Funding will support a construction innovation revolution – but we need industry’s help

By Stephen Good, chief executive, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre THE importance of the construction industry to the Scottish economy can be demonstrated with a few...

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...

Visible discolouration of water from building sites can attract the attention of more than...

By Simon Knott, managing director of environmental consultancy Naturally Compliant. BUILDING sites can be challenging places but contractors and other construction professionals have a duty...
Jamie Goth

What is the Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard delivering?

The theme for Scotland's Climate Week 2024 is ‘Stories for Change’. In this article, Jamie Goth, associate director at the Scottish Futures Trust, looks...

Constructing a resilient future by building to withstand floods

Building flood resilience requires communities to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change. Lee Davison, head of submissions – civils at McLaughlin...

Glasgow’s newest sculpture is the perfect symbol of hope

By Martin McKay, executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway GLASGOW has no shortage of public art and the people who live in Scotland’s largest...

Taking future skills offsite

By Douglas Morrison, director of operations and future skills, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre AS the construction industry is facing unprecedented challenges during the current coronavirus...
Ground inspection being carried out

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...

Energy crisis will worsen unless we offer a balanced smart transition where consumers decide...

By John Forster, chair and founder of Forster Group ENERGY prices skyrocketing, rising inflation rates and a potential year-long recession, the immediate economic picture for...

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...

Managing summer spikes in the education sector

By Gordon Clyne, Morris & Spottiswood director for Fit-Out Scotland AS a business, we have been working in the education sector for over 50 years,...

Six considerations for planning a construction site office

Thomas Bradley from Mobile Mini explains what factors businesses need to take into consideration when planning a construction site office NOW that most construction sites...
Pauline Smith, DTAS

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...

Why communication breakthroughs will be crucial to a healthy post-pandemic sector

By Lesley McLeod, CEO of The Association for Project Safety, and Shachar Harari, chief business officer & head of Cardo Crew COMMUNICATION technology has always...

Why employee wellbeing is strongest retention tool within construction, building, and manufacturing industries

Victoria Brocklesby is COO and co-founder of aluminium doors and windows manufacturer Origin. Since the business was established, Origin revealed it has prioritised its...
Sauchiehall Street. Image credit: Visual Lane

Vertical growth is no tall order in Glasgow

Lotte Tobermann, associate director at GIA, discusses delivering tall buildings responsibly in Glasgow’s next skyline chapter The City of Glasgow is on the cusp of...

Is your site safe for older workers?

IT’S widely recognised that older workers are crucial to curbing the construction industry skills gap, as reported by CIOB, but an ageing workforce can...

The renaissance in urban living

Since the new millennium dawned, city living has enjoyed a welcome renaissance as twenty- and thirty-somethings reversed the historic flight to the suburbs.
Alan Ferns

RAAC and ruin? Timely advice can relieve panic over aerated concrete

By Alan Ferns, director – structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part...
Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc’s Innovation Hub

Sustainability doesn’t mean our buildings have to lack creativity

By Ruaridh Nicol, associate at Holmes Miller AS the climate crisis continues to drive one of the biggest calls for change across the globe, sustainability...