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

By Ash Sheikh, director of sales and marketing at Muir Homes, part of the Muir Group I am sure I am not the only one...

By Keith Emmerson, an associate in Gillespie Macandrew LLP's dispute resolution team, specialising in construction THE Westminster Government published the Building Safety Bill on 5...

The role of sustainability in business is constantly evolving, but as Mark Murphy, chief risk officer at the Donaldson Group explains, it should always...

By Andrew Donaldson, CEO, The Donaldson Group 'Get Britain building again'. The words we’ve been waiting for kicking off a positive opening speech from our...

Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD, an online safe digging resource, discusses the surge in asset searches across the Covid-period and examines why the construction...

Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, uses over 30 years’ experience in housebuilding to highlight how offsite construction and timber...

By Shona Wilson, technical services manager at Hart Builders GROWING up, I really enjoyed both maths and physics at school and was very definite about...

Public Relations expert, Julie Moulsdale, explains why construction firms should make the most of the many opportunities that exist to raise their profile. THE Scottish...

Any conversation between an experienced project manager and a specialist construction lawyer on the choice of contracts is likely to be a lively one...

By Susannah Donaldson, a senior associate and a gender pay gap reporting expert at Pinsent Masons THE construction industry is one of the fastest growing...

By Andrew Stephen, director of construction, property & infrastructure at Change Recruitment WHEN large employers like Carillion go into administration, there is a ripple effect,...

By Jim Fitzsimons, director of special projects at Stewart Milne Group, the developer behind Countesswells  Improving digital infrastructure is key to the future success of...

By Neil Bradbrook, MD of Falkirk-based business consultancy Ahead Business Consulting COVID-19 has created mass uncertainty and panic. People are worried about their jobs, their...

With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards. Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base. THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing. A lack of...

Alasdair Rankin, MD of Aitken Turnbull Architects, delves deep into the balance between healthcare provision and the built environment THE connection between environment and wellbeing...

By Jo Bradley, market development manager, SDS Limited WHEN it comes to preventing surface water pollution, Scotland leads the way. Scotland’s wide-scale use of sustainable...

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

By Jennifer Smart, head of sustainability programmes at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) IN Scotland’s fight against climate change, we have a number of tools...

By Iain Riddell, principal consultant at SAC Consulting, part of SRUC INDUSTRIAL hemp is cultivated globally – around 35,000 hectares in the EU alone –...