CPD courses will help UK lead the way on safety
FOLLOWING lengthy discussions on the issue within the industry for many years, CISRS announced recently that from June 2017 it will introduce a two-day...
Road Expo Scotland gets set to make tracks for the Capital
ROAD Expo Scotland, the country’s only exhibition and conference dedicated to the road network, returns to the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on November...
Steady growth leaves family business in great health
“THIS is not just a job. There is a bit of us that goes into each project.”
Those are the words of Ronnie Burrows, director...
Brexit impact will be unclear for some time
By Shona Frame, partner and construction legal specialist at law firm CMS
WHAT does Brexit mean for the future of Scottish construction? This really is...
New facility allows Scots construction firms to ‘try before they buy’
The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre recently celebrated its second anniversary with a conference in Glasgow, attended by over 300 people. The centre, which seeks...
Scottish market pivotal to Saint-Gobain story
SAINT-GOBAIN has opened a new Scottish Hub to showcase new products and brand innovation, hold key client meetings and give them a facility to...
Regeneration game is no Urban myth
Regeneration company Urban Union is currently delivering award-winning housing projects in Scotland including Laurieston in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s Pennywell development. Project Scotland’s Fraser Rummens...
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...
Scots builders urged to open up over innovation
INNOVATION is an area of the Scottish construction industry that still needs a lot more encouragement.
That’s the view of Lucy Black, the new senior...
National strength and regional flexibility
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE
MORRISON Construction’s central Scotland business has experienced substantial growth in the past four years, increasing turnover from around £20 million to a massive...
Mind those Millennials
By Ian Eker, director of construction & property for Hays in Scotland
MANY employers know the importance of retaining good staff, of keeping them incentivised,...
Striking the right balance over BIM
There is less than a year left to go until the Government target of April 2017 for requiring public sector projects to adopt a...
“We deliver what we say we’ll deliver”
Gary Moug meets Paul Kelly, managing director of AS Homes (Scotland) Ltd, to discuss the Glasgow firm’s move into the flourishing social housing sector
THE...
Ready to go Anywhere
It is easy to take Internet access for granted today. Only when it is suddenly unavailable do we realise how integral it is in...
Building better futures
Gary Moug visits Constructionarium Scotland, where the nation’s construction students get a vital opportunity to put theory into practice
A cold, muddy construction site in...
A common Sense solution to rising energy costs?
Gary Moug meets the Clydebank firm behind a new product tipped to provide businesses with huge savings on hot water
A Clydebank firm has developed...
Setting the standards for 25 years
Building sustainability assessment method BREEAM has registered over 2.2 million buildings and certified over 500,000 developments worldwide since its launch. Project Scotland's Fraser Rummens...
“Health and safety should be part of a holistic process”
The Association for Project Safety (APS) celebrates its 21st birthday this year. Edinburgh-based Technical and Standards Manager, Andrew Leslie, recently met with Project Scotland’s Fraser...
Keeping clients in the picture
Since launching the first UK franchise of global phenomenon Multivista, Alan Bryant’s East Kilbride-based business has flourished. Gary Moug reports.
FORTUNE, it is said, favours...
Glasgow factory where jobs come before profits
A Glasgow factory where more than half of its 240 employees have a disability is celebrating a special milestone this year. Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft...
