Brexit and bark beetle: what they mean for 2020 timber supply
Excess stock brought in ahead of the original Brexit deadline, uncertainty around the UK’s exit from the European Union, and challenges posed by bark...
Home working needs are influencing new-build designs
By Ash Sheikh, sales and marketing director of Muir Homes
Home working or a combination of work split between home and office is here to...
We all need to take homes to our hearts to build a better future
By Jane Wood, chief executive of Homes for Scotland
Everyone should have a place to call home and as I mark my first year as...
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,...
Subsidence risk rises as Scotland’s weather wreaks havoc
David Hedley, commercial & infrastructure lead at ground engineering specialist Mainmark UK, warns that as weather remains erratic, the construction sector must stay alert...
Why Scotland’s communities should be at the heart of land reform
Pauline Smith, chief executive at Development Trusts Association Scotland, says community ownership is a practical response to urban, rural and island need
SINCE 2000, community...
Maintaining lifeline services in a pandemic
By Kevin Hobbs, chief executive of Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL)
TRAVEL has been extremely limited in the last year. Trips abroad have all but...
New ways of thinking make the future bright for SuDS
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are widely acknowledged to be the most environmentally-acceptable way to manage flood risk and prevent water pollution. Yet, despite their...
Out with the old, in with the new – replacing insolvent contractors
By Linzi Hedalen, partner and Bruce Hale, counsel at Dentons UK and Middle East LLP
It has been widely reported that the construction industry made...
Designing feel-good homes to suit modern and flexible needs
By George Buchanan, director and lead architect at George Buchanan Architects
THE UK has always had a fascination with homes, but in a post-Covid world,...
Taking care with timber
Jeremy English, Great Britain and Ireland sales director at Södra Wood, Sweden’s largest cooperative of forest owners, explores why, more than ever, it is...
Measures must be taken to solve our housing crisis
By Justin Sullivan FRICS, RICS president elect
FOLLOWING the results of the General Election and with the declaration of a housing emergency in Scotland announced...
Demand for rural land and properties in Scotland remains undiminished
By Jennifer Campbell, head of estate agency in DM Hall Baird Lumsden, the specialist rural department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors
EVEN as the pandemic,...
Solid foundations: how scaffold blocks are raising the bar
Owen Batham, sales and marketing director at Elite Precast Concrete, explains why in an industry where safety, speed, and stability are non-negotiable, it is...
Why construction companies should set their sights on imaging technology
By Cade Wells, business development manager, CENSIS
Construction sites may have been closed on the back of the Covid-19 outbreak, but the sector is still hard at...
How geopolitical uncertainty is impacting FX risk in manufacturing
By Eliot Bassett, MD at Lumon Pay, corporate division, a foreign exchange and currency risk management service
MANUFACTURING is one of the first sectors to...
The circular economy is taking shape within the construction industry
By Scott Brewster, MD of Brewster Brothers
Is the circular economy just a fashion with too many people jumping on the bandwagon without any real...
Blend of digital and low carbon skills key to bridging talent gap in construction
By Lisa Deane, head of programme performance at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
THE construction sector has shown remarkable resilience over the last couple of...
Funding challenges remain, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel
By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects
It’s well known that we are in the middle of a housing crisis; high prices and funding...
Three things the industry needs to know about working smarter
By Lynsey Lennon, Performance Team Leader - Alliance Management, Scottish Water
LAST month I was invited to talk to a room full of hundreds of...
