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Martin McKay, Clyde Gateway

People, Place and Jobs: the legacy of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

By Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway THE black and white interwar images of Clyde Gateway show Glasgow’s East End in its full, bustling...

Climate Change – building a carbon neutral future

By Andrew Leslie, associate, at Gillespie Macandrew IT was in the news last week that UK government advisers are recommending that new homes should be banned...

Harnessing data’s power: A new era of energy efficiency

Charlie Drysdale, associate director, smart energy and sustainability at Hydrock, discusses the opportunity for 4.5 Generation district heating networks and the critical role data has on defining a new era of energy efficiency.
Jamie Goth

What is the Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard delivering?

The theme for Scotland's Climate Week 2024 is ‘Stories for Change’. In this article, Jamie Goth, associate director at the Scottish Futures Trust, looks...

Lessons learned can help repeat success of tram extension project

Steven Jackson, director of infrastructure, Scotland at Turner & Townsend, says the Edinburgh tram extension is a testament to the city’s drive for sustainable...

Building new homes while meeting climate targets is possible

By Stewart Dalgarno, project director at the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project THE end of the UN’s climate change conference...
Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD

The ‘virtuous circle’ of safe digging

Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD, the online safe digging resource, explores what the industry’s ‘virtuous circle’ is, and discusses what it means for health...

How Scotland’s offsite expertise can open up UK business opportunities

By Malcolm Thomson, sales director, Scotframe IT is predicted that the UK needs around 300,000 new homes every year for the foreseeable future, to tackle...

Plastic rainwater systems fall into place

By Paul Wadsworth, specification manager at Brett Martin WITH wild weather in Scotland the new norm and likelihood of powerful storms no longer a rare...

‘Folk literally won’t sleep at night if the Building Safety Bill doesn’t go further’

By Lesley McLeod, chief executive, The Association for Project Safety YOU'D think building safety would be a no-brainer. You design things carefully. Use quality materials....

£125 funding needed to achieve sustainable housing

IN light of John Swinney’s recent Budget speech, which focused largely on the social inequality caused by fuel poverty, Philip Hogg, Chief Executive of trade...

Urban or suburban – the eternal dilemma

We often think of flight to the suburbs as a modern phenomenon, but a conflict has raged for centuries between urban and suburban living....
Nursery garden at Passivhaus school

Landmark Scottish Passivhaus school is outperforming targets

Edinburgh-based architect Architype is working on a number of Passivhaus schools, including the recently completed Riverside Primary, the first Passivhaus certified school in Scotland....

Offshore construction disputes: can they be avoided?

By Kirsti Olson, Dentons partner ACCORDING to Offshore Wind Scotland, there are currently seven operational offshore wind farms or demonstration projects in Scottish waters, with...

Who owns what on a partially built off-site construction project? 

As the government continues to push the construction industry to move more of the building process off-site and into factories, Roddy Cormack, construction specialist...

The future of offices

By Dave Kelman, project director for Crosswind Developments While we can’t predict with any real certainty what our offices will look like in the future,...

Cautious optimism despite recruiting uncertainty

By Claire Sheerin, director of Hays Construction & Property in Scotland RECENT research by Hays shows that the majority of construction employers are optimistic despite...

Offsite can deliver the keys to affordable housing projects

Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, uses over 30 years’ experience in housebuilding to highlight how offsite construction and timber...

The importance of surface water management

In January, the UK faced significant storms that caused road closures, disrupted rail services, and led to widespread flooding. Terry Wilkinson, specialist design and...

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...