New strategy will help STEM tide of underachievement in key disciplines

By Gerard McMahon, Esh Construction’s regional director for Scotland IT’S clear that in the future Scotland will need many more people working in jobs linked...
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...
Lynsay Bell Manson, MD at Studio LBA

The role of retrofit in Scotland’s net zero journey

By Lynsay Bell Manson, MD at Studio LBA SCOTLAND has set a legally binding target of achieving net zero emissions by 2045, with an interim...

Is your holiday home winter ready?

Leaving your holiday home empty over the winter months can be a daunting prospect, and the unpredictability of the British weather makes it hard...

West Lothian commercial property market ready to respond to hard knocks

Graeme Pollock is director and head of West Lothian agency at the Livingston commercial department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors WHILE commercial property investment volumes...
Zander Muego

Five themes that could shape construction in 2025

By Zander Muego, director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group After the challenges of the pandemic and its immediate aftermath, many people would...
Niki Spence

The Commonwealth catalyst: the legacy behind Glasgow’s games

By Niki Spence, head of sustainable communities at Clyde Gateway IN just a year’s time Glasgow will welcome back the Commonwealth Games to our city,...

Delivering modern homes that reflect rural setting

Page/Park's Jonathan Walsh, who was project architect on a new 23-unit housing project in Kirkintilloch, provides an overview of the initiative to deliver much-needed...

It’s time to talk about mental health as much as physical safety in construction

By Rob Bewick, senior construction safety consultant at Thomas & Adamson In the construction industry, health and safety is most often thought about in terms...

Early engagement key to future-proofing buildings

By Andrew Thornton, associate director, Thomas & Adamson THE roll out of free early years childcare across Scotland, alongside a rising population and ageing portfolio,...

The case for compulsory sales orders in Scotland – more questions than answers

By Colin Lavety, planning director, Barton Willmore THE Scottish Land Commission’s recent view that a new Compulsory Sales Order (CSO) could transform abandoned buildings and...

Expert warns construction industry on costly ransomware attacks

By Connor O'Neill, CEO and co-founder of OnSecurity Just last week, an annual report released by tech giant Microsoft found that the number of ransomware...

Celebrating daylight

By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director at Queensberry Properties, on how architects seek to maximise natural light in properties The importance of light has...

Workplaces of the future will be shaped by sustainability

By Guy Marsden, director at Highbridge Properties PLC THE pandemic has triggered a massive shift in the way we work, resulting in many companies moving...

Six considerations for planning a construction site office

Thomas Bradley from Mobile Mini explains what factors businesses need to take into consideration when planning a construction site office NOW that most construction sites...

Humanising hospitals

By Christoph Ackermann, principal at Building Design Partnership (BDP). WHAT is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick...

Engineering a greener world

By Gerard Carson, a senior engineer/team leader at Will Rudd Davidson, Glasgow CHOOSING what to study at university was one of the biggest decisions I...

A refresh for third party rights?

MANY involved in the legal and commercial side of construction projects will be used to seeing collateral warranties being given to parties with an interest in a...
Liz Hamilton

Planning system must match the ambition to solve Scotland’s housing emergency

By Liz Hamilton, senior land and planning manager at AS Homes and Briar Homes ONE year ago, Scotland declared a housing emergency, yet we...

Changing office? Don’t let dilapidations leave your move in disrepair

By Alastair McCoan, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank Scotland After nearly three years interrupted by Covid-19 and macro-economic disruption, 2023 could be the year...