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Managing workplace safety – an update following 100 days in lockdown

By partner Jon Cooper and managing associate Ashley Borthwick, from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson THE construction industry has been hit hard by Covid-19, with large...

What industry needs to know about response to Withers Review

By Kirsty Connell-Skinner, sustainable construction partnerships manager at Edinburgh Napier University & programme manager at HCI Skills Gateway THE shortage of construction skills is a...

How open-plan living became the norm

By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director at Queensberry Properties In 1999, the very first episode of Grand Designs aired on Channel 4. It followed...

How to safely navigate retrofit

By Peter Edwards, architect at Holmes Miller Do you know your EnerPHit from your CarbonLite Retrofit? And if someone mentioned PHPP, would you know what...

Rethink needed on red diesel policy

By Chala McKenna, senior solicitor at Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP WHILE there’s a strong environmental basis for the UK Government’s plan to limit the use...

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,...

The importance of building up your reputation

“NO such thing as bad publicity” goes the old adage. But for the construction sector, conveying the right image is increasingly critical. Many companies don’t...

How can Scotland build smarter in 2024?

Bruce Robertson, lending manager at Atelier, examines the current state of the housing market in Scotland Over the course of 2023, the housing crisis has...

Planning a way forward

The Scottish Government recently set out proposals for “revamping” the nation’s planning system, which build on recommendations of an independent review carried out last...

Hopes, challenges and opportunities: industry faces “unprecedented” tests in 2018

2018 will be a year of exceptional challenges – and also opportunities – for the Scottish construction sector. Project Scotland recently asked a wide range...

More support needed for construction workforce

By Bill Hill, CEO of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity IN an industry where two construction workers take their own life every single working day...
Hamish Paterson, Thomas & Adamson

Retrofitting listed buildings doesn’t mean compromising on history

By Hamish Paterson, director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group Decarbonisation of the built environment is a complex challenge, with no one-size-fits-all approach...
Sarah-Alexander

What’s in a word?

Sarah Alexander, senior associate at Dentons, explores the issue of oral contracts within the construction industry IT is well known that parties can bind themselves...

Surge in staycations brings host of opportunities for farms and estates

By Paul Houghton, director – head of planning at DM Hall Baird Lumsden, the specialist rural department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors FARMING life in...

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...
John Forster, chair of Forster Group

General Election: a turning point for climate action and the path to net zero

By John Forster, chair of Forster Group LIKE many, I have been closely observing the outcomes of the General Election. The results signal a pivotal...

Cladding our future towards net zero

By Ellen Delph, project manager, KR Group (Scotland) THE days of us living our lives within, what might be termed a linear production model -...

I always had ‘Grand Designs’ on my career

By Robbie Hunter, site manager for Kier Regional Building Scotland LIKE many children I liked playing with Lego and creating my own buildings, but it...

It’s time for Scotland to stop missing out on solar thermal

By Stephanie Clark, Policy Manager, Onshore Renewables at Scottish Renewables IT’S all too easy to scoff at solar power in Scotland, but falling hardware prices...

Can you refuse to hire ‘unreliable’ young workers?

By Dawn Robertson, partner & accredited specialist in employment law, BTO Solicitors LLP In the latest quarterly economic survey by Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, published...