MJ O'Shaughnessy

Protecting, preserving and enhancing our environment

By MJ O’Shaughnessy, managing director, Will Rudd (Glasgow) WITH a year to go until Glasgow hosts COP26 Climate Summit, engineering probably isn’t the first thing...

Finding a different pathway to my successful career in construction

By Elaine Perratt, assistant health and safety manager at Cruden Buildings & Renewals Ltd When I was at school, I wasn’t academic; the thought of...

‘There’s never been a better time to use wood products’

David Sulman of the Scottish Timber Trade Association provides an update on developments in engineered timber products WHILST wood may be one of the oldest...

Amid the stark shortage of Grade A office space, it’s time for occupiers to...

By Guy Marsden, a founding director of Highbridge Properties PLC A recent report from property services company, CBRE showed that Grade A office supply in...
Drymen. Image credit: ECD and McAteer Photo

Scaling up Passivhaus in Scotland

Lizzy Westmacott, associate director/regional head of sustainability at ECD Architects, shares lessons from Scottish Passivhaus social housing schemes THE Scottish Government has just published the...

Cladding our future towards net zero

By Ellen Delph, project manager, KR Group (Scotland) THE days of us living our lives within, what might be termed a linear production model -...

Quality placemaking has ‘critical’ role in supporting successful return of town and city centres

By Dave Kelman, project director of Crosswind Developments. Crosswind’s proposal to re-develop a 45 ha site in West Edinburgh into a mixed-use development is...

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...

There’s much more to Morris & Spottiswood

Following a period of growth, Morris & Spottiswood has become much more than the fit-out, shopfitting and refurbishment services that the company is known...

Help to close construction ‘capability gap’

By Ian Eker, director of Construction & Property for recruitment firm Hays in Scotland RECENT reports suggest that construction activity in Scotland continues to rise...

Three things the industry needs to know about working smarter

By Lynsey Lennon, Performance Team Leader - Alliance Management, Scottish Water LAST month I was invited to talk to a room full of hundreds of...
Renewable diesel

Busting the myths around renewable diesel

With the UK Government setting the net zero target of decarbonisation by 2050 for all sectors, many industries are seeking a replacement for traditional...
Commercial door entrance

How to make an entrance

Commercial door specification is rarely straightforward. The need to balance design aspirations with stringent safety, security and accessibility requirements can present a number of...

Growing flood risk requires fresh approach to delivery and funding

Stephen Taylor, associate director at Turner & Townsend,  explores how Scotland can deliver a fresh approach to delivering flood protection schemes THE impact of climate...

Time to make a meaningful impact

By Alan Wilson, managing director at SELECT  IN issuing its report “Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland”, Holyrood’s Economy, Energy and...

Climate Change – building a carbon neutral future

By Andrew Leslie, associate, at Gillespie Macandrew IT was in the news last week that UK government advisers are recommending that new homes should be banned...

A digital agency still needs a collaborative work space

By Frankie Healy, director of digital agency, FIRE5 Digital MY digital agency turns five-years-old this month and I am proud of everything we have achieved...

East Kilbride masterplan for town centre living could prove to be a blueprint for...

By Stuart Harrow, director of transportation at Dougall Baillie Associates JUST as East Kilbride transformed Scotland’s civic landscape in 1947 as the first New Town,...

Construction needs to build workforce for challenges ahead

By Joanne Hadwin, head of HR at the Cruden Group SCOTLAND'S construction industry carries a huge responsibility. Not only is it being called upon to...
Paul Kelly MD of AS Homes Scotland and Briar Homes

SME housebuilders can unlock more of Scotland’s housing potential

By Paul Kelly, MD of AS Homes Scotland and Briar Homes SMALL and medium-sized enterprises are often described as the backbone of Scotland’s economy and...