Stewart Dalgarno

AIMCH project set to transform housebuilding

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Group, discusses how AIMCH, a collaborative research and development project is set to revolutionise the...

Graduate apprenticeships have key role to play in Scotland’s economy

https://vimeo.com/686272068/403f15e1a5 By Jen Henderson, head of talent partnerships at Heriot-Watt University Graduate Apprenticeships are a key way to develop and retain skills and talent for business...

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 -...

Heat networks – risks and rewards

By Anthony Coates-Smith, managing director of Insite Energy HEAT networks are central to the Scottish Government’s strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2045...

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...

Expert warns construction industry on costly ransomware attacks

By Connor O'Neill, CEO and co-founder of OnSecurity Just last week, an annual report released by tech giant Microsoft found that the number of ransomware...

Coordinated thought can provide a healthier future for our health estates

Alasdair Rankin, MD of Aitken Turnbull Architects, delves deep into the balance between healthcare provision and the built environment THE connection between environment and wellbeing...

Treating concrete water

Many construction firms have improved their environmental approach. Yet one area where errors are still made is concrete water. Dr Richard Coulton, managing director...
Mark Murphy

The evolving role of sustainability in business

The role of sustainability in business is constantly evolving, but as Mark Murphy, chief risk officer at the Donaldson Group explains, it should always...

What is the future of construction?

By Heleana Neil of Innovate UK BUILDINGS account for 40% of the UK’s energy consumption and carbon emissions. But, most of them were built in the...

Early engagement key to future-proofing buildings

By Andrew Thornton, associate director, Thomas & Adamson THE roll out of free early years childcare across Scotland, alongside a rising population and ageing portfolio,...

Opening site doors can open young minds

By Brian McQuade, managing director for Kier Regional Building Scotland ADDRESSING the skills shortage remains a key priority right across the construction industry. While the...

Growing greenways in the heart of our cities

By Mike Harrison, creative director and co-founder of HarrisonStevens, landscape architects and urban designers THE canal towpaths and redundant railway lines that pass through the...

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...
Fraser Milne

Planning today to meet offshore wind ambitions of tomorrow

Fraser Milne, engineering and projects director at Balmoral Comtec, discusses offshore wind and the value of a resilient Scottish supply chain SCOTLAND’S offshore wind ambitions...
John Forster, chair of Forster Group

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...
Shutterstock environment

Retrofitting report to play vital role in reaching Scotland’s net zero targets

Gavin Oxenham, group general manager at Procast Group, discusses the importance of the new ‘Retrofitting Roundtable Report’, and how the Hamilton-based principal contractor is...

Future-proofing the industry through inclusivity and diversity

By Kim Worts, RICS UK External Affairs Director I had a conversation recently with a female RICS Fellow who applied to a well-established college to...

Sentencing guidelines to impact on Scottish firms

By Clare Bone, Partner and Criminal Solicitor Advocate, bto solicitors THE Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 has UK wide application and Scottish courts...
MJ O'Shaughnessy

Protecting, preserving and enhancing our environment

By MJ O’Shaughnessy, managing director, Will Rudd (Glasgow) WITH a year to go until Glasgow hosts COP26 Climate Summit, engineering probably isn’t the first thing...