Rail resilience projects require a strong handover
Josh McNicholas, a senior member of the Evalu-8 EHS team, explores what happens when rail resilience work moves into long-term operational ownership
NETWORK Rail has...
SEPA enforcement powers – a new landscape for construction sector
By Vikki Watt, Partner & Solicitor Advocate, BTO Solicitors LLP
THE Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 granted SEPA...
It’s survival of the fittest – Greg Callan
The companies with the best chances of riding out the recession are those which have adapted to the economic realities argues Greg Callan.
THE latest...
Creating sense of community is key to bringing people back to the office
By Lyndsay Clark, property management associate, Knight Frank Scotland
It is no secret that some employers have struggled to get staff back into the office...
Humanising hospitals
By Christoph Ackermann, principal at Building Design Partnership (BDP).
WHAT is a hospital’s primary purpose? To offer a diagnosis for disease. To treat the sick...
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...
Gap in the market for medium-sized firms
THE recent demise of Muirfield Contracts felt like a throwback to the darkest days of the recession when reports of contractors going out of...
Conserving historic buildings to create a vibrant city
By MJ O’Shaughnessy, managing director, Will Rudd (Glasgow)
EDINBURGH is coming alive again as lockdown eases and people can visit once more. It is a...
Construction during a crisis: making people the priority
By David Shearer, managing director, HFD Construction
OVER the past weeks, construction has, like many other sectors, come under the spotlight as the world comes to...
HSE Fee For Intervention: why it pays to be informed
By Vikki Watt, partner and solicitor advocate at BTO Solicitors LLP
SINCE 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recovered costs from duty holders...
Building the future workforce
By Kirsty Connell-Skinner, programme manager | HCI Skills Gateway
Do you remember being young and experiencing something that shaped your career choices? Maybe you saw...
Is it time to modernise Modern Apprenticeships?
By Douglas Morrison, director of operations and skills, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)
ALMOST 40,000 people in Scotland took part in apprenticeship training in 2019/20,...
Housebuilders should embrace new standard missives proposals
With just weeks to respond to Graham Simpson MSP’s proposed New-Build Homes (Buyer Protection) (Scotland) members Bill, Harry C. Smith, partner and head of...
Practical tips for specifying bathroom pods
Offsite Solutions is supplying bathroom pods in a £3 million contract for a Moda build-to-rent scheme in Glasgow, working with Robertson Group. Here, MD...
Riding the leadership learning curve
By Alan Gordon, senior partner of DM Hall LLP.
I suspect that for any new role, 33 years should be ample preparation. But taking over...
Demand for land in Scotland has seldom been greater
By Donald Yellowley, a partner in DM Hall’s country department based in the Bridge of Allan
WHILE demand for all manner of land in Scotland...
Quality steps to SuDS success
By Jo Bradley, market development manager, SDS Limited
WHEN it comes to preventing surface water pollution, Scotland leads the way. Scotland’s wide-scale use of sustainable...
Lessons to be learned from Edinburgh school closures
IT’S time to revert to a more traditional procurement method of public buildings.
That’s the view of architect Alan Dunlop in light of the recent...
Why more housing can unlock the potential of the Highlands
By Kirsty Morrison, group chief executive of Albyn Housing Society
IT has now been over six months since the Scottish Parliament declared a housing emergency....
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...
