Scotland’s people deserve better on housing

By Jane Wood, chief executive of Homes for Scotland Last week, Homes for Scotland held its annual conference in our great capital city, less than a...
Ian Mockett

Port infrastructure: regenerating communities and boosting local economies

Ian Mockett, director, energy and marine, at COWI UK, explains why investing in port infrastructure can regenerate communities and boost local economies £1.8 billion is...
Knauf rainscreen façade insulation

The performance challenge in rainscreen façade insulation

Gary Allen, project specification manager at Knauf Insulation UK & Ireland, discusses the performance challenge in rainscreen façade insulation Despite offering design freedom and building...

Glasgow’s newest sculpture is the perfect symbol of hope

By Martin McKay, executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway GLASGOW has no shortage of public art and the people who live in Scotland’s largest...

Key to going green is involving the workforce at every level

By Tim Dew, chief executive of business simulation games company GingrTech THE delegates to COP26 next month have bought their tickets and are leafing through...

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...
Martin Joyce, Clyde Gateway

‘Triple helix’ of innovation can drive regeneration and jobs

By Martin Joyce, executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway THE recent UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds has cemented its...

Can online pay portals combat blame culture?

By Colin Darch, business process consultant at OPEN ECX BLAME culture is a contentious topic in the construction industry, particularly when it comes to invoicing...

Adding colour to facades could be a bright idea

Colour is in vogue in lieu of recent research into colour psychology. Ben Warren, managing director at Baumit, provides five points to illustrate how...
Environmental monitoring equipment

Environmental monitoring in groundworks: clearing the way for new homes

With available building space at a premium in the UK, there has been an increasing push to convert disused brownfield land into new housing....

Pace of hub South West’s activity set to accelerate further

By Dr Willie Mackie, chair of hub South West Scotland In any large organisation, it is easy to become engrossed in the detail, but every...

Blend of digital and low carbon skills key to bridging talent gap in construction

By Lisa Deane, head of programme performance at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) THE construction sector has shown remarkable resilience over the last couple of...

Carbon legislation could be window of opportunity

Mike Stevenson, senior manager for strategic markets at NorDan UK, discusses the recent backing of embodied carbon reduction and the challenges of achieving decarbonisation...
Grace Mair

Don’t let embodied carbon undermine your net zero plans

By Grace Mair, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group HUGE amounts of resource are being invested in improving the sustainability of...
Susan Jackson, Campion Homes

Why SMEs must be central to Scotland’s housing response

By Susan Jackson, joint MD of Campion Homes THE housing emergency has rightly returned to the heart of Scotland’s political conversation. With the appointment of...

No worker should be left alone in a crisis

By Bill Hill, CEO of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity AS well as the word unprecedented, we are now hearing the words mental health every...

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...
Jonathan Gaskell, a Partner at DWF LLP I

Whatever happened to third party rights?

By Jonathan Gaskell, a partner at DWF LLP I have written a couple of times previously in this publication about the use of third party...

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...

Creating the opportunity for a more flexible skills system for Scottish construction industry

Ian Hughes, strategic director Scotland at CITB, discusses the opportunity for a more flexible and accessible skills system for the construction industry THE Tertiary Education and...