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Dig unveils Roman Army artefacts

ARCHAEOLOGICAL investigations near Dumfries have revealed new insight into the Roman Army’s occupation of southern Scotland during the second century AD. Artefacts discovered include...

It’s time to talk about mental health as much as physical safety in construction

By Rob Bewick, senior construction safety consultant at Thomas & Adamson In the construction industry, health and safety is most often thought about in terms...
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Safety needs a strong lead

Two years on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Lesley McLeod, chief executive of The Association for Project Safety, tells Project Scotland why a more...

Time to start breaking down planning barriers

BY Andrew Mickel, director of Mactaggart & Mickel Group PLANNING may not be the most exciting subject in the world, and most people don’t think...

Giving the lowdown on high-end single-ply roofing solutions

Roof waterproofing is not a game of chance. Errors at any stage of the installation process, particularly avoidable ones, could have costly ramifications. Correct...

House buyers make a return to city living

By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director, Cruden Homes (East) Ltd For the last few years, house buyers have been leaving behind urban life to...

Better times lie ahead for north east housing

Glenn Allison, chief executive at Stewart Milne Group, tells Project Scotland that the business remains confident in Aberdeen’s prospects despite challenges in the housing...

Time for a grown-up conversation about how to help solve Scotland’s housing crisis

By Andrew McFarlane, a consultant in the Glasgow North office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Housing has...

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...

Don’t miss the opportunity to leapfrog competition

Public Relations expert, Julie Moulsdale, explains why construction firms should make the most of the many opportunities that exist to raise their profile. THE Scottish...

What does lower occupancy mean for future of commercial buildings?

London’s Canary Wharf is currently operating at 10% capacity, with most employees working from home. To put that in perspective, that’s about 12,000 people...

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...
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Why community benefit is central to the future of housebuilding

By Michael Palethorpe, production & community benefit manager at Cruden Group THERE has been an undeniable shift in the role of housebuilders across the UK....

Opportunity for all in the rebuilding of Ukraine

Linzi Hedalen, partner at Dentons, explains why Scotland’s expertise in developing and upgrading buildings can help transform war-damaged areas in Ukraine FOLLOWING the invasion of...

Top tips for looking after wood in your property

By Brian Reid, operations director at Wise Property Care TIMBER frames have many advantages for buildings. They are cost-efficient, easy to construct, and great at...
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How timber systems can help fix Scotland’s housing crisis

By Gary Gray, general manager of Muir Timber Systems, part of the Muir Group THE housing crisis in Scotland is becoming ever more acute. More...

The law of time-bar: discovering a new test

By Leona Duff, a solicitor in Anderson Strathern LLP’s commercial litigation team The law    The law of time-bar has been confusing and unsatisfactory for a...

Will Rudd women wear many hats

In the week that we celebrate Women in Engineering, Gillian Ogilvie, MD at Will Rudd Edinburgh looks at the many hats the women at...

Sustainability and the reduction of waste is the only way forward for the painting...

By Chris Meechan, MD of Cali Decor The move towards sustainability in business is not only driven by altruism on the part of business owners...
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Scottish castles continue to stand the test of time

Gregor Duthie, legal director and real estate specialist at law firm Gilson Gray, explains why the nation’s castles and estates are still going strong WITH...