Speeding up installation without losing quality

Allen Coldrake, director at waterproofing system specialist Carlisle Construction Materials, discusses the need to consider installation benefits to deliver faster construction programmes and clarity...
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....

Will Rudd women wear many hats

In the week that we celebrate Women in Engineering, Gillian Ogilvie, MD at Will Rudd Edinburgh looks at the many hats the women at...

Designing safe urban spaces

By Debbie Harrison, a director of HarrisonStevens landscape architects BY the time the Quality Street tin is empty and the last of the empty bottles...

Beneath the surface — bitumen emulsions and road resilience

By Rick Ashton, bitumen division market development manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK THE UK’s local road network, and the highways authorities responsible for them, face...

Public sector steps up to net zero challenge

It is now widely accepted that we need to adopt new ways of thinking if Scotland is to reach its net zero goals by...

How to manage remotely in the Covid world of work

By Neil Bradbrook, MD of Falkirk-based business consultancy Ahead Business Consulting COVID-19 has created mass uncertainty and panic. People are worried about their jobs, their...

Covid-19 won’t mark the death of the office but it will accelerate its rebirth

By Guy Marsden, a founding director of Highbridge Properties PLC WITH so many people making the transition to working from home, there is a school...

New towns meet housing need and changing property demands

By Nick Waugh, commercial director at Buccleuch Property, which is jointly developing Shawfair SCOTLAND plans to deliver 100,000 new homes by 2032 to meet strong...

Cracking the scourge of potholes

By Rick Ashton, bitumen division market development manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK POTHOLES are an evocative subject. They are defined differently and assessed without a...

Managing workplace safety – an update following 100 days in lockdown

By partner Jon Cooper and managing associate Ashley Borthwick, from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson THE construction industry has been hit hard by Covid-19, with large...

Technical transparency is vital in timber frame

John Mellor, senior product manager with Glidevale Protect, a producer of external wall breather membranes, explains what structural timber manufacturers need to know following...

Window of opportunity: fenestration solutions for the student housing sector

Damp and dingy student digs are fortunately becoming a thing of the past as universities and property developers look to create student homes that...

Construction – it’s about more than bricks and mortar

By Emma Dickson, a member of the Construction Scotland Industry Leadership Group and chair of the Skills Working Group. MY desire to work in the construction...

Building for a greener future

By Kevin Reid, chief executive of the Cruden Group IN the 2018-2019 financial year more new homes were built in Scotland than at any time...

The latest building design trends

By Kirsty Henderson, design and technical manager at Queensberry Properties ARCHITECTURE has always played a critical role in both shaping and reflecting the society of...

Securing the future of our industry

By Alan Burns, Divisions Manager for City Building There have been reports for some time of a skills gap in the construction industry where talents...

Will we see a rise in self builders?

In Austria, 80% of homes are self-built, whereas the number in the UK barely exceeds 10%. However, with the UK Government’s recent announcement that...

Reimagining fossil fuel sites

By Ruth Cochrane, enterprise lead within the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University MOST of us are acutely aware that the...

As medical centres become increasingly complex, the need for objective advice for property valuations...

Katie Craig, an associate at the Edinburgh offices of DM Hall, discusses the need for objective advice for property valuations for medical centres as...