Time to start preparing for upcoming Employment Rights Bill
By Laura Morrison, managing practice development lawyer at Dentons
Employment Rights Bill overview
The UK government has introduced the much-anticipated Employment Rights Bill, which promises significant...
UK’s most efficient form of lead recycling becomes specifiable
By Steve Reynolds, national specification manager at Envirolead
LEAD’S heritage as a product at the heart of UK construction is beyond doubt and its place...
The steps towards a more sustainable industry
Gary Danson, operations director at specialist repair firm Plastic Surgeon, discusses sustainability within the construction sector
SUSTAINABILITY within the construction industry is becoming ever more...
Why Scotland’s architects have designs on England’s green and pleasant land!
The Scottish architecture & design sector is strong. There’s a huge range of talent and an ability and desire to deliver projects at a...
Four-day working weeks: are they the future?
By Neil Bradbrook, MD of Ahead Business Consulting
A couple of weeks ago, Atom Bank announced that their staff were moving to a four-day working...
Conserving historic buildings to create a vibrant city
By MJ O’Shaughnessy, managing director, Will Rudd (Glasgow)
EDINBURGH is coming alive again as lockdown eases and people can visit once more. It is a...
Advances in Scottish timber can support net zero efforts
By Sam Hart, innovation manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
IN the tale of the Three Little Pigs, only the house made of bricks survived...
Winning bids and where to find them…
Bids and proposals are a key element of business growth and development for any organisation, so it’s important to get the right content which...
From lockdown to labourer – the Covid crisis gave me a new string to...
By Seumas Thomson, a development assistant for Wemyss Properties
FROM an early age, I was always interested in the world of property and construction. I...
From the runway to the rubble – building a dream career
Laura Brown, an assistant business development manager at Kier Regional Building talks about her career in the construction industry.
Building homes in Scotland – we need to look afresh at pipeline land
Catherine Wood, development director, Lovell Strategic Land, explores why housing isn’t being delivered quickly enough in Scotland
IT will soon be one year since the...
New strategy will help STEM tide of underachievement in key disciplines
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...
Understanding demands for ridge line ventilation
Consideration of high-level roof ventilation is a key requirement for cold and warm pitched roofs. Solutions such as dry fix ridge systems and tile...
Port infrastructure: regenerating communities and boosting local economies
Ian Mockett, director, energy and marine, at COWI UK, explains why investing in port infrastructure can regenerate communities and boost local economies
£1.8 billion is...
Hygienic flooring is key to raising sanitary standards
Hygiene standards in public spaces face unprecedented scrutiny in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In areas where footfall is high, maintaining the highest...
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...
Is the construction sector ready for AI?
By Mark Macaulay, construction partner at Dentons in Glasgow
Artificial intelligence (AI), from generative AI to robotics, has the potential to transform many aspects of...
Cladding remediation, reports, resources and rumours…
Is Scotland ready and prepared to deal with the recladding of high-rise buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, asks William Barlow,...
Protecting the health rating of your construction business
Protecting the health rating of your construction business means reducing its risk exposure. In light of economic uncertainty, investor confidence is likely to waver...
Mind those Millennials
By Ian Eker, director of construction & property for Hays in Scotland
MANY employers know the importance of retaining good staff, of keeping them incentivised,...
