The importance of balancing efficiency with craftsmanship in roofing
In the push to design products that are quicker and easier to install, is there a danger of taking the skill out of roofing?...
Designing feel-good homes to suit modern and flexible needs
By George Buchanan, director and lead architect at George Buchanan Architects
THE UK has always had a fascination with homes, but in a post-Covid world,...
Construction during a crisis: making people the priority
By David Shearer, managing director, HFD Construction
OVER the past weeks, construction has, like many other sectors, come under the spotlight as the world comes to...
Pace of hub South West’s activity set to accelerate further
By Dr Willie Mackie, chair of hub South West Scotland
In any large organisation, it is easy to become engrossed in the detail, but every...
Top tips for looking after wood in your property
By Brian Reid, operations director at Wise Property Care
TIMBER frames have many advantages for buildings. They are cost-efficient, easy to construct, and great at...
Crafting clarity: take care with your arbitration drafting
By Ross Taylor, partner, dispute resolution, Gillespie Macandrew
THE Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 was introduced around 15 years ago, bringing with it a set of...
Green transition presents opportunity for job creation and economic growth
By Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway, an urban regeneration company working in Dalmarnock, Bridgeton and Rutherglen.
Often we talk about the importance of...
Blending the old with the new in landmark Virgin Hotel
By Leo Shand, senior BIM coordinator at Will Rudd (Glasgow Office)
THE new Virgin Hotel in Edinburgh is a flagship project that involves the...
Understanding the importance of Pay Less Notices in construction contracts
By Ross Taylor, partner, dispute resolution, Gillespie Macandrew
IF a payer under a construction contract is looking to pay less than the 'notified sum', they...
Future-proofing the industry through inclusivity and diversity
By Kim Worts, RICS UK External Affairs Director
I had a conversation recently with a female RICS Fellow who applied to a well-established college to...
Don’t let the green construction agenda slip
By Scott Brewster, MD of Brewster Brothers
OVER the past few years, the construction industry has taken great strides to embrace sustainable practices. But faced...
Supply problems, delays and rising costs all adds up to a headache for first-time...
By Bill Roddie, managing director of Spectrum Properties
I suppose that it makes a change. For months now the go-to excuse for disruption and delay...
Gap in the market for medium-sized firms
THE recent demise of Muirfield Contracts felt like a throwback to the darkest days of the recession when reports of contractors going out of...
Still challenging the status quo
By Ann Allen, chair of Women in Property Scotland board
IT is widely understood that a diverse workforce is better for business. There is a...
Holistic approach is essential if UK Government is to deliver on housing promise
By Andrew Leslie, chief executive, The Association for Project Safety
DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s announcement of a nationwide housing target of 370,000 homes per...
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...
How office design can support future generations
By Sarah Hagen, office agency partner at Knight Frank Glasgow
Different generations have always expected something new from the workplace. But, in the case of...
Construction sector needs foreign labour to survive
By Andrew Stephen, director of construction, property and infrastructure at Change Recruitment
THERE’S an elephant in the room. Construction companies know it’s there and have...
Dig unveils Roman Army artefacts
ARCHAEOLOGICAL investigations near Dumfries have revealed new insight into the Roman Army’s occupation of southern Scotland during the second century AD.
Artefacts discovered include...
To sever, or not to sever, that is the question
WE are all familiar with the court’s approach to enforcement of adjudicators’ decisions – it will only refuse to enforce in very limited circumstances.
