When lawyers get to play a part in history
By Stuart Macfarlane, partner in the property and construction team at Weightmans (Scotland) LLP
IN terms of the law, the property and construction lawyers’ role...
Plastic rainwater systems fall into place
By Paul Wadsworth, specification manager at Brett Martin
WITH wild weather in Scotland the new norm and likelihood of powerful storms no longer a rare...
Why saving the rain adds up
Water recycling specialist Kevin Reed from SDS Limited explains how new technologies are making it increasingly commercially attractive for Scottish businesses to reuse water,...
Later living housing design: learning from Covid-19
By Stuart Carr, director at Inglis & Carr
The new reality
In a recent trip to Verona, prior to the majority of the population of the...
Why offices are much more than just a workplace
By Andrew Hill, lease advisory partner, Knight Frank Edinburgh
We’re more than 20 weeks into lockdown and, if they haven’t already done so, many businesses...
21 public sector bid trends for 2021 – are you bid ready?
By Andrew Morrison (founder of AM Bid) and David Gray (managing director of AM Bid)
2020 has been a year like no other; so what’s...
Heat networks – risks and rewards
By Anthony Coates-Smith, managing director of Insite Energy
HEAT networks are central to the Scottish Government’s strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2045...
Building a rewarding career in quantity surveying
By Jamie Mulligan, a graduate quantity surveyor at AS Homes
NEXT week exam results will be revealed and career paths set, or will they? As...
Demand for land in Scotland has seldom been greater
By Donald Yellowley, a partner in DM Hall’s country department based in the Bridge of Allan
WHILE demand for all manner of land in Scotland...
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...
The weight of the cost of living crisis on Scottish businesses
By Sharon McDougall, DAS approved money advisor at Scotland Debt Solutions
As we enter the final quarter of 2022 and the cold winter months, Scottish...
Pause for reflection may be no bad thing for residential property market
By John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors
WHILE reports about a slump in house sales and dropping prices quite naturally attract the...
English SuDS planners can learn from Scotland
With the implementation of Schedule 3 in England due to happen early 2024, the importance of SuDS as part of a sustainable way to...
Offshore construction disputes: can they be avoided?
By Kirsti Olson, Dentons partner
ACCORDING to Offshore Wind Scotland, there are currently seven operational offshore wind farms or demonstration projects in Scottish waters, with...
Six ways to reduce embodied carbon in construction
Ewan Duffin, Harley Haddow associate director
Embodied carbon is something we should all be talking about in the race to net zero and push to...
