Surfing is going global and Scotland is jumping onboard

By Andy Hadden, co-founder of Tartan Leisure Ltd, developers of Wavegarden Scotland and a director of the Scottish Surfing Federation AS an ambassador for surfing...
Campion Homes

The importance of brand evolution for family-run businesses

By Sharifa Joy, sales & marketing manager at Campion Homes IN the dynamic, competitive industry of new home building, staying at the forefront of innovation...

Driving innovation and regeneration can help supercharge growth

By Martin Joyce, executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway The economic outlook for Scotland and the wider UK appears to be improving, if only...
Dunfermline Learning Campus

Precast in the frame for net zero future

A precast concrete approach to constructing the building frame for the UK’s largest ever Passivhaus school has demonstrated the material’s potential for use in...

Planning a way forward

The Scottish Government recently set out proposals for “revamping” the nation’s planning system, which build on recommendations of an independent review carried out last...

When the roads fall silent, we can’t avoid the fact that it’s time for...

By Stuart Harrow, transportation director of Dougall Baillie Associates One of the first things which comes to the forefront of the public mind when a...

Let’s put community engagement at the heart of procurement

After being awarded the GO Best Service Award (contractors working with the Scottish public sector) at the recent GO Excellence in Public Procurement Awards...

Building Scotland’s sustainable harbours

By Ramsay Muirhead, director of port infrastructure and planning at CMAL AS Scotland prepares to host COP26 later this year, a global agenda to...

Scottish housing market proves its resilience to shocks of the past year

By John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market...
Harry-Smith

Housebuilders should embrace new standard missives proposals

With just weeks to respond to Graham Simpson MSP’s proposed New-Build Homes (Buyer Protection) (Scotland) members Bill, Harry C. Smith, partner and head of...

Shaped by movement

By Edward Dymock, associate architect at BDP’s Glasgow Studio and lead architect for EGIP’s redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street Station to the end of detail...

Construction and education need to work together for MMC to thrive

By Ian Atkinson, partner, Womble Bond Dickinson MOVING to Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) isn’t just about reducing the labour requirements needed to meet UK...

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...

How to guard your property from flood damage

By Stuart McGinlay, structural waterproofing specialist at Wise Basement Systems WINTER has firmly descended on Scotland, and professionals in construction should expect and prepare for...

Putting a price on nature is a good way to save it

By Neil Bancroft, associate at HarrisonStevens ASTLEY Ainslie Community Trust (AACT) will be going out to public consultation with its plans for this historic site...

SEPA enforcement powers – a new landscape for construction sector

By Vikki Watt, Partner & Solicitor Advocate, BTO Solicitors LLP THE Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 granted SEPA...
John Forster, chair of Forster Group

Scaling up isn’t enough: why construction must deliver sustainable scale in 2026

By John Forster, founder & chair, Forster Group AS we enter 2026, the construction sector stands at the centre of the UK’s most urgent social...

Good to give this Christmas

By Iain Marley, chief executive, hub West Scotland LAST week hub West Scotland launched its annual Winter Warmer Appeal for new warm clothing for children...

A career that lets you reach for the sky

By Berratt Wong, a graduate quantity surveyor at Kier Construction Scotland I was born in Malaysia and growing up, there was a brilliant TV programme...
Gary Gray, general manager of Muir Timber Systems

How timber systems can help fix Scotland’s housing crisis

By Gary Gray, general manager of Muir Timber Systems, part of the Muir Group THE housing crisis in Scotland is becoming ever more acute. More...