Avoiding a chain reaction: strategies to avoid the effects of supply chain disruption

Linzi Hedalen, partner at Dentons, discusses risk management and proactive strategies to avoid the effects of supply chain disruption THE construction industry has not had...

Green transition presents opportunity for job creation and economic growth

By Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway, an urban regeneration company working in Dalmarnock, Bridgeton and Rutherglen. Often we talk about the importance of...
Grace Mair

Don’t let embodied carbon undermine your net zero plans

By Grace Mair, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group HUGE amounts of resource are being invested in improving the sustainability of...
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,...

Scotland: building and fire safety regulation post-Grenfell

By Rosie Gollan, Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson FOLLOWING the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing...

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...

Number of issues still to be addressed in Scotland’s cladding bill

Keith Emmerson, associate in dispute resolution specialising in construction at Gillespie Macandrew LLP, discusses the potential implications of Scotland’s planned cladding remediation bill The Scottish...

Putting sustainability into practice with road bridges

Steve Duthie, associate director at Altrad RMD Kwikform, says the future of temporary works’ solutions for road bridge construction lies in sustainable products and...

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Are You Bid Ready?

  By Andrew Morrison, founder and BD director at AM Bid A significant part of the UK’s business community is dependent on winning work through competitive...

Developers can play pivotal role in improving Scotland’s digital connectivity

By Jim Fitzsimons, director of special projects at Stewart Milne Group, the developer behind Countesswells  Improving digital infrastructure is key to the future success of...
Nyrie Eller, Gillespie Macandrew

The costly consequences of unfair contract terms

By Nyrie Eller, paralegal, dispute resolution at Gillespie Macandrew RENEWING your monthly streaming service, agreeing to a new phone contract and taking up a gym...
Greig Fenton

How to turn PFI handover risk into a net zero opportunity

By Greig Fenton, regional director, Thomas & Adamson – part of Egis Group PRIVATE Finance Initiatives – or PFI, as the programme was better known...
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...

How office design can support future generations

By Sarah Hagen, office agency partner at Knight Frank Glasgow Different generations have always expected something new from the workplace. But, in the case of...

Designing safe urban spaces

By Debbie Harrison, a director of HarrisonStevens landscape architects BY the time the Quality Street tin is empty and the last of the empty bottles...

ESG needs to become part of the DNA of new developments

By Dr Sophie Taysom from Keyah Consulting Scotland’s net zero commitments cannot be achieved without a clear focus on the built environment, which accounts for...

Understanding heat loss will help address climate challenge

By Paddy Leighton, director, Icynene UK THE recently published Committee for Climate Change Report “UK Housing: Fit for the Future”, states that better standards of...

Churches are part of our national treasure, but valuation presents a professional challenge

By Adam Jennings, a surveyor in the Glasgow North office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors SCOTLAND'S churches are part of a long and proud heritage....

21 public sector bid trends for 2021 – are you bid ready?

By Andrew Morrison (founder of AM Bid) and David Gray (managing director of AM Bid) 2020 has been a year like no other; so what’s...
Kawneer UK curtain wall facade

Designing curtain wall façades to accommodate building movement

By Gary Ledger, technical director at Kawneer UK THE interaction between a building’s façade and its structure is frequently ignored in the design phase but...