Setting ‘sites’ on a thriving career in construction

By Amanda Byrne, site manager for Kier Construction Scotland People are always surprised when I tell them that I’m a construction site manager. ‘That’s not...

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...
Joe Warren, Knight Frank

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....
Clive Dickin

Scaffolding is critical to UK’s growth mission

Clive Dickin, CEO of National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC), tells Project Scotland about the importance of scaffolders to the overall UK economy FEW people,...
King’s View development in Glasgow

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...

Time to shine a light on the ‘invisible illness’

Earlier this year, data released by the Office for National Statistics revealed the risk of suicide among low-skilled male labourers, particularly those working in...

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,...
Stephen Dick

Tackling the disconnect between Scotland’s housing shortage and newbuild supply

 By Stephen Dick, partner at full-service legal firm Gilson Gray WHILE the impact will largely be seen south of the border, the new Labour Government...

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...

Why are insolvency rates rising in the construction industry?

By Sharon McDougall of Scotland Debt Solutions, part of Begbies Traynor Group. No company is immune to the dangers posed by today’s uncertain economic and...

City’s hotbed of talent is heating up the property market

By Guy Marsden, a founding director of Highbridge Properties PLC AS a commercial property developer, my natural instinct whenever I go into a city is...
Felicity Forbes-Davidson, DM Hall

Aberdeen property market is hoping for a fair wind

By Felicity Forbes-Davidson, a partner in the Aberdeen residential offices of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors  WHEN the Tall Ships sailed from Aberdeen in a flurry...

Cementing a place in history

The Queensferry Crossing is set to become the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world upon its completion in May 2017, writes Ronnie Turner,...
Stuart Fleming

Why first-times still matter: reflections ahead of UKREiiF 2026

By Stuart Fleming, director at Will Rudd, Edinburgh THIS year marks 25 years since I joined Will Rudd. It will also be my first time...

What a Dunfermline office block can teach Scotland about affordable housing delivery

By Dougie Herd, joint MD at Campion Homes AFFORDABLE housing is ultimately a giant jigsaw puzzle. Sites, funding, design, construction, local need and long-term commitment...
Caron Quinn

What Scotland’s next government must learn from the housing emergency

By Caron Quinn, chief executive at Govan Housing Group FROM the frontline in Govan, Scotland’s housing emergency can look deceptively simple: a lack of choice. Behind...

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...

An apprenticeship can be the start of an amazing career

By Jennifer Gibson, an Integrated Management System (IMS) Assistant at Cruden Buildings and Renewals Ltd When I left school, like so many other teenagers I...

The draft NPF4 — key considerations for developers

By Keith Emmerson, an associate in Gillespie Macandrew LLP’s dispute resolution team, specialising in construction IN March 2022, Project Scotland reported on conflicting responses to...

Climate policy must roll forward, not backward

By Peter Exley, professor and dean, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University No moral case seems strong enough to compel...