Rethink needed on red diesel policy
By Chala McKenna, senior solicitor at Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP
WHILE there’s a strong environmental basis for the UK Government’s plan to limit the use...
How Scottish architecture is making its mark on global design
By Christoph Ackermann, architect and principal at BDP Glasgow
THE proud architecture of Scotland has always reflected social movements, imitated prevailing ideas and influenced design...
Lessons learned through lockdown could rebuild the future of construction
By Kevin Reid, chief executive of the Cruden Group
AS the construction industry begins its journey through the restart plan, we consider how lockdown has...
Commercial solar photovoltaic: transitioning from the carrot to the stick
By Dr James Crosby-Wrigley, head of sustainability for commercial and industrial energy supply and usage at Advantage Utilities
Scotland has committed to becoming a more...
Funding boost brings fresh urgency to Scotland’s cladding crisis
Dan Lowe and Dr Benjamin Ralph from Hollis explain why money alone will not solve cladding issues across Scotland
MORE than eight years after Grenfell...
Seizing opportunities: a beginner’s guide to investing in Scotland’s property market
After Scotland’s property market faced an undeniably challenging few years with interest rate rises, there finally appears to be some light at the end...
What a Dunfermline office block can teach Scotland about affordable housing delivery
By Dougie Herd, joint MD at Campion Homes
AFFORDABLE housing is ultimately a giant jigsaw puzzle. Sites, funding, design, construction, local need and long-term commitment...
Shawfair’s ambitions to bring green power to its people
By James Palmer, associate director of Shawfair LLP - a joint venture between Buccleuch Properties and Mactaggart & Mickel
IN 2005 Apple launched the iPod...
Designing campuses which inspire learning and add social value
By Brad Morrison, architect at BDP
SCHOOLS are at the heart of any healthy community. Recognising this, North Lanarkshire Council has committed to a...
New beginnings: the shape of the construction sector in 2025
The latest release of the Business Distress Index for Q4 2024, released by Real Business Rescue using Companies House and Red Flag Alert data,...
How office design can support future generations
By Sarah Hagen, office agency partner at Knight Frank Glasgow
Different generations have always expected something new from the workplace. But, in the case of...
Constructing a resilient future by building to withstand floods
Building flood resilience requires communities to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change. Lee Davison, head of submissions – civils at McLaughlin...
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...
Demystifying the rules regarding recruiting construction workers from overseas
By Mark Templeton, director at Anderson Strathern
In his spring statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that five construction occupations were to be added to the...
Prescription in the context of construction
By Jamie Robb, senior solicitor at BTO Solicitors
THE high profile Gorebridge ‘Gas Street’ case recently hit the headlines again following a decision by the...
Sustainable drainage solutions check out for urban hotels
Stuart Fleming, a director at Will Rudd Edinburgh, explains how smarter drainage design can help to unlock urban hotel developments
AS demand for high-quality hotels...
Building recovery
By Ivan McKee MSP, minister for business, trade, tourism and enterprise and also the chair of the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum.
THE construction industry touches...
Does quantity surveying need a rebrand to attract the next generation?
By Heather Holbrook, director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group
Quantity surveying is a vital part of the UK's £370 billion construction industry,...
Partnerships are the recipe for success at MIPIM
By Scott Wilson, executive director, development, Robertson
THERE are plenty of famous partnerships in business. The most high profile and the ones that everyone talks about...
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...
