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By Mike Harrison, creative director and co-founder of HarrisonStevens, landscape architects and urban designers THE canal towpaths and redundant railway lines that pass through the...

By Emma Dickson, technical director at Arcadis and industry co-chair of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum’s Skills and Workforce sub group. Employers in the construction...

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...

By Stuart McGinlay, structural waterproofing specialist at Wise Basement Systems WINTER has firmly descended on Scotland, and professionals in construction should expect and prepare for...

By Neil Bradbrook, MD of Falkirk-based business consultancy Ahead Business Consulting COVID-19 has created mass uncertainty and panic. People are worried about their jobs, their...

By Sandra Cassels, a partner in the commercial litigation team at Morton Fraser, specialising in construction and engineering disputes What happened A design consultant was involved...

By Alastair Wallace, senior partner, Thomas & Adamson With the UK now into its fourth week in lockdown, it goes without saying that everyone involved...

By Bill Roddie, managing director of Spectrum Properties I suppose that it makes a change. For months now the go-to excuse for disruption and delay...

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

DAVID Wright, Head of External Affairs at SELECT, the Electrical Contractors’ Association of Scotland, has welcomed the passing of the Procurement Reform Bill,...

In the wake of the tragic events in Genoa, where 43 people died when a section of the Morandi Bridge suddenly collapsed, Lesley McLeod,...

By Mike Stevenson, Development Director for offsite and new-build fenestration specialists Sidey Limited and founding partner of the Fabric First Academy  IT has almost come...

With a more buoyant construction market, it is those firms continuing to invest in training that are best placed to help housing providers bring their homes up to modern standards. Billy Baird, Projects Director at roofing and cladding services provider Marley Contract Services, looks at how the company has managed to maintain its skills base. THE skills shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry and encompasses a wide range of disciplines from bricklaying through to plumbing. A lack of...

By John Forster, chair and founder, Forster Group Spain’s power grid failed this week. Portugal’s went down soon after. What could have been mistaken for...

By Alasdair Rankin, managing director, Aitken Turnbull Architects Recently, I read an article about how academic innovation was helping to spearhead a transition to reduce waste...

By Grahame Barn, chief executive of CECA Scotland IN 2021 we will hopefully leave Covid-19 behind us as the vaccine programme is rolled out, but...

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...

By Peter Edwards, architect at Holmes Miller Do you know your EnerPHit from your CarbonLite Retrofit? And if someone mentioned PHPP, would you know what...

By Alyson Cameron, graduate site manager with Kier Construction Scotland FROM a very young age, building was a keen interest of mine. My dad was...

Dougie Herd, joint MD at Campion Homes, discusses turning the challenges of building accessible homes into opportunities AS the joint managing director of Campion Homes,...