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...
Ash Sheikh

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...

Lessons learned through lockdown could rebuild the future of construction

By Kevin Reid, chief executive of the Cruden Group AS the construction industry begins its journey through the restart plan, we consider how lockdown has...

Project Bank Accounts – a challenging balancing act

As the Scottish Government consults the construction sector on current issues, including on the use of Project Bank Accounts, Chris Horsley, senior associate at Burness...
Kirsten Nicolson, DM Hall

Just capital: Edinburgh housing market remains a law unto itself

By Kirsten Nicolson, a director in the Edinburgh residential offices of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors As the old year slips away, home buyers and sellers...
Paul Coulter, MD at Eden PAM

Redefining workspaces: why the ‘city fringe’ is making the cut

By Paul Coulter, MD at Eden PAM, the local asset manager on behalf of VCM Global Asset Management In just half a decade, the workplace...

Prepare now for expiry of your PFI contract

Kirsti Olson, partner at Dentons and construction law expert, explains what to be aware of regarding the expiry of your PFI contract, and why...

SEPA enforcement powers – a new landscape for construction sector

By Vikki Watt, Partner & Solicitor Advocate, BTO Solicitors LLP THE Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 granted SEPA...
Nicola Earley principal engineer, WSP Scotland

Rising tides call for better partnership working

By Nicola Earley, principal engineer, WSP Scotland SCOTLAND’S wet and often windy weather is known the world over. Whilst some may grow to love it,...

Buildings engineered for the future

By Gillian Ogilvie, managing director of Will Rudd (Edinburgh) CONSERVATION engineering is about repairing and preserving what is there. However it can also be...

Making your construction site safe in 2020

By Lauren Gladding, Self Storage sales & marketing manager CONSTRUCTION is one of the most dangerous industries in the UK to work in. According to...

Architects have pivotal role to stimulate culture of health and wellbeing

By Alasdair Rankin, MD, Aitken Turnbull THE last year has brought into sharp focus that one of the lasting legacies of Covid-19 – when the...

Scotland’s race against climate change: does net zero mark the finish line?

By Stephen Good, CEO, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) WITH just a few months to go until the COP26 summit in Glasgow, sustainability is fast...

Speeding up installation without losing quality

Allen Coldrake, director at waterproofing system specialist Carlisle Construction Materials, discusses the need to consider installation benefits to deliver faster construction programmes and clarity...
Mabey Hire formwork

Bringing formwork to the digital stage

Thanks to advancements in digital engineering, more concrete contractors are benefiting from being able to plan and explore their project in a 3D digital...

First time buyers must play major role in continued growth of new homes market

By Liz Mallon, sales and marketing director of Cruden Homes (West) Recent research carried out by Savills shows that the Scottish new homes market has...
Laura McCrossan, Aitken Turnbull Architects

Are women breaking the architecture ‘glass ceiling’ in 2025?

By Laura McCrossan, associate director, Aitken Turnbull Architects WOMEN are steadily gaining ground in UK business, with the 2025 FTSE Women Leaders Review reporting that...

Lessons to be learned from Edinburgh school closures

IT’S time to revert to a more traditional procurement method of public buildings. That’s the view of architect Alan Dunlop in light of the recent...

West Lothian commercial property market ready to respond to hard knocks

Graeme Pollock is director and head of West Lothian agency at the Livingston commercial department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors WHILE commercial property investment volumes...
Liz Hamilton

Building tomorrow: how planning can help tackle Scotland’s housing crisis

By Liz Hamilton, senior land and planning manager at AS Homes Scotland We’ve recently seen Scotland’s largest cities - Edinburgh and Glasgow - declare housing...