lanarkshire-based Levenseat, a company committed to developing new solutions to recover the best resources and provide customers with...
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...
Creating a challenge culture to deliver positive impact
By Martin Stevens, managing director and co-founder of HarrisonStevens
AS an organisation with challenge engrained in our business culture, we are used to taking ourselves...
Why it’s time for Scottish developers to rethink building warranties
Michael McGuire, building warranties specialist at Octo Insurance Brokers, tells Project Scotland why he believes Scottish developers should rethink building warranties
Scotland's construction sector is...
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...
Building a stronger Scotland through education
By Michael Ross, chief executive of hub South West Scotland
In an ever-changing world, one constant remains - the power of education. It is the...
Setting the standards for porcelain facades
Brian G Newell MBE, founder and chief executive of British façade manufacturer, Shackerley, and the technical lead for a new international porcelain cladding standard...
‘Triple helix’ of innovation can drive regeneration and jobs
By Martin Joyce, executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway
THE recent UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds has cemented its...
Timber frame helps rise to sustainability challenges
By Richard Allen, sales director at timber panel manufacturer MEDITE SMARTPLY
THE Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 sets the target of reducing CO2 emissions by...
Window of opportunity: fenestration solutions for the student housing sector
Damp and dingy student digs are fortunately becoming a thing of the past as universities and property developers look to create student homes that...
First step when marketing houses must be to obtain Home Report
By Steven Dale, a surveyor in the Peterhead office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors
Whether Covid is to blame, or whether we are all just...
Making a big noise over acoustic design constraints
Every room presents a unique challenge when it comes to acoustics. When you place an incorrect material or even too much of one, it...
