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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...

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

By Martin Smith, chief executive of Muir Group which includes Muir Homes THE shortage of homes in Scotland has been quite clear for a number...

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 David Shaw, director at Torridon If there’s one message I’d give every commercial property owner, asset manager or occupier, it’s that you don’t have...

By Lee Swinerd, Director, KPMG LLP In the early stages of a business, cash flow is arguably the most important factor to consider. Indeed, one...

By Ellie Campbell, a freelance content writer and campaign manager for Castle Water IN times like these, keeping bills under control is vital for any...

Increased thermal, acoustic and fire performance required from soffit liners means ever increased insulation depths are being specified. But without careful consideration of how...

Tom Walker, partner at Wellers, the small business accountants, discusses R&D tax reliefs and how they can benefit housebuilding and the wider construction sector MAKE...

By Ainslie McCrone, marketing manager at Briar Homes There are certain milestones in life that are set in, well, stone, and serve as evidence of...

Drake Meikle, regional technical sales engineer at Siltbuster, the water treatment specialist, explores road construction, the excess water it generates, and how the environmental...

By Alan Wilson, MD of SELECT It has come as a shock of unprecedented voltage, not just in Spain and Portugal but across the western...

By Rosie Gollan, Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson FOLLOWING the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing...

Ian Hughes, engagement director Scotland, CITB, tells Project Scotland why the construction skills system must be ‘fit for purpose’ to achieve ambitious plans THE construction...

IT’S widely recognised that older workers are crucial to curbing the construction industry skills gap, as reported by CIOB, but an ageing workforce can...

By Amanda Cameron, a partner in the Dunfermline office of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors Scotland’s General Register of Sasines is the oldest national land register...

Michael McGuire, building warranties specialist at Octo Insurance Brokers, tells Project Scotland why he believes Scottish developers should rethink building warranties Scotland's construction sector is...

Gary Danson, operations director at specialist repair firm Plastic Surgeon, discusses sustainability within the construction sector SUSTAINABILITY within the construction industry is becoming ever more...

By Bruce Kennedy, an architect director at BDP IN more than 30 years as a practicing architect in Glasgow, I have witnessed the city’s resilience...

By Sara Edmonds, co-director of the National Retrofit Hub AS Scotland’s building industry reckons with the formidable challenge of scaling up retrofit initiatives and decarbonising...