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By Stuart Johnston, commercial partner based in Aberdeen who leads the north commercial property team for DM Hall Chartered Surveyors FEW have ever filled their...

Simon Wild, European category marketing manager at Formica Group, discusses the importance of building envelopes in combating CO2 emissions and their role in energy...

By Eric Curran, managing partner of DM Hall chartered surveyors, based in the firm's Glasgow north office THE Grenfell Tower tragedy horrified Britain, and our...

Ian Rogers, CEO and founder of construction consultancy Procync, explores the reasons why so many projects go over time, budget, or underdeliver THERE is a...

By Neil Bradbrook, MD of Ahead Business Consulting A couple of weeks ago, Atom Bank announced that their staff were moving to a four-day working...

By Paul Wadsworth, specification manager at Brett Martin WITH wild weather in Scotland the new norm and likelihood of powerful storms no longer a rare...

Sandra Cassels, partner on the commercial litigation team specialising in construction and engineering dispute resolution at Morton Fraser, tells Project Scotland why collaboration may...

By Lynn Richmond, associate in BTO Solicitors LLP’s data protection team COMING into force on 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will...

By Alastair McCoan, building consultancy partner at Knight Frank Scotland After nearly three years interrupted by Covid-19 and macro-economic disruption, 2023 could be the year...

By Tom Barclay, Kingdom Group chief executive FOR many families across Scotland, child poverty did not pause over Christmas. It tightened its grip. The latest...

Despite the strong economic headwinds, Livingston-based timber windows provider NorDan UK Ltd has grown by 85% in five years. Here, MD Alex Brown explains...

By Andy Hadden, co-founder of Tartan Leisure Ltd, developers of Wavegarden Scotland Amid all the anxiety and uncertainty that is currently going on in the world, we are all craving a brighter...

By Michael Collins, senior associate, BTO Solicitors Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, or 'RAAC', has been hitting the headlines over the last few weeks. However, RAAC...

Building something? The kind of thing that’ll have the neighbours up in arms? Or cheering from the rooftops? Either way, you need to listen...

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...

As part of last year’s World Green Building Week, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) issued a bold vision for how buildings around the world can reach 40% less embodied carbon emissions by 2030. To achieve this, changes need to be implemented throughout a building’s infrastructure. Here, Gert De Roover, building, construction and infrastructure manager at composites technology company Exel Composites, explains why composite materials contribute to the drive for greener buildings.

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...

By Sarah Lewis, research & policy director, Passivhaus Trust THERE are estimated to be 35 Passivhaus schools currently underway or in the pipeline in Scotland....

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...

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...