Lisa Miller, Clyde Gateway

Room for growth: why investors should check-in to Glasgow’s east end

By Lisa Miller, innovation and engagement manager at Clyde Gateway NEXT week, I’ll travel to Manchester with a proposition for some of the UK’s biggest...

Lessons learnt for sustainable school design

By Lindsey Mitchell, architect director at BDP’s Glasgow studio SCOTLAND has ambitious environmental goals. It is five years since the Paris agreement.  The race to...

Failing to seek permission for home improvements can be a costly mistake

By Calum Allmond, an associate and head of architectural services at DM Hall Scotland’s housing market continues to boom with prices reaching unprecedented levels,...
Niki Spence

The Commonwealth catalyst: the legacy behind Glasgow’s games

By Niki Spence, head of sustainable communities at Clyde Gateway IN just a year’s time Glasgow will welcome back the Commonwealth Games to our city,...
Eliot Bassett

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...

Investing in green spaces benefits everyone in Clyde Gateway

By Alison Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central and chair of Clyde Gateway urban regeneration company. Glasgow is rightly known as the “dear green place” due...

Outdoor learning gives children a healthy view of the world

By Kath MacTaggart, a landscape architect at BDP Glasgow studio RAISED in the rural south west of Scotland, I remember only too well wet playtimes...

Innovations to ‘future-proof’ Scotland’s ports against climate change

Ramsay Muirhead, director of ports & infrastructure at CMAL, discusses the importance of innovations to tackling rising sea levels in Scotland ACCORDING to Marine Scotland...

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...

UK’s most efficient form of lead recycling becomes specifiable

By Steve Reynolds, national specification manager at Envirolead LEAD’S heritage as a product at the heart of UK construction is beyond doubt and its place...

Innovative glazing to achieve new Scottish Building Regulations

The introduction of new Building Scotland Regulations on 1st February 2023 has placed energy efficiency high on the agenda for construction professionals. The regulations,...

Aggregates Levy must be a springboard for the resource management sector

By Scott Brewster, MD, Brewster Brothers ONE of the aims of the Scottish Government’s proposed Aggregates Levy is that the new tax should support the...

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...

Transparency and trafficking

Jonathan Gaskell and Caragh Nimmo tell Project Scotland what steps organisations must take to comply with new legislation and ensure slavery and human trafficking...

Addressing the Scottish housing crisis: a call for pragmatic solutions

By Fraser Lynes, MD of Cruden Homes SCOTLAND'S housing system is at a critical juncture. The Scottish Government has acknowledged the nation’s housing emergency and...

Deed of conditions: power to the people

Andrew Leslie, associate – housebuilder, Gillespie Macandrew, discusses the importance of a well drafted Deed of Conditions for residential developments THOSE involved in the development...
Heather Holbrook

Does quantity surveying need a rebrand to attract the next generation?

By Heather Holbrook, director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group Quantity surveying is a vital part of the UK's £370 billion construction industry,...

Protecting the health rating of your construction business

Protecting the health rating of your construction business means reducing its risk exposure. In light of economic uncertainty, investor confidence is likely to waver...
Smart Construction Richard Clement

Digital Construction Week: experts predict biggest changes for the next decade

Digital Construction Week is taking place from June 5-6. To mark the occasion, Smart Construction’s deputy general manager, Richard Clement, takes a deep dive...

Will the Scottish Government’s move towards ‘Passivhaus’ support zero carbon ambitions?

By Keith Emmerson and Andrew Leslie, solicitors specialising in construction and housebuilding at Gillespie Macandrew A lot has been written on the new Scottish National...