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...
To drive change, we need the right EV chargers in the right place
By Matthew Jackson, associate director at Scottish Futures Trust
When you picture the perfect holiday, what comes to mind? For me, it usually involves a...
Building a model career in construction
By Laura Closs, a BIM co-ordinator at Kier Construction
I always loved art and drawing as a child, and whenever my civil engineer dad took...
Can online pay portals combat blame culture?
By Colin Darch, business process consultant at OPEN ECX
BLAME culture is a contentious topic in the construction industry, particularly when it comes to invoicing...
PFI expiry: why collaboration is the key to a smooth transition
By Greig Fenton, regional director at Thomas & Adamson, part of Egis Group
THE great Private Finance Initiatives – or PFI, as it was better...
Recognising what it takes to make a great development
By Steven Simpson, MD, Cruden Homes East
AFTER the shut-downs, materials shortages and lack of skilled workers that have challenged the housebuilding industry over the...
Come on Scotland! Keeping the Scottish Passivhaus equivalent policy on track
Sarah Lewis, research & policy director at the Passivhaus Trust, tells Project Scotland what, in her view, is good and what needs improving in...
The top misconceptions about timber as a building material
Modern engineering has addressed many of the traditional concerns related to wood, making it a viable and attractive option for contemporary construction projects, explains...
How to run an adjudication effectively
Adjudication remains a widely used and popular form of dispute resolution in the construction sector. Julie Scott (pictured), an Associate in the construction and...
How open-plan living became the norm
By Hazel Davies, sales and marketing director at Queensberry Properties
In 1999, the very first episode of Grand Designs aired on Channel 4. It followed...
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...
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...
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...
East Kilbride masterplan for town centre living could prove to be a blueprint for...
By Stuart Harrow, director of transportation at Dougall Baillie Associates
JUST as East Kilbride transformed Scotland’s civic landscape in 1947 as the first New Town,...
Transparency and trafficking
Jonathan Gaskell and Caragh Nimmo tell Project Scotland what steps organisations must take to comply with new legislation and ensure slavery and human trafficking...
Key to going green is involving the workforce at every level
By Tim Dew, chief executive of business simulation games company GingrTech
THE delegates to COP26 next month have bought their tickets and are leafing through...
Why kitchens are the heart of the home
By Hazel Davies, Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director
THERE is a telling line in the iconic 1970s play Abigail’s Party, when a dinner party...
Road Bond levels pose threat to construction SMEs in the recovery
By Scott Macphail, director of Dougall Baillie Associates.
EVERY party in every commercial transaction has a perfect right to take reasonable precautions against risk, but...
West Lothian commercial property market ready to respond to hard knocks
Graeme Pollock is director and head of West Lothian agency at the Livingston commercial department of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors
WHILE commercial property investment volumes...
Going beyond the environmental argument for retrofitting
By Moses Jenkins, sector skills manager, Historic Environment Scotland
When thinking about the retrofit of our older building stock, it is important to get the terminology...
