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Scotland’s people deserve better on housing

By Jane Wood, chief executive of Homes for Scotland Last week, Homes for Scotland held its annual conference in our great capital city, less than a...

Taking care with timber

Jeremy English, Great Britain and Ireland sales director at Södra Wood, Sweden’s largest cooperative of forest owners, explores why, more than ever, it is...

Striking the right balance over BIM

There is less than a year left to go until the Government target of April 2017 for requiring public sector projects to adopt a...
Zander Muego

Why a more considered approach is key to decarbonising UK housing

By Zander Muego, partner at Thomas & Adamson The importance of decarbonisation is becoming increasingly well understood. As all industries look at how they can...

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...

How can Scotland build smarter in 2024?

Bruce Robertson, lending manager at Atelier, examines the current state of the housing market in Scotland Over the course of 2023, the housing crisis has...

Energy crisis will worsen unless we offer a balanced smart transition where consumers decide...

By John Forster, chair and founder of Forster Group ENERGY prices skyrocketing, rising inflation rates and a potential year-long recession, the immediate economic picture for...

Humanising the workplace

By Bruce Kennedy, architect director at BDP's Glasgow studio As a designer of workplaces, I’m fascinated by the adaptability of millions of people around the world...

Education as a building block for community integration

By David Halliday, MD at Halliday Fraser Munro COMMUNITY plays a major role in all our lives, as has been emphasised during these uncertain times. ...
Paula Thompson, Fleming Timber Structures

Timber is set to grow in the non-domestic market

By Paula Thompson, technical commercial manager at Fleming Timber Structures STATISTICS indicate that Scotland is leading the UK in timber frame construction. With approximately 80%...

We must bridge the gap this Scottish Housing Day for a brighter future

By David Knight, managing director, Avant Homes Scotland For years, the Scottish housing market hasn’t worked in favour of younger buyers. They’ve either been priced...

Employees: confident or cautious?

By Ian Eker, director of Hays Construction & Property in Scotland THE construction and property industry in Scotland has been buoyant for many years. So...

It’s never too soon to get connected

Firms looking to get hooked up to the Scottish water network should waste no time starting the process. Willie Aitken explains why. IN the majority...

Lessons learnt for sustainable school design

By Lindsey Mitchell, architect director at BDP’s Glasgow studio SCOTLAND has ambitious environmental goals. It is five years since the Paris agreement.  The race to...

It’s time to invest in young people

By Peter Russian, chief executive of Remarkable (formerly Investors in People Scotland) IN an environment where margins are being squeezed more tightly and the demands...
Altrad RMD Kwikform formwork

Optimising temporary works in large-scale civils construction

Cliff Shepherd, senior project engineer at Altrad RMD Kwikform, discusses the best approach to formwork and other temporary works for major civils projects TEMPORARY works...

When the roads fall silent, we can’t avoid the fact that it’s time for...

By Stuart Harrow, transportation director of Dougall Baillie Associates One of the first things which comes to the forefront of the public mind when a...

Architects and designers must embrace the circular economy

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects Recently, I read an article about how academic innovation was helping to spearhead a transition to reduce waste...
Worker using a laptop

The massive challenge for construction as PFI agreements come to an end

As public sector organisations prepare to inherit assets built under long-term contracts such as PFI, they face a challenge - fragmented and inconsistent maintenance...
Martin McKay, Clyde Gateway

People, Place and Jobs: the legacy of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

By Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway THE black and white interwar images of Clyde Gateway show Glasgow’s East End in its full, bustling...