Roddy Morrison

Aberdeen’s legacy buildings: the key to meeting modern sustainability demands

By Roddy Morrison, senior director, UK project management & building consultancy, at CBRE Scotland AS companies sharpen their focus on meeting net zero targets, the...

Offsite to play vital role in the biggest growth sectors

It has been widely reported that two of the largest growth sectors in the coming years will be affordable/social housing and student accommodation. Steve...

Lessons to be learned from Edinburgh school closures

IT’S time to revert to a more traditional procurement method of public buildings. That’s the view of architect Alan Dunlop in light of the recent...

Time is of the essence with historic building conservation

By Greig Fenton, associate director, Thomas & Adamson GALE force winds, torrential rain and freezing temperatures – welcome to winter in Scotland. Almost two years...

Do modular projects need digital twinning?

Nick Cowley, MD of windows and doors manufacturer Euramax, explores how digital twin technology could benefit the modular construction industry A digital twin is a...

22 bid trends for 2022

As more businesses look to bid for new contracts both in Scotland and further afield, bid experts Andrew Morrison and David Gray, directors at...
Grahame Barn

Time for warm words to be replaced with concrete plans

By Grahame Barn, chief executive of CECA Scotland IN 2021 we will hopefully leave Covid-19 behind us as the vaccine programme is rolled out, but...

Whole life safety is vital on infrastructure projects

In the wake of the tragic events in Genoa, where 43 people died when a section of the Morandi Bridge suddenly collapsed, Lesley McLeod,...

Creating youth-friendly opportunities in the construction sector

By Martin O’Donnell, health and safety advisor at Akela Group Today, exam results are unveiled in Scotland after over a year of disruption to education...

Let’s get together

Christoph Ackermann, architect and principal at BDP, explains why our workplace environments must adapt quicker, following a shift in post-pandemic working patterns With more people...
Tim Metcalfe, Keepmoat

Challenges and opportunities associated with transforming brownfield sites

By Tim Metcalfe, regional MD at Keepmoat Scotland I’M the regional managing director at Keepmoat, Scotland with 25 years’ experience in the housing sector. Previously,...
John Forster, chair of Forster Group

Scaling up isn’t enough: why construction must deliver sustainable scale in 2026

By John Forster, founder & chair, Forster Group AS we enter 2026, the construction sector stands at the centre of the UK’s most urgent social...

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,...

A reflective end to a challenging year

The ongoing reverberations of the pandemic have made 2021 a unique year for the construction sector and residential property market. In this article, Queensberry...

The Roberts, not the Robots, will win the day

By Brian Williamson, entrepreneur-in-residence at Kissing With Confidence THE robots are coming. The concept of Artificial Intelligence is no longer confined to the lurid pages...

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,...
Cup type scaffold with bridge

An exciting new phase for NASC’s ‘game-changing’ platform for system scaffolding

Mark Collinson, head of technical at NASC, trade body for the access and scaffolding industry, explains the significance of the latest developments in its...

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.
Martin Joyce, Clyde Gateway

‘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...

Building a zero carbon construction sector: five areas to focus on in 2022

By Stephen Good, CEO, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) THE Covid-19 pandemic aside, the theme that best characterised 2021 could arguably be sustainability. The need...