Finding space for greater returns on commercial property
By Adrian Pargeter, Head of Technical and Product Development at Kingspan Insulation Limited
LAST month’s revisions to Section 6 (energy) of the Building Standards have...
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...
A digital agency still needs a collaborative work space
By Frankie Healy, director of digital agency, FIRE5 Digital
MY digital agency turns five-years-old this month and I am proud of everything we have achieved...
Rise of 20-minute neighbourhoods could reinvigorate local communities
By Amy Wimpenny, project manager for Clyde Gateway
THE last twelve months have seen a dramatic change to the way we live and work. Never...
2024 will see rapid change in Scottish construction and infrastructure
By Peter Reekie, chief executive at Scottish Futures Trust
'The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow...
Building homes in Scotland – we need to look afresh at pipeline land
Catherine Wood, development director, Lovell Strategic Land, explores why housing isn’t being delivered quickly enough in Scotland
IT will soon be one year since the...
Pace of hub South West’s activity set to accelerate further
By Dr Willie Mackie, chair of hub South West Scotland
In any large organisation, it is easy to become engrossed in the detail, but every...
Outdoor learning gives children a healthy view of the world
By Kath MacTaggart, a landscape architect at BDP Glasgow studio
RAISED in the rural south west of Scotland, I remember only too well wet playtimes...
Building your brand as an employer of choice
IT is welcome news that Scotland’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2% between April and June. According to The Office for National Statistics, the...
The changing face of homeownership: meeting the need of today’s buyers
By Ash Sheikh, sales and marketing director at Muir Homes
February has shone a bright spotlight on home ownership. We saw the Bank of England...
What 15 years of regeneration in Toryglen tells us about Glasgow’s housing future
By Fraser Lynes, MD of Cruden Homes
Over the past 15 years, the south side of Glasgow has witnessed one of the city’s most ambitious...
The massive challenge for construction as PFI agreements come to an end
As public sector organisations prepare to inherit assets built under long-term contracts such as PFI, they face a challenge - fragmented and inconsistent maintenance...
Protecting the health rating of your construction business
Protecting the health rating of your construction business means reducing its risk exposure. In light of economic uncertainty, investor confidence is likely to waver...
Help to close construction ‘capability gap’
By Ian Eker, director of Construction & Property for recruitment firm Hays in Scotland
RECENT reports suggest that construction activity in Scotland continues to rise...
The Roberts, not the Robots, will win the day
By Brian Williamson, entrepreneur-in-residence at Kissing With Confidence
THE robots are coming. The concept of Artificial Intelligence is no longer confined to the lurid pages...
Big props to recorded load monitoring data
Ajay Nagah, engineering & major projects manager – ground shoring, at Altrad RMD Kwikform, explains how the use of historic data and digital virtual...
The renaissance in urban living
Since the new millennium dawned, city living has enjoyed a welcome renaissance as twenty- and thirty-somethings reversed the historic flight to the suburbs.
Building the future of education in Edinburgh
Even Sorgjerd, director at Will Rudd Edinburgh, discusses the challenges of providing new education buildings in Scotland’s capital city
AS Edinburgh continues to grow and...
Why more housing can unlock the potential of the Highlands
By Kirsty Morrison, group chief executive of Albyn Housing Society
IT has now been over six months since the Scottish Parliament declared a housing emergency....
Why community benefit is central to the future of housebuilding
By Michael Palethorpe, production & community benefit manager at Cruden Group
THERE has been an undeniable shift in the role of housebuilders across the UK....
