Jack Hope

Evolving political climate presents ‘unique opportunity’ to influence

By Jack Hope, public affairs consultant for Perceptive Communicators supporting clients in science, technology, built environment, and leisure AS Scotland prepares for its next parliamentary...
Green roof

Soaking up the storm: how green roofs can help combat urban flooding

By Mark Harris, head of sustainability at Sika AS cities grow and climate change accelerates, flooding has become one of the most urgent issues facing...

Sensor-led smart technology could transform Scotland’s approach to housing

By Cade Wells, business development manager, CENSIS WE have seldom spent more time in our homes than now. Indeed, we have certainly never relied so...

Managing excess water during road construction

Drake Meikle, regional technical sales engineer at Siltbuster, the water treatment specialist, explores road construction, the excess water it generates, and how the environmental...

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...

Communication is crucial to driving project success

By Ed Monaghan, a non-executive director at Perceptive Communicators  LONG-term regeneration projects are often made up of a consortium of multiple businesses, across several teams...

Mediation’s revival – what surveyors need to know

By Ysella Jago, DRS executive at RICS MEDIATION is making a bid for revival in Scotland, and if the attention it is receiving translates into the...

What do workers want? quick turnaround and reliable follow-up

By Claire Sheerin, director of Hays Construction & Property in Scotland GOOD communication with employees shouldn’t just start at the office door. When it comes...

The appeal of bi-folds and how to choose them

Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, a manufacturer of aluminium doors and windows, discusses the benefits of adding bi-fold doors to a property and offers...

Four-day working weeks: are they the future?

By Neil Bradbrook, MD of Ahead Business Consulting A couple of weeks ago, Atom Bank announced that their staff were moving to a four-day working...
Albyn Housing Society social housing

Delivering social housing in Scotland is harder than ever

By Kirsty Morrison, group chief executive of Albyn Housing Society Providing everyone with a safe, warm and affordable home that meets individuals’ needs is a...

Why supporting communities is not just a choice, but a responsibility

By Kevin Reid, executive chairman of The Cruden Group With the season of goodwill in full swing, it’s a poignant time to reflect on how...

Is it time to modernise Modern Apprenticeships?

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,...

Building a rewarding career in quantity surveying

By Jamie Mulligan, a graduate quantity surveyor at AS Homes NEXT week exam results will be revealed and career paths set, or will they? As...

Investing in a future where health and wellness rides along the crest of a...

By Andy Hadden, co-founder of Tartan Leisure Ltd, developers of Wavegarden Scotland Amid all the anxiety and uncertainty that is currently going on in the world, we are all craving a brighter...

LBTT relaxation welcome but confusion risks stalling property market

By Rodney Whyte, partner and residential property specialist at Pinsent Masons SCOTLAND'S Finance Minister Kate Forbes yesterday picked up the property tax gauntlet thrown down...

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...

Offsite construction has finally made it to the mainstream

Mike Stevenson, Sidey development director, tells Project Scotland why offsite construction has finally reached a point where it can positively disrupt the way housing...
Implementing an integrated IT solution to support their core business processes helped Mactaggart & Mickel Homes considerably during the economic downturn and has left them stronger, leaner and well prepared for the upturn. Paul McAninch (above), Finance Director, explains.

Investing for the upturn

MACTAGGART & Mickel is a fourth generation family business and a top 50 UK house builder with developments throughout Central Scotland, with land interests...
David Wright

Procurement Bill passes sensible ideas – but more needs to be done

DAVID Wright, Head of External Affairs at SELECT, the Electrical Contractors’ Association of Scotland, has welcomed the passing of the Procurement Reform Bill,...