Sentencing uncertainty in uncertain times?

By Clare Bone, partner and criminal solicitor advocate at BTO THE 2015 Sentencing Council’s Definitive Guidelines on Health and Safety Offences etc. came into force...

Building your brand as an employer of choice

IT is welcome news that Scotland’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4.2% between April and June. According to The Office for National Statistics, the...
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RAAC and ruin? Timely advice can relieve panic over aerated concrete

By Alan Ferns, director – structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part...
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The importance of EPDs in Passivhaus projects

Neil Turner, technical sales manager for Ecological Building Systems, explores the role of EPDs (Environmental Product Declarations) in supporting the construction sector’s move towards...

Heat decarbonisation: the woolly mammoth in the room?

Charlie Drysdale, associate director, smart energy and sustainability at Hydrock, discusses the opportunity for district heating networks to solve the heat decarbonisation challenge...

A reflective end to a challenging year

The ongoing reverberations of the pandemic have made 2021 a unique year for the construction sector and residential property market. In this article, Queensberry...

Green homes will drive the reimagination of age-exclusive living

By Fraser Lynes, MD of Cruden Homes WHEN it comes to finding the perfect home, everyone has their own list of essentials, whether that’s a...

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...
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The massive challenge for construction as PFI agreements come to an end

As public sector organisations prepare to inherit assets built under long-term contracts such as PFI, they face a challenge - fragmented and inconsistent maintenance...

New ways of thinking make the future bright for SuDS

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are widely acknowledged to be the most environmentally-acceptable way to manage flood risk and prevent water pollution.  Yet, despite their...

Building a zero carbon construction sector: five areas to focus on in 2022

By Stephen Good, CEO, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) THE Covid-19 pandemic aside, the theme that best characterised 2021 could arguably be sustainability. The need...

Scottish manufacturing – a mark of quality

By Jim Harley, operations manager at Bison Manufacturing’s Uddingston facility AS you may already know, the SNP held its Spring Conference in March of this...

Largest project of my life is my biggest challenge yet – but teamwork is...

By Nigel Munro, regional project manager, Henry Boot Developments AT over ÂŁ300 million in value, 418 metres long, 30 metres high and using 8,300 tonnes...
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You can’t tackle child poverty without homes

By Tom Barclay, Kingdom Group chief executive FOR many families across Scotland, child poverty did not pause over Christmas. It tightened its grip. The latest...
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Vertical growth is no tall order in Glasgow

Lotte Tobermann, associate director at GIA, discusses delivering tall buildings responsibly in Glasgow’s next skyline chapter The City of Glasgow is on the cusp of...
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Innovation, collaboration, and solutions for Scotland’s housing crisis

By Steven Simpson, MD of Cruden Group As 2025 dawns, the housebuilding industry finds itself at a crossroads, still facing economic and political challenges, yet...

Training efforts are helping mould leaders of the future

Statistics suggest the construction industry needs to employ another 400,000 people per year. Gordon Cunningham, managing director of Clark Contracts, believes the sector needs...

Sustainability and the reduction of waste is the only way forward for the painting...

By Chris Meechan, MD of Cali Decor The move towards sustainability in business is not only driven by altruism on the part of business owners...

What to do when insolvency looms on-site

The construction industry trade press frequently writes about administrations in the industry. Whilst the Insolvency Service's figures show that around one construction company went...

What does lower occupancy mean for future of commercial buildings?

London’s Canary Wharf is currently operating at 10% capacity, with most employees working from home. To put that in perspective, that’s about 12,000 people...