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By Stuart Fleming, director at Will Rudd, Edinburgh IN my role at Will Rudd, and having spent my whole career based in Edinburgh, I have...

By John McGuire, director at Thomas and Adamson, part of Egis Group  SCOTLAND'S housing market is entering a pivotal phase as the 2025 Housing (Scotland)...

Arthur Postl, head of sales Doka Slipform, explains why the evolution in Slipform construction over the past three decades shows exactly how smart technologies...

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

By Steve Reynolds, national specification manager at Envirolead LEAD’S heritage as a product at the heart of UK construction is beyond doubt and its place...

Commercial door specification is rarely straightforward. The need to balance design aspirations with stringent safety, security and accessibility requirements can present a number of...

Research from the Alzheimer’s Society estimates that the number of people living with dementia in the UK is set to rise to 1.6 million by 2040. It means demand for specialist dementia care facilities will increase. However, the varying nature of the condition prevents a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to creating a safe environment for patients. Construction Specialties (CS) has worked with architects and end users on several dementia care projects. Kate Waterston, UK sales manager at CS, looks at considerations when designing dementia care facilities.

By Adrian Pargeter, Head of Technical and Product Development at Kingspan Insulation Limited LAST month’s revisions to Section 6 (energy) of the Building Standards have...

By Douglas Morrison, director of operations and skills, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) ALMOST 40,000 people in Scotland took part in apprenticeship training in 2019/20,...

By Dr Mila Duncheva, business development manager of UK & Ireland, Stora Enso METROPOLITAN hubs are rife with corporate spaces which try to integrate the...

Ramsay Muirhead, director of ports & infrastructure at CMAL, discusses the importance of innovations to tackling rising sea levels in Scotland ACCORDING to Marine Scotland...

By Emma Marriott, a Construction Scotland Innovation Centre board member Tokenistic. Tickbox. Lip Service. These are just a few of the words that are commonly...

Rachel McHugh, MD at creative marketing and PR agency, Clear B2B, shares her thoughts on how those in the building and construction industry can...

Changing regulations mean that architects and specifiers designing high-rise and higher-risk buildings in Scotland need to meet much stricter and, in some cases, conflicting,...

Lizzy Westmacott, associate director/regional head of sustainability at ECD Architects, shares lessons from Scottish Passivhaus social housing schemes THE Scottish Government has just published the...

Mark Collinson, head of technical at NASC, trade body for the access and scaffolding industry, explains the significance of the latest developments in its...

By Lynsay Bell Manson, MD at Studio LBA SCOTLAND has set a legally binding target of achieving net zero emissions by 2045, with an interim...

From cumbersome planning consent to rising material costs, Alasdair Rankin, MD at Aitken Turnbull Architects, considers what major challenges lie ahead for the new...

The Infrastructure Commission for Scotland has produced its Blueprint for Scotland and is preparing its Infrastructure Investment Plan. Chris Horsley, Burness Paull LLP, considers...

By John Forster, chair and founder, Forster Group Spain’s power grid failed this week. Portugal’s went down soon after. What could have been mistaken for...