Painting a bright future for women in construction

By Lisa Gordon, an apprentice painter and decorator with Cruden Building FROM a very young age I wanted to be a painter and decorator. Granted,...

Lessons learnt for sustainable school design

By Lindsey Mitchell, architect director at BDP’s Glasgow studio SCOTLAND has ambitious environmental goals. It is five years since the Paris agreement.  The race to...

Gap in the market for medium-sized firms

THE recent demise of Muirfield Contracts felt like a throwback to the darkest days of the recession when reports of contractors going out of...
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To dream an impossible dream…no matter how hopeless

By Andrew Leslie, chief executive – The Association for Project Safety LABOUR'S quest is for the industry to build 370,000 new homes in England every...

Finding the right path back to building a bright future

By Alyson Cameron, graduate site manager with Kier Construction Scotland FROM a very young age, building was a keen interest of mine. My dad was...

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,...

Supply problems, delays and rising costs all adds up to a headache for first-time...

By Bill Roddie, managing director of Spectrum Properties I suppose that it makes a change. For months now the go-to excuse for disruption and delay...

Ignore the doomsayers. The Scottish residential property market fundamentals remain strong

 By Eric Curran The last thing anybody needs at the moment is someone else banging on about fake news but if you were a house...

Invest in apprenticeships and everybody will win

By Dr Graham Paterson, executive director, City Building IMAGINE how much your business could save if you didn’t have to undertake an expensive recruitment process...

Our oceans can power the world

By Darren O’Mahony, director, Causeway Geotech IN the midst of a global energy crisis, the escalating cost of living affects everyone. Recent events have exposed...

RAAC to ruin: sector must learn lesson that cheap material comes at a cost

Following the news that hundreds of residents in Aberdeen’s Balnagask area are to be relocated after RAAC panels were found in around 500 homes,...

Carbon legislation could be window of opportunity

Mike Stevenson, senior manager for strategic markets at NorDan UK, discusses the recent backing of embodied carbon reduction and the challenges of achieving decarbonisation...

Steps construction firms can take to mitigate materials shortages

By Lisa Dromgoole, managing associate at Womble Bond Dickinson, based in Edinburgh. The law firm has launched a new re:build Britain construction sector campaign to help...
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Zero Waste Week: reduce, reuse, and rethink

By Phil Sutton, founder of Duraproducts As Zero Waste Week (September 2-6, 2024) approaches, it is imperative to recognise the critical role of waste reduction....

Three crucial steps to effective stakeholder communications

Building something? The kind of thing that’ll have the neighbours up in arms? Or cheering from the rooftops? Either way, you need to listen...
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Holistic approach is essential if UK Government is to deliver on housing promise

By Andrew Leslie, chief executive, The Association for Project Safety DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s announcement of a nationwide housing target of 370,000 homes per...

Second shot in the arm is the right prescription for Scottish property market

By Alan Gordon, senior partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors AS the socially-distanced queues snake round the block at vaccination centres across Scotland, there is...

Taking the pledge can help firms stand out

Graham Findlay, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, discusses the benefits of the Conflict Avoidance Pledge Conflict can be an unavoidable part of business, especially...

MMC and timber systems can help meet housing ambitions

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses why modern methods of construction coupled with a build fabric such as...
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You can’t tackle child poverty without homes

By Tom Barclay, Kingdom Group chief executive FOR many families across Scotland, child poverty did not pause over Christmas. It tightened its grip. The latest...