Demystifying the rules regarding recruiting construction workers from overseas
By Mark Templeton, director at Anderson Strathern
In his spring statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that five construction occupations were to be added to the...
Time to prepare for biggest shake-up in Scottish EPCs for more than a decade
By Joe Warren, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank
THERE are lots of legislative and regulatory difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK....
Innovation, collaboration, and solutions for Scotland’s housing crisis
By Steven Simpson, MD of Cruden Group
As 2025 dawns, the housebuilding industry finds itself at a crossroads, still facing economic and political challenges, yet...
Reduced on and off-site carbon footprints are key to improved building sustainability
With more high-profile developers announcing their ambition to increase the number of net zero carbon projects in their building portfolio, Janice Johnson, sustainability manager...
Beneath the surface — bitumen emulsions and road resilience
By Rick Ashton, bitumen division market development manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK
THE UK’s local road network, and the highways authorities responsible for them, face...
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...
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...
Brick cladding – changing mindsets in Scotland
Conventional handset brickwork remains a popular method of protecting buildings in Scotland. If this method was a new solution, however, architects and contractors wouldn’t...
Investing in a future where health and wellness rides along the crest of a...
By Andy Hadden, co-founder of Tartan Leisure Ltd, developers of Wavegarden Scotland
Amid all the anxiety and uncertainty that is currently going on in the world, we are all craving a brighter...
Could MEES be on horizon for Scotland’s commercial landlords?
Matthew Aitchison, partner at Knight Frank Edinburgh, considers whether minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) could be on the horizon for Scotland’s commercial landlords
AS Scotland...
Number of issues still to be addressed in Scotland’s cladding bill
Keith Emmerson, associate in dispute resolution specialising in construction at Gillespie Macandrew LLP, discusses the potential implications of Scotland’s planned cladding remediation bill
The Scottish...
A countryside property with a cornucopia of opportunities
By Jennifer Campbell, head of estate agency in DM Hall Baird Lumsden
IT is quite unusual for a single property sale to so amply illustrate...
Taking care with timber
Jeremy English, Great Britain and Ireland sales director at Södra Wood, Sweden’s largest cooperative of forest owners, explores why, more than ever, it is...
Good ventilation takes on extra air of importance in education buildings
From removing pollutants to boosting concentration levels, improving indoor air quality is one of the most important considerations when creating educational facilities that are...
The lowdown on low U-value fenestration
Whether you are considering a ‘fabric first’ approach to a new build project or looking at ways to retrofit energy saving measures into an...
Sustainable innovations for saving water
By Andrew Leah, general manager of Duraproducts
THIS year’s Water Saving Week, 12 -16 May, has the theme of ‘small waste, big impact’ and is...
Sector should take ‘notice’ of North Sea case verdict
Malcolm Gunnyeon, a partner in Dentons’ Dispute Resolution Team, tells Project Scotland that a recent case opens a potential appeal avenue for construction firms...
Apprenticeship experiences go beyond what I thought would be possible
To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week, Tyler Buchan, graduate apprentice at Space Solutions, shares his insights into his current role
I have been an apprentice project...
First step when marketing houses must be to obtain Home Report
By Steven Dale, a surveyor in the Peterhead office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors
Whether Covid is to blame, or whether we are all just...
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...
