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New towns meet housing need and changing property demands

By Nick Waugh, commercial director at Buccleuch Property, which is jointly developing Shawfair SCOTLAND plans to deliver 100,000 new homes by 2032 to meet strong...
Heather Holbrook

Showing what construction is really like can make it an attractive career choice

By Heather Holbrook, partner at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group CONSTRUCTION has never enjoyed the best reputation as a career destination. Research conducted...

Reimagining fossil fuel sites

By Ruth Cochrane, enterprise lead within the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University MOST of us are acutely aware that the...
Ash Sheikh

Home working needs are influencing new-build designs

By Ash Sheikh, sales and marketing director of Muir Homes Home working or a combination of work split between home and office is here to...

Building recovery

By Ivan McKee MSP, minister for business, trade, tourism and enterprise and also the chair of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum. THE construction industry touches...

When promotion is not always the right answer

By Marion Forbes, director of Mactaggart & Mickel with responsibility for HR MOST of us have heard about imposter syndrome – where an individual doubts...

From Surveys to Solutions: Unlocking Retrofit Potential at Scale

By Shirley Evatt, senior associate at Will Rudd (Edinburgh) I often hear people talk about the retrofit challenge as though it’s a mountain too steep...

CDM 2015: are you ready?

Claire Mills at bto solicitors outlines the changes coming into effect with the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. CDM 2015 will replace CDM...

Taking a fresh look at the world of construction

By Joanne Casey, managing director of Mactaggart & Mickel’s Homes England division MY son used to boast to his friends that I had the best job...

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...

History tells us why we must act on climate change

The construction industry is confronted with historic challenges, as well as great opportunities in meeting the target of net zero, including a projected need...

Adding colour to facades could be a bright idea

Colour is in vogue in lieu of recent research into colour psychology. Ben Warren, managing director at Baumit, provides five points to illustrate how...

Charging infrastructure is key to unlocking the EV revolution potential

By Mark Markey, managing director, Akela Group THE race to achieve net zero emissions targets is on and decarbonising the transport sector - as Scotland’s...
Harry-Smith

Housebuilders should embrace new standard missives proposals

With just weeks to respond to Graham Simpson MSP’s proposed New-Build Homes (Buyer Protection) (Scotland) members Bill, Harry C. Smith, partner and head of...

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...

Raising a glass to sustainable construction

Architects, designers and others specifying building materials for construction projects are increasingly turning to timber as a key element of the building design. Alun...

All about timing for collateral warranty

By Keith Emmerson, senior solicitor, dispute resolution (specialising in construction) at Gillespie Macandrew COLLATERAL warranties are an integral part of the construction contract landscape, filling...

Will we see a rise in self builders?

In Austria, 80% of homes are self-built, whereas the number in the UK barely exceeds 10%. However, with the UK Government’s recent announcement that...
Stewart Dalgarno

AIMCH project set to transform housebuilding

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Group, discusses how AIMCH, a collaborative research and development project is set to revolutionise the...
Stewart Dalgarno

Data gathering shows value of smart construction

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, believes that Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) has the...