Surge in staycations brings host of opportunities for farms and estates

By Paul Houghton, director – head of planning at DM Hall Baird Lumsden, the specialist rural department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors FARMING life in...
Marion Forbes

Construction is at a crossroads and widening our talent pool is a business imperative

By Marion Forbes, director of performance and organisational change at AC Whyte, and FLIC advisory board member CONSTRUCTION has always been fundamental to Scotland’s economic...

Architects have pivotal role to stimulate culture of health and wellbeing

By Alasdair Rankin, MD, Aitken Turnbull THE last year has brought into sharp focus that one of the lasting legacies of Covid-19 – when the...

Later living housing design: learning from Covid-19

By Stuart Carr, director at Inglis & Carr The new reality In a recent trip to Verona, prior to the majority of the population of the...

Ventilation fund grants for small businesses are ‘simply the wrong answer’

By Gregor Stewart, director at Stewart Temperature Solutions, based in Ayr THERE is no doubt we should applaud the fact that, in the wake of...

Scottish Apprenticeship Week: supporting our future leaders

To celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week, Naila Akram, head of social impact at Balfour Beatty, highlights how the firm is transforming the landscape for apprentices...
Ross Taylor, Gillespie Macandrew

Fact or fiction: the hybrid collateral warranty

By Ross Taylor, partner, dispute resolution, Gillespie Macandrew A construction contract is an agreement 'for' the carrying out, arranging 'for' the carrying out or providing...
Scaffold blocks

Solid foundations: how scaffold blocks are raising the bar

Owen Batham, sales and marketing director at Elite Precast Concrete, explains why in an industry where safety, speed, and stability are non-negotiable, it is...

Iconic bridges chart our changing attitudes

From the Forth Rail Bridge to the Queensferry Crossing, bridging the River Forth has not been without its health and safety challenges. To mark the...
Laura McCrossan, Aitken Turnbull Architects

Are women breaking the architecture ‘glass ceiling’ in 2025?

By Laura McCrossan, associate director, Aitken Turnbull Architects WOMEN are steadily gaining ground in UK business, with the 2025 FTSE Women Leaders Review reporting that...
Queens Gait

The whole economy reaps the benefits from new housebuilding

By Ash Sheikh, director of sales and marketing at Muir Homes, part of the Muir Group I am sure I am not the only one...
Panel-Bridge

Keeping Scotland’s communites connected

By Peter Aramayo, projects director, Mabey Hire IN the last decade, the Scottish Government has worked tirelessly to deliver major infrastructure improvements. You only have...

The built environment — safety assured?

By Lesley McLeod, CEO, Association for Project Safety TO outsiders construction often looks like a prime example of ‘Men Behaving Badly’. Jokes abound of the...

Don’t ‘edge’ your bets when it comes to car park compliance

By Steve Dunn, managing director of car park construction specialist Berry Systems WHEN it comes to multi-storey car parks, the quality of edge protection can...
Doka Slipform

Laser precision: the future of smarter Slipform construction

Arthur Postl, head of sales Doka Slipform, explains why the evolution in Slipform construction over the past three decades shows exactly how smart technologies...

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...

It’s time to invest in young people

By Peter Russian, chief executive of Remarkable (formerly Investors in People Scotland) IN an environment where margins are being squeezed more tightly and the demands...
Sika green roof

Roofing’s role in saving energy and combating urban heat islands

By Mark Harris, head of sustainability – roofing at Sika URBAN heat islands represent a growing challenge in the modern urban environment, characterised by significantly...

Delivering modern homes that reflect rural setting

Page/Park's Jonathan Walsh, who was project architect on a new 23-unit housing project in Kirkintilloch, provides an overview of the initiative to deliver much-needed...

Maintaining lifeline services in a pandemic

By Kevin Hobbs, chief executive of Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) TRAVEL has been extremely limited in the last year. Trips abroad have all but...